 As if to him it could impart The doom he dreads, yet dwells upon,; Yes, but for these and these alone, Some moments, ay, one treacherous hour, He still might doubt the tyrant's power; So fair, so calm, so softly seal'd, The first, last look by death reveal'd!...  The works of lord Byron - Sida 8efter George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1830Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | 1821 - 712 sidor
...the dead, Ere the first day of death is fled, ite. See the rest of this beautiful passage, »s far as Such is the aspect of this shore, Tis Greece, but living Greece no more. Giaour, 67. Mrs. Radclijfe. — Beyond Milan the country wore the aspect of a ruder devastation ; and... | |
 | 680 sidor
...smile ! the smile of death, BO meaningless, passionless, and chilling, pierced me to the quick : " So coldly sweet, so deadly fair, We start, for soul is wanting there." Her condition was indeed deplorable in the extreme. As soon as possible we embarked for Dover ; the... | |
 | 1813 - 580 sidor
...power. So fair — so calm — so softly sealed The first — last look — by death revealed ! '< Such is the aspect of this shore — . 'Tis Greece...with parting breath; But beauty with that fearful bkiom, That hue which haunts it to the tombExpression's last receding ray, A gilded halo hovering round... | |
 | 1813 - 662 sidor
...tyrant's power, So fair— so calm — so softly seal'd The first — last look — by death reveal'd ! Such is the aspect of this shore — 'Tis Greece —...death, That parts not quite with parting breath.' pp. 4- — 6. The plunging of Leila's body in the waves must net be omitted. ' Thou speakest sooth,... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1813 - 90 sidor
...a few hours after " the spirit is not there." It is to be reSuch is the aspect of this shore — 90 'Tis Greece — but living Greece no more! So coldly...in death, That parts not quite with parting breath ; 95 But beauty with that fearful bloom, That hue which haunts it to the tomb — Expression's last... | |
 | 1813 - 716 sidor
...tyrant's power So fair — so calm — so softly seal'd The first — last look — by death reveal'd! Such is the aspect of this shore — 'Tis Greece —...deadly fair, . We start — for soul is wanting there. Her) ia the loveliness in death, That parts not quite with parting breatli; But beauty with that fearful... | |
 | 1813 - 550 sidor
...tyrant's power, So fair — so calm — so softly scal'd The first — last look — by death reveal'd ! Such is the aspect of this shore — 'Tis Greece —...deadly fair, We start — for soul is wanting there. Her's is the loveliness in death, That parts not quite with parting breath ; But beauty with that fearful... | |
 | 1813 - 560 sidor
...tyrant's power, So fair — so calm— so softly seal'd The first— last look — by death reveal'd ! Such is the aspect of this shore—, Tis Greece —...deadly fair, We start — for soul is wanting there. Her's is the loveliness in death, That parts not quite with parting breath ; i But beauty with that... | |
 | 1813 - 566 sidor
...power, So fair — so calm — so softly seal'd The first — last look — by death reveal'd ! Sucli is the aspect of this shore — 'Tis Greece — but...deadly fair, We start — for soul is wanting there. Her's is the loveliness in death, That parts not quite with parting breath ; But beauty with that fearful... | |
 | 1813 - 552 sidor
...— so calm — so softfy seal'd The first — last look — by death reveal'd! Such is the aspect ot this shore — 'Tis Greece — but living Greece no...deadly fair, We start — for soul is wanting there. Her's is the loveliness in death, That parts not quite with parting breath; But beauty with that fearful... | |
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