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" Was as a mockery of the tomb, Whose tints as gently sunk away As a departing rainbow's ray. An eye of most transparent light, That almost made the dungeon bright, And not a word of murmur — not A groan o'er his untimely lot, A little talk of better... "
The Critical Review: Or, Annals of Literature - Page 573
edited by - 1816
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The Churchman's companion, Volume 19

1856 - 978 pages
...master grew daily w«l and yet — " Not a word of murmur, not A groan o'er his untimely lot ; But the sighs he would suppress Of fainting nature's feebleness, More slowly drawn, grew less and less ;" and soon the sad angel of death was with him. I know not how it was, but the very day he died, I...
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Dictionary of Poetical Quotations: Consisting of Elegant Extracts ..., Volume 1

1847 - 526 pages
...soothing sounds, appease The raging pain, and lessen the disease. FRANCIS' Horace. 16. And then the sigh, he would suppress, Of fainting nature's feebleness, More slowly drawn, grew less and less. BYRON'S Prisoner of Chilian. 17. A cheek, whose bloom Was as a mockery of the tomb, Whose tints as...
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Dictionary of Poetical Quotations: Consisting of Elegant Extracts ..., Volume 1

1847 - 540 pages
...soothing sounds, appease The raging pain, and lessen the disease. FRANCIS' Horace. 16. And then the sigh, he would suppress, Of fainting nature's feebleness, More slowly drawn, grew less and less, BYRON'S Prisoner of Chilian. 17. A cheek, whose bloom Was as a mockery of the tomb, Whose tints as...
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Tales and poems

George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1848 - 320 pages
...the dungeon bright, And not a word of murmur — not A groan o'er his untimely lot, — A little talk of better days, A little hope my own to raise, For...he would suppress Of fainting nature's feebleness, I listen'd, but I could not hear — I call'd, for I was wild with fear ; I knew 'twas hopeless, but...
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The School Reader. Fifth Book: Designed as a Sequel to Sanders' Fouth Reader ...

Charles Walton Sanders, Joshua Chase Sanders - 1848 - 468 pages
...the dungeon bright. 10. And then the sighs he would suppress Of fainting nature's feebleness ; — I listened, but I could not hear, — I called, for I was wild with fear ; — I called, and thought I heard a sound, — I burst my chain with one strong bound, And rushed to him....
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Gleanings from the Poets: For Home and School

1854 - 456 pages
...the dungeon bright. And not a word of murmur, not A groan o'er his untimely lot, — A little talk of better days, A little hope my own to raise ; For...hear, — I called, for I was wild with fear ; I knew 't was hopeless, but my dread Would not be thus admonished ; I called, and thought I heard a sound,...
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The advanced prose and poetical reader, by A.W. Buchan

Alexander Winton Buchan - 1854 - 332 pages
...the dungeon bright, And not a word of murmur — not A groan o'er his untimely lot, — A little talk of better days, A little hope my own to raise, For...feebleness, More slowly drawn, grew less and less : I listen'd, but I could not hear — I call'd, for I was wild with fear ; I knew 'twas hopeless, but...
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The Works of Lord Byron: Embracing His Suppressed Poems, and a Sketch of His ...

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1854 - 1104 pages
...bright, 184 186 And not a word of murmur — not Л groan o'er his untimely lot,— Л little talk of better days, A little hope my own to raise, For...nature's feebleness, More slowly drawn, grew less and lees : I Usten'd, but I could not heai — I call'd, for I was wild with fear : I knew 'twas hopeless,...
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The Works of Lord Byron: Embracing His Suppressed Poems, and a Sketch of His ...

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1854 - 1126 pages
...of murmur— not Л groan o'er his untimely lot,— A little talk of better days, A little hope ray ld listen'd, but I could not hear— I call'd, for I was wild with fear : I knew 'twas hopeless, bnt my...
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The book of celebrated poems

Book - 1854 - 496 pages
...the dungeon bright, And not a word of murmur — not A groan o'er his untimely lot, — A little talk of better days, A little hope my own to raise, For...this last loss, of all the most ; And then the sighs be would suppress Of fainting nature's feebleness, More slowly drawn, grew less and less : I listen'd,...
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