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
| John Arliss - 1825 - 382 pages
...usually laid up as a set-off to the payment of rent. THE SHORES OFTNCIENT GREECE. BV LORD BYRON. HE who hath bent him o'er the dead, Ere the first day of...of danger and distress ; (Before Decay's effacing tinkers Have swept the lines where beanty lingers} Ami inark'd the mild angelic air — The rapture... | |
| 1826 - 434 pages
...the setting blaze, '. The flush of love upon his raptured gaze. PORTRAIT OF DEATH. Lord Byron. HE who hath bent him o'er the dead, Ere the first day of...distress; (Before Decay's effacing fingers Have swept the line where beauty lingers,) And marked the mild angelic air— The rapture of repose that's there:—... | |
| George Gordon Noël Byron - 1826 - 804 pages
...form'd for joy. So curst the tyrants that destroy! lie who hath bent him o'er the dead Ere the tii>l day of death is fled, The first dark day of nothingness,...fingers Have swept the lines where beauty lingers,) And mark d the mild angelic air, The rapture of repose that's there. The fix'd, yet tender traits that... | |
| Benjamin Humphrey Smart - 1826 - 242 pages
...into 10 Pity,'with the addition of much " Solemnity as the description draws to a conclusion. 1 He who hath bent him o'er the dead Ere the first day of death...of nothingness, The last of danger and distress,) 2 Before decay's effacing fingers Have swept the lines where beauty lingers, And marked the mild angelic... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1826 - 466 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 death is fled, The first dark day of nothinguess, The last of danger and distress (Before decay's effacing fingers Have swept the lines... | |
| Guards - 1827 - 308 pages
...his Northern friend to visit him afterwards. CHAPTER III. LADY LYDIA S DEATH. WHO MARIA WAS. "He who hath bent him o'er the dead, Ere the first day of...nothingness, The last of danger and distress, (Before decay's offensive fingers Have swept the lines where beauty lingers,) And mark'd the mild angelic air, The... | |
| Thomas Robert Jolliffe - 1827 - 304 pages
...nothingness, The last of danger and distress ; — Ere yet decay's effacing fingers Have swept the line where beauty lingers, — And mark'd the mild angelic...rapture of repose that's there, The fix'd, yet tender, tints that streak The languor of the placid cheek, And — but for that sad shrouded eye, That fires... | |
| Thomas Robert Jolliffe - 1827 - 314 pages
...nothingness, The last of danger and distress ;— Ere yet decay's effacing fingers Have swept the line where beauty lingers,— And mark'd the mild angelic...rapture of repose that's there, The fix'd, yet tender, tints that streak The languor of the placid cheek, And—but for that sad shrouded eye, That fires... | |
| Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 264 pages
...creeping things shall revel in their spoil, And fit thy clay to fertilize the soil. GREECE. BYRON. He who hath bent him o'er the dead, Ere the first day of...there, The fix'd yet tender traits that streak The langour of the placid cheek, And — but for that sad shrouded eye? That fires not, wins not, weeps... | |
| John Barber - 1828 - 310 pages
...every wound of Caesar, that should move The stones of Rome to rise in mutiny. GREECE. BYRON He who hath bent him o'er the dead Ere the first day of death...there, The fix'd, yet tender traits that streak The langour of the placid cheek, And but for that sad shrouded eye, That fires not, wins not, weeps not,... | |
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