 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Nathan Haskell Dole - 1893 - 374 pages
...floated on the abyss of time; For the rough virtues chose them for their clime. " He came to his sceptre young; he leaves it old: Look to the state in which...behold, How to a minion first he gave the helm; How grew upt>n his heart a thirst for gold, The beggar's vice, which can but overwhelm The meanest hearts; and... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford - 1894 - 460 pages
...abyss of time ¡ For the rough virtues chose them for their clime. XLIII. '• He came to his sceptre young ; he leaves it old; Look to the state in which he found his realm, And 'eft it : and his annals too behold, How to a minion 'first he gave the helm ; How grew upon his heart... | |
 | Orison Swett Marden - 1894 - 480 pages
...the story of his life. Byron once wrote of a passion, which was one that he did not possess : — " A thirst for gold, The beggar's vice, which can but overwhelm The meanest hearts." He might have written " the noblest hearts," with truth. It is absurd to suppose that any one sees... | |
 | 1896 - 1224 pages
...the dripping entrails burn. n. VxjuaiJj—Georffics. Bk. II. St. 17. L. 31. HW Preston's trans. GOLD. ether. a. 'Passionate Pilgrim. Pt. XII. Hyperion to a satyr. 6. Hamlet. Act I. Sc o. BYRON — The Vision of Judyment. St. 43. And yet he hadde " a thombe of gold " pardee. p. CHAUCER... | |
 | Orison Swett Marden - 1896 - 488 pages
...the story of his life. Byron once wrote of a passion, which was one that he did not possess : — " A thirst for gold, The beggar's vice, which can but overwhelm The meanest hearts." He might have written "the noblest hearts," with truth. It is absurd to suppose that any one sees any... | |
 | Orison Swett Marden - 1896 - 490 pages
...the story of his life. Byron once wrote of a passion, which was one that he did not possess : — " A thirst for gold, The beggar's vice, which can but overwhelm The meanest hearts." He might have written "the noblest hearts," wibh truth. It is absurd to suppose that any one sees any... | |
 | Curtis Hidden Page - 1904 - 942 pages
...He came to his sceptre young ; he leaves it old : Look to the slate in which he found his realm, nd r aureoles : Ami angels meeting us :>w grew upon his heart a thirst for gold. The beggar's vice, which can but overwhelm le meanest hearts... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1905 - 1088 pages
...the abyss of time ; For the rough virtues chose them for their clime. XL1II ' He came to his sceptre iot in his glory ' Conceive the bard the hero of the...Shall gentle Coleridge pass unnoticed here, To turg 339 How to a minion first he gave the helm; How grew upon his heart a thirst for gold, The beggar's... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1905 - 1092 pages
...on the abyss of time; For the rough virtues chose them for their clime. xun ' He came to his sceptre and traced Words which I could not guess of; then he leau'd His bow'd 339 How to a minion first he gave the helm ; How grew upon his heart a thirst for gold, The beggar's... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1905 - 1110 pages
...the abyss of time ; For the rough virtues chose them for their clime. XLIH ' He came to his sceptre ed by their suite, Dwarfs, dancing girls, black eunuchs, 339 How to a minion first he gave the helm ; How grew upon his heart a thirst for gold, The beggar's... | |
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How grew upon his heart a thirst for gold, The beggar's vice, which can but overwhelm The meanest hearts ; and for the rest, but glance Thine eye along America and France. 
