 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), And marked the mild angelic air, The...  St. George; Or, The Canadian League - Page 269by William Charles McKinnon - 1852Full view - About this book
 | John McCosh - 1835 - 100 pages
...Byron then appear ! — " 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...angelic air, The rapture of repose that's there,— 30 The fixed yet tender traits that streak The languor of the placid cheek ; And but for that sad,... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1836 - 404 pages
...And weeping, blessed the God who gave Strength to forsake it not! CXII. GREECE.—Byron. 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, The fixed yet tender traits that streak The languor of the placid cheek, And—but for that sad shrouded... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1836 - 260 pages
...The first dark day of nothingness, The last of danger and distress, (Before Decay's effacing lmgers Have swept the lines where beauty lingers ,) And marked...mild 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... | |
 | Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 pages
...thine, And such a head between them. GREECE, AS IT IMPRESSED THE MIND OF THE POET IN 1810. 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, The fixed yet tender traits that streak The languor of the placid cheek, And — but for that sad shrouded... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - 1839 - 362 pages
...And hears thy stormy musick in the drum*. SECTION XII. Address to Greece. — BYRON. He' . . who hath bent him o'er the dead', Ere the first day of death'...lines where beauty lingers',) And marked the mild', angelick air*, The rapture of repose' . . that's there', The fixed', yet tender', traits that streak'... | |
 | Priscilla Maden Watts - 1839 - 286 pages
...BYRON. HE who hath bent him o'er the dead, Ere the first day of death is fled, The first dark day ef nothingness, The last of danger and distress (Before...marked the mild angelic air, The rapture of repose that 's there, The fixed yet tender traits that streak The languor of the placid cheek, And — but... | |
 | Caroline Leigh Gascoigne - 1839 - 920 pages
...fint dark day of nothingness, The last of danger and distress, Before decay's effacing fingers Hare swept the lines where beauty lingers ; — And marked...mild angelic air, The rapture of repose that's there ! — And but for that sad shrouded eye, That fires not, weeps not, wins not, now , And but for that... | |
 | Sir Thomas Browne - 1841 - 346 pages
...beauty of death ? who has not, in some degree, felt, what poetry only can describe ? " 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, but for that sad shrouded eye, That fires not, wins not, weeps not now, And, but for that chill... | |
 | Nathaniel Shatswell Dodge - 1842 - 298 pages
...and that motionless form ! " Who that hath bent him o'er the dead. Ere the first day of death hath fled, The first dark day of nothingness, The last...mild angelic air, The rapture of repose that's there, The languor of that placid cheek,— And but for that sad shrouded eye That fires not, wins not, weeps... | |
| |
