 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
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...congregational use. BEAUTY IN DEATH. HE who hath bent him o'er the dead Ere the first day of death has fled, Before decay's effacing fingers Have swept the lines...where beauty lingers, And mark'd the mild angelic air, Ta« rapture of repose that 's there i The flx'd, yet tender tress, that ppeak The languor of the placid... | |
 | William Draper Swan - 1845 - 482 pages
...Return in all thy simple state; Confirm the tales her sons relate ! LESSON CVI. Greece. BYRON. HE who hath bent him o'er the dead, Ere the first day of...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... | |
 | James Edward Murdoch, William Russell - 1845 - 424 pages
...utterance : "Median stress": " Low pitch ": Prevalent " monotone and semitone ": Long pauses.) " He who hath bent him o'er the dead, Ere the first day of...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... | |
 | Rugby coll. of the deaf and dumb - 1845 - 180 pages
...we boasted of our one mile a minute travelling ? DEATH. Subject proposed by HB BTNGHAM. " He who has bent him o'er the dead Ere the first day of death...distress. Before decay's effacing fingers Have swept the lives where beauty lingers, Ami marked the mild angelic air, The rapture of repose that's there. And... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1846 - 848 pages
...form'd for joy, So curst the tyrants that destroy ! Пе who hath bent him o'er the dead, Ere ¡ho ron( fu'd, yet tender traits that streak The languor of the placid check, And — but for that sad shrouded... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1846 - 1068 pages
...form'd for joy, So curst the tyrants that destroy! He who hath bent hjin o'er the dead(3) Ere the lirst day of death is fled, The first dark day of nothingness,...mark'd the mild angelic air, The rapture of repose that 's there, The fix'd yet lender trails that streak The languor of the placid cheek, And— but... | |
 | David Nevins Lord - 1847 - 560 pages
...only common characteristic is a change, but that, as the change of the one is wholly unlike 1 He who hath bent him o'er the dead, Ere the first day of...yet tender traits that streak, The languor of the pallid cheek, And, — but for that sad shrouded eye, That fires not, wins not, weeps not now, And... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1847 - 880 pages
...inheritors of hell ; So soft the scene, so form'd for joy, So curst the tyrants that destroy ! He who ֥ ~Km Dkm Ӌ U&6 0 ! r0 a \Sm 0 A < M bAe? V&...+ s ʚX z As e$ /G H GE l cf 6 2 ) rs g s ~ɇ there,4 The fix'd yet tender traits that streak The langour of the placid cheek, And — but for that... | |
 | 1847 - 312 pages
...mingling with the sky." 4. — Profound Repose. [ASPECT OF DEATH: FROM BYRON'S DESCRIPTION OP GREECE.] The first dark day of nothingness, The last of danger...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... | |
 | F- B- (hon.) - 1847 - 376 pages
...forgive my repeating them. " He who hath bent him o'er the dead Ere the first day of death is fled — Before decay's effacing fingers Have swept the lines...angelic air, The rapture of repose that's there, The fixed, yet tender tints that streak, The languor of the pallid cheek ; And — but for that sad shrouded... | |
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