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" Not by the sport of nature, but of man: These two, a maiden and a youth, were there Gazing — the one on all that was beneath Fair as herself — but the boy gazed on her; And both were young, and one was beautiful; And both were young — yet not alike... "
The works of ... lord Byron - Page 45
by George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1818
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The young prima donna

Elizabeth Caroline Grey - 1840 - 926 pages
...light thoughtlessness of youth, he forgot all his miseries — all the wretchedness he had endured. " There was but one beloved face on earth, And that was shining on him ; he had looked Upon it till it would not pass away ; He had no breath, no beins;, but in hers ; She was his...
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Punch, Volume 91

1886 - 348 pages
...profitable occupation in which he was engaged, who would have thought that there had been a time when " to his eye there was but one beloved face on earth, and that was shining on him " ! But it was true, nevertheless, and terribly he paid, poor fellow ! for mistaking for love what...
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Howard Pinckney: A Novel

Frederick William Thomas - 1841 - 176 pages
...when he dreamed that Miss Chaworth loved him not:— • . 'As the sweet moon on the horizon verge Tbe maid was on the eve of womanhood ; The boy had fewer summers, but his heart II ad far outgrown his years, and to his eye There was bat one heloved face on earth, And that was...
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Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History, Critical and ..., Volume 2

Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 pages
...all that was beneath Fair as herself— but the boy gazed on her ; And both were young, and one was I y +ߎ B d This boyish idolatry nursed the spirit of poetry in Byron's mind. He was recalled, however, from hii...
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Cyclopædia of English literature, Volume 2

Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...all that was beneath Fair as herself — but the boy gazed on her ; And both were young, and one was Z 83 $ hi« years, and to his eye There was but one beloved face on earth, And that was shining on him. This...
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The Select Poetical Works

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1848 - 428 pages
...all that was beneath Fair as herself — but the boy gazed on her; And both were young, and one was beautiful : And both were young — yet not alike...face on earth, And that was shining on him ; he had looked Upon it till it could not pass away ; He had no breath nor being, but in hers ; She was his...
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The Crayon Miscellany

Washington Irving - 1849 - 390 pages
...young—yet not alike in youth. As the sweet moon in the horizon's verge, The maid was on the verge of womanhood: The boy had fewer summers, but his heart...beloved face on earth, And that was shining on him." I stood upon the spot consecrated by this memorable interview. Below me extended the " living landscape,"...
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The Crayon Miscellany

Washington Irving - 1849 - 394 pages
...young—yet not alike in youth. As the sweet moon in the horizon's verge, The maid was on the verge of womanhood: The boy had fewer summers, but his heart...beloved face on earth, And that was shining on him." I stood upon the spot consecrated by this memorable interview. Below me extended the " living landscape,"...
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Cyclopedia of English Literature: a Selection of the Choicest ..., Volume 2

Robert Chambers - 1851 - 764 pages
...all that was beneath Fair as herself — but the boy gazed on her ; And both were young, and one was old, cold are their breasts of clay ! Oh ! from the...from the top of the windy steep, speak, ye ghosts ете of womanhood ; The boy had fewer summers, but his heart Had far outgrown his years, and to his...
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Albion and Erin in Poems of Th. Moore, Lord Byron, R. Burns, P.B. Shelley ...

Victor von Arentsschild - 1851 - 588 pages
...©ie; Unb Sieibe юагеп jung, unb Sine шаг And both were young — yet not alike in youth. Ля the sweet moon on the horizon's verge, The maid was...on the eve of womanhood; The boy had fewer summers, bnt hie heart Had far outgrown his years, aud to his eye There was bat one beloved face on earth, And...
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