 Tread those reviving passions down, Unworthy manhood! — unto thee Indifferent should the smile or frown Of beauty be. If thou regret'st thy youth, why live? The land of honourable death Is here: — up to the field, and give Away thy breath! Seek out...  English Men of Letters - Page 187edited by - 1894Full view - About this book
 | Cornelius Conway Felton - 1867 - 582 pages
...completing his thirty-sixth year. The last stanza was sadly ominous of his approaching fate : — " Seek out — less often sought than found — A soldier's...around, and choose thy ground, And take thy rest." He had been haunted from the beginning by a presentiment that he was destined to close his life in... | |
 | William Everett - 1867 - 420 pages
...honorable death Is here ! Up to the field, and give Away thy breath. Seek out, loss often sought tli.in found, A soldier's grave, — for thee the best ;...around, and choose thy ground, And take thy rest." Two of the poets with whom Byron quarrelled all his life, though he had more points of resemblance... | |
 | Cornelius Conway Felton - 1867 - 566 pages
...approaching fate : — " Seek out — less often sought than found — A soldier's grave, for thec the best ; Then look around, and choose thy ground, And take thy rest." He had been haunted from the beginning by a presentiment that he was destined to close his life in... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench (abp. of Dublin) - 1868 - 458 pages
...vihy live? The land of honourable death Is here : — up to the field, and give 35 Away thy breath ! Seek out— less often sought than found — A soldier's...around, and choose thy ground, And take thy rest. 40 Lord Byron. ccxxv PESCHIERA. What voice did on my spirit fall, Peschiera, when thy bridge I crost... | |
 | Eneas Sweetland Dallas - 1869 - 146 pages
...ETC. TOGETHER WITH. AN IMPARTIAL REVIEW OF THE MERITS OF THE CASE. BY THE EDITOR OF "ONCE A WEEK." " Seek out — less often sought than found — A soldier's...around and choose thy ground, AND TAKE THY REST." (BYEON, 1824.) LONDON : THOMAS COOPER & CO., 81, FLEET STREET. (U-'. \ sf o HARVARD OLLEGE LlbKAgl... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1869 - 264 pages
...Awake, my spirit ! Think through whom Thy life-blood tracks its parent lake, And then strike home ! Seek out — less often sought than found — A soldier's...around, and choose thy ground, And take thy rest. — Occasional Pieces. I • : On ihe 1st of September 1871 will be issued VOLUME XVII. OF CHAMBERS'S... | |
 | James Hain Friswell - 1869 - 498 pages
...youth, why live .' The land of honourable death Is here ! Up to the field, and give Away thy breath. Seek out — less often sought than found — A soldier's...around, and choose thy ground, And take thy rest. Sweet verses, dangerously sweet, with a melancholy pride, but cowardly and mean in spirit. Non sic... | |
 | 1869 - 124 pages
...— why live? — The land of honorable death Is here — up to the field, and give Away thy breath ! Seek out — less often sought than "found — A soldier's...around, and choose thy ground, And take thy rest. DEATH OF LORD BYRON. A COURIER arrived in town yesterday morning, with the distressing intelligence... | |
 | 1869 - 742 pages
...youth, why live ? The land of honourable death Is here. Up, to the field and give Away tuy breath. Seek out — less often sought than found — A soldier's...look around and choose thy ground, And take thy rest. THE POET'S GRANDSON. THIS DAY I COMPLETE MY TWENTY-SIXTH YEAK This youthful heart has ne'er been moved,... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1869 - 526 pages
...tracks its parent lake, And then strike home ! Seek out — less often sought than found — .'.- ^_ A soldier's grave, for thee the best ; Then look around, and choose thy ground, And take thy rest — Occasional Pieces. r\ :* rtK'/N ^mmm W This book should be returned the Library on or before the... | |
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