 I am sure my bones would not rest in an English grave, or my clay mix with the earth of that country. I believe the thought would drive me mad on my deathbed, could I suppose that any of my friends would be base enough to convey my carcass back to your...  The Works of Lord Byron - Page 315by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1904Full view - About this book
 | Bernard Shaw - 1914 - 402 pages
...industrialism: well, I did what Byron did: I simply refused to live in it. You remember Byron's words: "I am sure my bones would not rest in an English grave,...would be base enough to convey my carcase back to her soil. I would not even feed her worms if I could help it." ^ SAVOYARD. Did Byron say that? THE... | |
 | Bernard Shaw - 1914 - 164 pages
...industrialism: well, I did what Byron did: I simply refused to live in it. You remember Byron's words: "I am sure my bones would not rest in an English grave,...would be base enough to convey my carcase back to her soil. I would not even feed her worms if I could help it." SAVOYARD. Did Byron say that? THE COUNT.... | |
 | Frederick Erastus Pierce - 1918 - 358 pages
...thy blood and drink the tears of thy distress. The year after this was printed Byron wrote to Murray: "I am sure my bones would not rest in an English grave, or my clay mix with the earth of that country." Among minor effects, one cannot help wondering if the soft Mediterranean landscape did not show itself... | |
 | Vida Dutton Scudder - 1919 - 572 pages
...not mine: The poet's tempestuous spirit knew many moods. On another occasion he wrote to a friend : "I am sure my bones would not rest in an English grave,...believe the thought would drive me mad on my death-bed — I would not even feed your worms if I could help it." Stanza X. The temple where the dead are honor'd:... | |
 | George Saintsbury - 1922 - 332 pages
...over me. I trust they won't think of " pickling, and bringing me home to clod or Blunderbuss Hall." I am sure my bones would not rest in an English grave,...any of my friends would be base enough to convey my carcass back to your soil. I would not even feed your worms if I could help it. So, as Shakespeare... | |
 | Georg Morris Cohen Brandes - 1923 - 398 pages
...mad on my deathbed, could I suppose that any of my friends would be base enough to convey my carcass back to your soil. I would not even feed your worms, if I could help it." But now occurred an event which in an unforeseen manner put an end to the polygamy in which Byron was... | |
 | Ethel Colburn Mayne - 1924 - 500 pages
...few days — he adds to this : "I trust they won't think of ' pickling, and bringing me home '. ... I am sure my bones would not rest in an English grave,...would not even feed your worms, if I could help it ". From Bologna he wrote to Hoppner that he should return thence to Venice ; but two days later, dispatching... | |
 | Robert Andrews - 1989 - 414 pages
...realm, this England. Gaunt, King Richard II William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist, poet I am sure my bones would not rest in an English grave,...would be base enough to convey my carcase back to her soil. I would not even feed her worms if I could help it. Lord Byron (1788-1824) English poet England,... | |
 | Robert Andrews - 1993 - 1214 pages
...and quite English, imperturbable. LORD BYRON (1788-1824). English poet. Don/uan.cto. 13, st. 14. 11 I am sure my bones would not rest in an English grave,...any of my friends would be base enough to convey my carcass back to her soil. I would not even feed her worms if I could help it. LORD BYRON (1788-1824).... | |
 | Robert Andrews - 1997 - 666 pages
...(1812-1889) British poet. "Home Thoughts, From Abroad," st. 1 , Dramatic Romances and Lyrics (1 845). 5 I am sure my bones would not rest in an English grave, or my clay mix with the earth ofthat country. I believe the thought would drive me mad on my death-bed could I suppose that any of... | |
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