He who hath bent him o'er the dead, Ere the first day of death is fled ; The first dark day of nothingness, The last of danger and distress ; (Before Decay's effacing fingers Have swept the lines where beauty lingers... The works of lord Byron - Page 62by George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1826Full view - About this book
| 1872 - 1200 pages
...vol. i, p. 401. " Ha who hath beat him o'er the dead. Ere the first day of death is fled ; . , , , Before decay's effacing fingers Have swept the lines...traits that streak The languor of the placid cheek, An' 1 —but for that sad uhrouJed eye, That fires not, wins not, weeps not now, And, but for that... | |
| Casimir Delavigne - 1823 - 220 pages
...larmes , sans regard ! (*) Tout le monde connaît ces beaux vers de lord Byron : He who hath lient him o'er the dead Ere the first day of death is fled...of nothingness, The last of danger and distress... etcj Pour qu'il vous reste un doute il est déjà trop tard ; Mais l'espoir un moment suspendit votre... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1823 - 468 pages
...inheritors of hell — 65 So soft the scene, so form'd for joy, So curst the tyrants that destroy! He who hath bent him o'er the dead, Ere the first day of death is fled ; The first dark day of nothingness, 70 The last of danger and distress ; (Before Decay's effacing fingers Have swept the lines where beauty... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Alfred Howard - 1824 - 226 pages
...inheritors of hell ; So soft the scene, so formed for joy, So curst the tyrants that destroy ! He who hath bent him o'er the dead Ere the first day of death...angelic air, The rapture of repose that's there, The fixed yet tender traits that streak The languor of the placid cheek, And but for that sad shrouded... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1824 - 318 pages
...inheiitors of hell ; So soft the scene, so form'd for joy, So curst the tyrants that destroy ! He who hath bent him o'er the dead Ere the first day of death...mild angelic air, The rapture of repose that's there, And fix'd yet tender traits that streak The langour of the placid cheek, And — but for that sad shrouded... | |
| George Burges - 1824 - 150 pages
...lines where beauty lingers,) * Hughes's Address to the People of England in the cause of the Greeks. And mark'd the mild angelic air, The rapture of repose...traits that streak The languor of the placid cheek, And—but for that sad shrouded eye, That fires not, wins not, weeps not now, And but for that chill... | |
| 1824 - 596 pages
...Tout le monde connaît ces beaux vers de lord Byron : He wlm hath bent him o'er thé dead Ere thé first day of death is fled , The first dark day of nothingness The last of danger and distress... etc. Ce pur sang , qne le fer a (an t de ibis versé , Pour se répandre eiicor bouillonne dans ses... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1825 - 916 pages
...inheritors of hell ; So soft the scene, so form'd for joy, So curst the tyrants that destroy ! He who hath bent him o'er the dead, Ere the first day of...mark'd the mild angelic air, The rapture of repose that 's there, The fix'd yet tender traits that streak The languor of the placid cheek, And — but... | |
| George Clinton (biographer of Byron.) - 1825 - 314 pages
...highly praised, that it is HOW merely necessary to draw the reader's attention to it : He who hath beat him o'er the dead Ere the first day of death is fled,...fingers Have swept the lines where beauty lingers,) And marked the mild angelic air, The rapture of repose, that's there, The fixed yet tender traits that... | |
| George Clinton - 1825 - 826 pages
...praised, that it is now merely necessary to draw the reader's attention to it : • He who hath beat him o'er the dead Ere the first day of death is fled,...fingers Have swept the lines where beauty lingers,) A nd marked the mild angelic air, The rapture of repose, that's there, The fixed yet tender traits... | |
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