 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1913 - 274 pages
...delight in thy praises, 'Twas less for the sake of thy high-sounding phrases, 10 Than to see the-bright eyes of the dear one discover She thought that I was not unworthy to love her. IV There chiefly I sought thee, there only I found thee; Her glance was the best of the rays that surround... | |
 | KATE LOUISE ROBERTS - 1922 - 1422 pages
...16 O Fame! — if I e'er took delight in thy praises, 'Twos less for the sake of thy high-sounding Act I. Sc. 1. L. 8. 3 A tear for pity and a hand Open as day for melting charity. Henry IV. Pt. H. Act BYRON — Stanzas Written on the Road Between Florence and Pisa. 17 Fame, we may understand, is no... | |
 | Curtis Hidden Page - 1910 - 966 pages
...give glory ! Oh, FAME !— if I e'er took delight in thy praises, 1 See the note on page 254. can, 'Twas less for the sake of thy high-sounding phrases,...discover, She thought that I was not unworthy to love her. Tliere chiefly I sought thee, there only I found thee ; Her glance was the best of the rays that surround... | |
 | Robert Bridges - 1924 - 296 pages
...? O FAME ! — If I e'er took delight in thy praises, 'Twas less for the sake of thy high sounding phrases, Than to see the bright eyes of the dear one...discover She thought that I was not unworthy to love her. high sounding] high-sounding ia probably intended. There chiefly I sought thee, there only I found... | |
 | 1924 - 296 pages
...with all such from the head that is hoary ! What care I for the wreaths that can only give glory ? O FAME ! — If I e'er took delight in thy praises, 'Twas less for the sake of thy high sounding phrases, Than to see the bright eyes of the dear one discover She thought that I was... | |
 | 1879 - 1166 pages
...that charming book from the library while there is yet time, than on all the reviews in Christendom. 0 Fame ! if I e'er took delight in thy praises, 'Twas...high-sounding phrases Than to see the bright eyes of those dear ones discover, They thought that I was not unworthy — of a special messenger to Mr. Mudie's.... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1879 - 820 pages
...divine ecstasy ? It is a disease, you will grant. I don't say no ; but it is sent straight from heaven. Oh, Fame, if I e'er took delight in thy praises, 'Twas...discover She thought that I was not unworthy to love her. You will perhaps pardon my bursting into poetry j it is a trick incidental to my condition. I see you... | |
 | George Gordon Byron - 1994 - 884 pages
...such from the head that is hoary! What care I for the wreaths that can only give glory I Oh FAME I— s:= un worthy to love her. There chiefly I sought thee, liiere only I found thee ; Her glance was the best... | |
 | Charles Lowe, Henry Wilder Foote, John Hopkins Morison, Henry H. Barber, James De Normandie, Joseph Henry Allen - 1882 - 592 pages
...parent, mistress, husband, child, might look on and approve ! Hear the vain and solitary Byron: — " O fame, if I e'er took delight in thy praises, 'Twas...to see the bright eyes of the dear one discover She felt that I was not unworthy to love her." And how common is the expression, and not more common than... | |
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Oh ! Fame ! if I e'er took delight in thy praises, 'Twas less for the sake of thy high-sounding phrases, Than to see the bright eyes of the dear One discover She thought that I was not unworthy to love her. 
