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Latest Release: Chapter 1 : Byron's Poetical Works.Vol. 1.by Byron.PREFACE TO THE POEMS.The text of the present
Byron's Poetical Works.Vol. 1.by Byron.PREFACE TO THE POEMS.The text of the present issue of Lord Byron's Poetical Works is based on that of 'The Works of Lord Byron', in six volumes, 12mo, which was published by John Murray in 1831. T
- 338 That picture (howsoever fine the rest) Is loveliest to my mind of all the show; It may perhaps be also to _your_ zest, And that's the cause I rhyme upon it so: Tis but a portrait of his Son, and Wife, And self; but _such_ a Woman! Love in life![201]X
- 337 _Rosalind_. Farewell, Monsieur Traveller; Look, you lisp, and wear strange suits: disable all the benefits of your own country; be out of love with your Nativity, and almost chide G.o.d for making you that countenance you are; or I will scarce think you h
- 336 I thought mine enemies had been but Man, But Spirits may be leagued with them--all Earth Abandons--Heaven forgets me;--in the dearth 200 Of such defence the Powers of Evil can-- It may be--tempt me further,--and prevail Against the outworn creature they a
- 335 THE LAMENT OF Ta.s.sO.INTRODUCTION TO _THE LAMENT OF Ta.s.sO_.The MS. of the _Lament of Ta.s.so_ is dated April 20, 1817. It was despatched from Florence April 23, and reached England May 12 (see _Memoir of John Murray_, 1891, i. 384). Proofs reached Byro
- 334 [157] [A reminiscence of the clouds of spray from the Fall of the Staubbach, which, in certain aspects, appear to be springing upwards from the bed of the waterfall.][158] {125}[Compare _The Giaour,_ lines 282-284. Compare, too, _Don Juan,_ Canto IV. stan
- 333 [146] {114}[Compare-- "Sorrow is Knowledge."Act I. sc. 1, line 10, _vide ante_, p. 85.Compare, too-- "Well didst thou speak, Athena's wisest son!'All that we know is, nothing can be known.'"_Childe Harold_, Canto II. sta
- 332 [126] [The fall of the Rossberg took place September 2, 1806. "A huge ma.s.s of conglomerate rock, 1000 feet broad and 100 feet thick, detached itself from the face of the mountain (Rossberg or Rufiberg, near Goldau, south of Lake Zug), and slipped d
- 331 _Spirit_. But thy many crimes Have made thee-- _Man_. What are they to such as thee?Must crimes be punished but by other crimes, And greater criminals?--Back to thy h.e.l.l!Thou hast no power upon me, _that_ I feel; Thou never shalt possess me, _that_ I k
- 330 _Abbot_. Upon myself I take The forfeit of my fault, if fault there be-- But I must see him._Her_. Thou hast seen him once his eve already._Abbot_. Herman! I command thee,[bf]Knock, and apprize the Count of my approach._Her_. We dare not._Abbot_. Then it
- 329 _Man_. I hear thee. This is my reply--whate'er I may have been, or am, doth rest between Heaven and myself--I shall not choose a mortal To be my mediator--Have I sinned Against your ordinances? prove and punis.h.!.+[154]_Abbot_. My son! I did not spe
- 328 _Nem_. Silent still!She is not of our order, but belongs To the other powers. Mortal! thy quest is vain, And we are baffled also._Man_. Hear me, hear me-- Astarte! my beloved! speak to me: I have so much endured--so much endure-- Look on me! the grave hat
- 327 _Nem_. I was detained repairing shattered thrones-- Marrying fools, restoring dynasties-- Avenging men upon their enemies, And making them repent their own revenge; Goading the wise to madness; from the dull Shaping out oracles to rule the world Afresh--f
- 326 _Witch_. I know not that; let thy lips utter it._Man_. Well, though it torture me, 'tis but the same; My pang shall find a voice. From my youth upwards 50 My Spirit walked not with the souls of men, Nor looked upon the earth with human eyes; The thir
- 325 _C. Hun_. I'll answer that anon.--Away with me---- The clouds grow thicker----there--now lean on me-- Place your foot here--here, take this staff, and cling A moment to that shrub--now give me your hand, And hold fast by my girdle--softly--well-- 120
- 324 _Spirit_. It is not in our essence, in our skill; But--thou may'st die._Man_. Will Death bestow it on me?_Spirit_. We are immortal, and do not forget; We are eternal; and to us the past 150 Is, as the future, present. Art thou answered?_Man_. Ye mock
- 323 For the text of Goethe's review of _Manfred_, and Hoppner's translation of that review, and an account of Goethe's relation with Byron, drawn from Professor A. Brandl's _Goethes Verhaltniss zu Byron (Goethe-Jahrbuch, Zwanzigster Band_,
- 322 Ye Bards! to whom the Drama's Muse is dear, He was your Master--emulate him _here_!Ye men of wit and social eloquence![103]He was your brother--bear his ashes hence!While Powers of mind almost of boundless range,[104]Complete in kind, as various in t
- 321 [93] {64}[Compare-- "Though thy slumber may be deep, Yet thy Spirit shall not sleep.Nor to slumber nor to die, Shall be in thy destiny."_The Incantation_, lines 201, 202, 254, 255, _Manfred_, act i. sc. 1, _vide post_, pp. 92, 93.][94] [Compare
- 320 [z]_Go where thou wilt thou art to me the same_-- _A loud regret which I would not resign_.--[MS.][84] [Compare-- "Oh! that the Desert were my dwelling-place, With one fair Spirit for my minister!"_Childe Harold_, Canto IV. stanza clxxvii. lines
- 319 [72] [The edition of 1832 and subsequent issues read "and equal." It is clear that the earlier reading, "an equal," is correct. The spirit opposed by the spirit is an equal, etc. The spirit can also oppose to "its own funereal des
- 318 [60] {46}[On the sheet containing the original draft of these lines Lord Byron has written, "The following poem (as most that I have endeavoured to write) is founded on a fact; and this detail is an attempt at a serious imitation of the style of a gr
- 317 [47] ["This is true _keeping_--an Eastern picture perfect in its foreground, and distance, and sky, and no part of which is so dwelt upon or laboured as to obscure the princ.i.p.al figure."--Sir Walter Scott, _Quarterly Review_, No. x.x.xi. &quo
- 316 XVI.For thee, my own sweet sister, in thy heart I know myself secure, as thou in mine; We were and are--I am, even as thou art--[am]Beings who ne'er each other can resign; It is the same, together or apart, From Life's commencement to its slow d
- 315 VI.From the wreck of the past, which hath perished,[x]Thus much I at least may recall, It hath taught me that what I most cherished Deserved to be dearest of all: In the Desert a fountain is springing,[y][81]In the wide waste there still is a tree, And a
- 314 PROMETHEUS.[64]I.t.i.tan! to whose immortal eyes The sufferings of mortality, Seen in their sad reality, Were not as things that G.o.ds despise; What was thy pity's recompense?[65]A silent suffering, and intense; The rock, the vulture, and the chain,
- 313 Is not the past all shadow?--What are they?Creations of the mind?--The mind can make Substance, and people planets of its own 20 With beings brighter than have been, and give A breath to forms which can outlive all flesh.[37]I would recall a vision which
- 312 Compare, too, _The Dream_, line 166, _vide post_, p. 39-- "What business had they there at such a time?"][27] {26}[Compare-- "He sighed, and turned his eyes, because he knew 'Twas but a larger jail he had in view."Dryden, _Palamon
- 311 Compare, too-- "She came into the cave, but it was merely To see her bird reposing in his nest."_Don Juan,_ Canto II. stanza clxviii. lines 3, 4.][10] {17}[Compare-- "Those polar summers, _all_ sun, and some ice."_Don Juan_, Canto XII.
- 310 When skies are blue, and earth is gay.XI.A kind of change came in my fate, 300 My keepers grew compa.s.sionate; I know not what had made them so, They were inured to sights of woe, But so it was:--my broken chain With links unfastened did remain, And it w
- 309 The Works of Lord Byron.Volume 4.by Lord Byron.PREFACE TO THE FOURTH VOLUME.The poems included in this volume consist of thirteen longer or more important works, written at various periods between June, 1816, and October, 1821; of eight occasional pieces
- 308 [sd] _At times the highest_----.--[MS. M.] [se] ----_of her evil will_.--[MS. M.] [sf] _What marvel that this mistress demon works_ / _wheresoeer she lurks_.--[MS. M.] _Eternal evil_ { _when she latent works_.--[Copy.] [sg] _A gloss of candour of a web of
- 307 STANZAS TO AUGUSTA.[438]When all around grew drear and dark,[sn]And reason half withheld her ray-- And Hope but shed a dying spark Which more misled my lonely way; In that deep midnight of the mind, And that internal strife of heart, When dreading to be d
- 306 The _Champion_ had been the first to give tongue, and the other journals, on the plea that the mischief was out, one after the other took up the cry. On Monday, April 15, the _Sun_ printed _Fare Thee Well_, and on Tuesday, April 16, followed with _A Sketc
- 305 [413] {507} [The revise of _Parisina_ is endorsed in Murray's handwriting, "Given to me by Lord Byron at his house, Sat.u.r.day, January 13, 1816."][414] The lines contained in this section were printed as set to music some time since, but
- 304 'Tis true that I have done thee wrong-- But wrong for wrong:--this,--deemed thy bride, The other victim of thy pride,-- Thou know'st for me was destined long; Thou saw'st, and coveted'st her charms; And with thy very crime--my birth,--
- 303 _January_ 22, 1816.ADVERTIs.e.m.e.nT.The following poem is grounded on a circ.u.mstance mentioned in Gibbon's "Antiquities of the House of Brunswick." I am aware, that in modern times, the delicacy or fastidiousness of the reader may deem s
- 302 "But in a higher niche, alone, but crowned, The Virgin-Mother of the G.o.d-born Child, With her Son in her blessed arms, looked round ...But even the faintest relics of a shrine Of any wors.h.i.+p wake some thoughts divine."][qm]/ _chequered_ --
- 301 [373] [Leave out this couplet.--Gifford.][374] {480} [Compare--"While the still morn went out with sandals grey."_Lycidas_, line 187.][375] [Strike out--"And the Noon will look on a sultry day."--Gifford.][376] The horsetails, fixed up
- 300 _Monuments that the coming age_ _Leaves to the spoil of the season's rage_-- _Till Ruin makes the relics scarce_, _Then Learning acts her solemn farce_, _And, roaming through the marble waste_, _Prates of beauty, art, and taste_.XIX._That Temple was
- 299 [350] {461} [Compare Scott's _Marmion_, III. xvi. 4-- "And that strange Palmer's boding say, That fell so ominous and drear."][ot]----_by fancy framed_, _Which rings a deep, internal knell_, _A visionary pa.s.sing-bell._--[MS. G. erase
- 298 [333] [The metrical rendering of the date (miscalculated from the death instead of the birth of Christ) may be traced to the opening lines of an old ballad (Kolbing's _Siege of Corinth_, p. 53)-- "Upon the sixteen hunder year Of G.o.d, and fifty
- 297 From right to left his sabre swept: Many an Othman mother wept Sons that were unborn, when dipped[390]His weapon first in Moslem gore, Ere his years could count a score. 800 Of all he might have been the sire[391]Who fell that day beneath his ire: For, so
- 296 Sent that soft and tender moan?[365]He lifted his head, and he looked on the sea, But it was unrippled as gla.s.s may be; He looked on the long gra.s.s--it waved not a blade; How was that gentle sound conveyed?He looked to the banners--each flag lay still
- 295 The chiefs of Venice wrung away From Patra to Euboea's bay,) Minotti held in Corinth's towers[oo]The Doge's delegated powers, While yet the pitying eye of Peace 220 Smiled o'er her long forgotten Greece: And ere that faithless truce wa
- 294 FRIEND._January 22nd_, 1816.ADVERTIs.e.m.e.nT "The grand army of the Turks (in 1715), under the Prime Vizier, to open to themselves a way into the heart of the Morea, and to form the siege of Napoli di Romania, the most considerable place in all that
- 293 [320] ["All wept, but particularly Savary, and a Polish officer who had been exalted from the ranks by Buonaparte. He clung to his master's knees; wrote a letter to Lord Keith, entreating permission to accompany him, even in the most menial capa
- 292 [mr] {410} _Never may I behold_ _Moment like this_.--[MS.][ms]_The damp of the morning_ _Clung chill on my brow_.--[MS. erased.][mt] _Thy vow hath been broken_.--[MS.][mu]----_lies hidden_ _Our secret of sorrow_-- _And deep in my soul_-- _But deed more fo
- 291 Whose realm refused thee ev'n a tomb;[325]Better hadst thou still been leading France o'er hosts of hirelings bleeding, Than sold thyself to death and shame For a meanly royal name; Such as he of Naples wears, Who thy blood-bought t.i.tle bears.
- 290 Bright be the place of thy soul!No lovelier spirit than thine E'er burst from its mortal control, In the orbs of the blessed to s.h.i.+ne.On earth thou wert all but divine, As thy soul shall immortally be;[nk]And our sorrow may cease to repine When w
- 289 3.The naked Stranger rose, and wrung his hair, And that first moment pa.s.sed in silent prayer.Alas! the sound--he sunk into Despair-- He was on Earth--but what was Earth to him, Houseless and homeless--bare both breast and limb?Cut off from all but Memor
- 288 Oh! thine be the gladness, and mine be the guilt![my]Forgive me, adored one!--forsake, if thou wilt;-- But the heart which is thine shall expire undebased[mz]And _man_ shall not break it--whatever _thou_ mayst.[na]4.And stern to the haughty, but humble to
- 287 Farewell! if ever fondest prayer For other's weal availed on high, Mine will not all be lost in air, But waft thy name beyond the sky.'Twere vain to speak--to weep--to sigh: Oh! more than tears of blood can tell, When wrung from Guilt's exp
- 286 [298] {395} [Compare _Childe Harold_, Canto I. stanza lx.x.xii.lines 8, 9-- "Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom flings."_Poetical Works_, 1899, ii. 73, and note 16, p. 93.][lt
- 285 A SPIRIT Pa.s.sED BEFORE ME.FROM JOB.I.A spirit pa.s.sed before me: I beheld The face of Immortality unveiled-- Deep Sleep came down on every eye save mine-- And there it stood,--all formless--but divine: Along my bones the creeping flesh did quake; And a
- 284 I.From the last hill that looks on thy once holy dome,[mg]I beheld thee, oh Sion! when rendered to Rome:[mh]'Twas thy last sun went down, and the flames of thy fall Flashed back on the last glance I gave to thy wall.II.I looked for thy temple--I look
- 283 Away--away--without a wing, O'er all--through all--its thought shall fly, A nameless and eternal thing, Forgetting what it was to die.Seaham, 1815.VISION OF BELSHAZZAR.[299]I.The King was on his throne, The Satraps thronged the hall:[lx]A thousand br
- 282 III.Thy name, our charging hosts along, Shall be the battle-word!Thy fall, the theme of choral song From virgin voices poured!To weep would do thy glory wrong: Thou shalt not be deplored.SAUL.I.Thou whose spell can raise the dead, Bid the Prophet's f
- 281 II.There--where thy finger scorched the tablet stone!There--where thy shadow to thy people shone!Thy glory shrouded in its garb of fire: Thyself--none living see and not expire!III.Oh! in the lightning let thy glance appear; Sweep from his s.h.i.+vered ha
- 280 SHE WALKS IN BEAUTY.[287]I.She walks in Beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies; And all that's best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes: Thus mellowed to that tender light Which Heaven to gaudy day denies.II.One sh
- 279 [ko] {355} _The Beauty--which the first success would s.n.a.t.c.h_.--[MS.][kp] {356} _A word's enough to rouse mankind to kill_ _Some factions phrase by cunning raised and spread_.--[MS.][kq] {357} ----_upon the battle slain_.--[Ed. 1831.][kr] {358}
- 278 _Marmion_, Canto III. stanza xv. lines 19-22.][272] [Compare-- "Sweetly s.h.i.+ning on the eye, A rivulet gliding smoothly by; Which shows with what an easy tide The moments of the happy glide."Dyer's _Country Walk_ (_Poetical Works of Arms
- 277 The foe arrives, who long had searched the field, Their triumph nought till Lara too should yield: They would remove him, but they see 'twere vain, And he regards them with a calm disdain, 1080 That rose to reconcile him with his fate, And that escap
- 276 Where was this Ezzelin? who came and went, To leave no other trace of his intent.He left the dome of Otho long ere morn, In darkness, yet so well the path was worn He could not miss it: near his dwelling lay; But there he was not, and with coming day Came
- 275 Art thou not he? whose deeds----"[jx]"Whate'er I be, Words wild as these, accusers like to thee, I list no further; those with whom they weigh May hear the rest, nor venture to gainsay The wondrous tale no doubt thy tongue can tell, Which t
- 274 Why heard no music, and received no guest?All was not well, they deemed--but where the wrong?[271]Some knew perchance--but 'twere a tale too long; 150 And such besides were too discreetly wise, To more than hint their knowledge in surmise; But if the
- 273 _Morning Chronicle_, April 27, 1814.]LARA: A TALE.INTRODUCTION TO _LARA_ The MS. of _Lara_ is dated May 14, 1814. The opening lines, which were not prefixed to the published poem, and were first printed in _Murray's Magazine_ (January, 1887), are of
- 272 [245] {306} [Stanzas ii. and iii. were added in Proof iv.][246] [A "spell" may be broken, but it is difficult to understand how, like the two halves of a seal or amulet, a broken spell can "unite again."][247] "Certaminis _gaudia_
- 271 VIII.The Spaniard, when the l.u.s.t of sway Had lost its quickening spell,[252]Cast crowns for rosaries away, An empire for a cell; A strict accountant of his beads, A subtle disputant on creeds, His dotage trifled well:[253]Yet better had he neither know
- 270 It would appear that early in September, 1814, a British officer, Colonel E. Nicholls, made overtures to Jean Lafitte, offering him the rank of captain in the British army, a grant of lands, and a sum of $30,000 if he would join forces with the British sq
- 269 155-176. He gives (p. 174) a striking description of a _sunrise_ off the Cape of Sunium.][226] {271} Socrates drank the hemlock a short time before sunset (the hour of execution), notwithstanding the entreaties of his disciples to wait till the sun went d
- 268 [202] {237} [Lines 277-280 are not in the MS. They were inserted on a detached printed sheet, with a view to publication in the Seventh Edition.][hr] {238} _Not Guilt itself could quench this earliest one_.--[MS.erased.][hs] {239} _Now to Francesca_.--[MS
- 267 Its lips are silent--twice his own essayed, And failed to frame the question they delayed; He s.n.a.t.c.hed the lamp--its light will answer all-- It quits his grasp, expiring in the fall. 1760 He would not wait for that reviving ray-- As soon could he hav
- 266 "Gulnare--Gulnare--I never felt till now My abject fortune, withered fame so low: Seyd is mine enemy; had swept my band From earth with ruthless but with open hand, And therefore came I, in my bark of war, 1530 To smite the smiter with the scimitar;
- 265 It came at last--a sad and shattered boat, Whose inmates first beheld whom first they sought; Some bleeding--all most wretched--these the few-- Scarce knew they how escaped--_this_ all they knew.In silence, darkling, each appeared to wait His fellow'
- 264 She gazed in wonder, "Can he calmly sleep, While other eyes his fall or ravage weep?And mine in restlessness are wandering here-- What sudden spell hath made this man so dear? 1030 True--'tis to him my life, and more, I owe, And me and mine he s
- 263 It s.h.i.+nes a lake of fire!--away--away!Ho! treachery! my guards! my scimitar!The galleys feed the flames--and I afar!Accursed Dervise!--these thy tidings--thou Some villain spy--seize--cleave him--slay him now!"Up rose the Dervise with that burst
- 262 See, I have plucked the fruit that promised best, And where not sure, perplexed, but pleased, I guessed At such as seemed the fairest; thrice the hill My steps have wound to try the coolest rill; Yes! thy Sherbet to-night will sweetly flow, See how it spa
- 261 "Aye! at set of sun: The breeze will freshen when the day is done.My corslet--cloak--one hour and we are gone. 160 Sling on thy bugle--see that free from rust My carbine-lock springs worthy of my trust; Be the edge sharpened of my boarding-brand, And
- 260 The Seventh Edition contained four additional lines (the last four of stanza xi.), and a note (unnumbered) to line 226, in defence of the _vraisemblance_ of the _Corsair's_ misanthropy. The Ninth Edition numbered 112 pages. The additional matter cons
- 259 ["But here (at Gloucester) is a _modernity_, which beats all antiquities for curiosity. Just by the high altar is a small pew hung with green damask, with curtains of the same; a small corner-cupboard, painted, carved, and gilt, for books, in one cor
- 258 [178] {197} "Jannat-al-Aden," the perpetual abode, the Mussulman paradise. [See Sale's _Koran_, "Preliminary Discourse," sect. i.; and _Journal_, November 17, 1813, _Letters_, 1898, ii. 326.][gs] _Wait on thy voice and bow at thy
- 257 [Compare _Lalla Rookh_ ("Chandos Cla.s.sics," p. 373)--"The flas.h.i.+ng of their swords' rich marquetry."][164] {187} It is to be observed, that every allusion to any thing or personage in the Old Testament, such as the Ark, or C
- 256 [ft] _The day that teareth thee from me_.--[MS.][147] "Azrael," the angel of death.[fu] _When comes that hour and come it must_.--[MS. erased.][fv] {172} _Which thanks to terror and the dark_ _Hath missed a trifle of its mark._--[MS.][The couple
- 255 [fa] _Canto 1^st^ The Bride of Abydos. Nov. 1^st^ 1813_.--[MS.][fb] {159} _The changing cheek and knitting brow_.--[MS. i.][fc]_Hence--bid my daughter hither come_ _This hour decides her future doom--_ _Yet not to her these words express_ _But lead her fr
- 254 Peace to thy broken heart--and virgin grave!Ah! happy! but of life to lose the worst!That grief--though deep--though fatal--was thy first!Thrice happy! ne'er to feel nor fear the force Of absence--shame--pride--hate--revenge--remorse!And, oh! that pa
- 253 Aye! let me like the ocean-Patriarch[173] roam, 870 Or only know on land the Tartar's home![174]My tent on sh.o.r.e, my galley on the sea, Are more than cities and Serais to me:[175]Borne by my steed, or wafted by my sail, Across the desert, or befor
- 252 They reached at length a grotto, hewn By nature, but enlarged by art, Where oft her lute she wont to tune, And oft her Koran conned apart; And oft in youthful reverie She dreamed what Paradise might be: Where Woman's parted soul shall go Her Prophet
- 251 He lived--he breathed--he moved--he felt; He raised the maid from where she knelt; His trance was gone, his keen eye shone With thoughts that long in darkness dwelt; 330 With thoughts that burn--in rays that melt.As the stream late concealed By the fringe
- 250 Till I, who heard the deep tambour[130]Beat thy Divan's approaching hour, To thee, and to my duty true, Warned by the sound, to greet thee flew: But there Zuleika wanders yet-- Nay, Father, rage not--nor forget That none can pierce that secret bower
- 249 5. Four sheets of notes to Canto I. stanza vi., dated November 20, November 22, 1813.6. Two sheets of notes to stanza xvi.7. Sixteen additional lines to stanza xiii.The fourteen additional sheets to Canto II. consist of-- 1. Ten lines of stanza iv., and f
- 248 [es] {141} _I have no heart to love him now_ _And 'tis but to declare my end_.--[ms][et]_But now Remembrance murmurs o'er_ _Of all our early youth had been_-- _In pain, I now had turned aside_ _To bless his memory ere I died_, _But Heaven would
- 247 [111] [For "Caloyer," see _Childe Harold_, Canto II. stanza xlix. line 6, and note 21, _Poetical Works_, 1899, ii. 130, 181. It is a hard matter to piece together the "fragments" which make up the rest of the poem. Apparently the quest
- 246 [Sale, in his _Preliminary Discourse_ ("Chandos Cla.s.sics," p. 80), in dealing with this question, notes "that there are several pa.s.sages in the Koran which affirm that women, in the next life, will not only be punished for their evil ac
- 245 or, _The famished fox the wild dog gaunt_ _May vainly for its waters pant_.--[MS.][dg] _Might strike an echo_----.--[MS.][dh] {102} _And welcome Life though but in one_ _For many a gilded chamber's there_ _Unmeet for Solitude to share_.--- [MS.][75]
- 244 [co] _Commenced by Sire--renewed by Son_.--[MS.][cp]_Attest it many a former age_ _While kings in dark oblivion hid_.--[MS.][cq] _There let the Muse direct thine eye_.--[MS.][cr] {93} _The hearts amid thy mountains bred_.--[MS.][64] Athens is the property
- 243 "Such is my name, and such my tale.Confessor! to thy secret ear 1320 I breathe the sorrows I bewail, And thank thee for the generous tear This glazing eye could never shed.Then lay me with the humblest dead,[ew]And, save the cross above my head, Be n
- 242 "Father! thy, days have pa.s.sed in peace, 'Mid counted beads, and countless prayer; To bid the sins of others cease, Thyself without a crime or care, Save transient ills that all must bear, Has been thy lot from youth to age; And thou wilt bles
- 241 The bickering sabres' s.h.i.+vering jar; And pealing wide or ringing near Its echoes on the throbbing ear, The deathshot hissing from afar; The shock, the shout, the groan of war, 640 Reverberate along that vale, More suited to the shepherd's ta
- 240 Woe to that hour he came or went!The curse for Ha.s.san's sin was sent 280 To turn a palace to a tomb; He came, he went, like the Simoom,[73]That harbinger of Fate and gloom, Beneath whose widely-wasting breath The very cypress droops to death-- Dark
- 239 BYRON.London, _May_, 1813.ADVERTIs.e.m.e.nT.The tale which these disjointed fragments present, is founded upon circ.u.mstances now less common in the East than formerly; either because the ladies are more circ.u.mspect than in the "olden time,"