Twas not well to spurn it so. Though the world for this commend thee Though it smile upon the blow, Even its praises must offend thee, Founded on another's woe: Though my many faults defaced me, Could no other arm be found, Than the one which once embraced... The works of Lord Byron - Sida 192efter George Gordon Noël Byron Byron - 1830Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1881 - 800 sidor
...thee — Though it smile upon the blow, Even its praises must offend thee, Founded on another's woe : life and death to be the mark where Wrong Aim'd with...generations shall roll on, [long And not the whole combined retaincth. Still must mine, though bleeding, be.it ; And the undying thought which paineth Is — that... | |
| Henry George Bohn - 1881 - 738 sidor
...the soul resign 'd, Is stabb'd by her own guards. Dryden, All for Locc. Though my many faults defae'd me, Could no other arm be found. Than the one which once embrae'd me, I1fFIDELITY, PEBSONAI. — air.tinued. In her first passion woman loves her lover. In... | |
| 1882 - 578 sidor
...thee, — Though it smile upon the blow, Even its praises must offend thee, Founded on another's woe. Though my many faults defaced me, Could no other arm...sudden wrench, believe not Hearts can thus be torn away : may PARNASSUS. Still thine own its life retaineth ; Still must mine, though bleeding, beat ; And... | |
| Mrs. Alexander Fraser - 1882 - 296 sidor
...there was a pained look in her eyes, but she smiled a little. CHAPTER IX. THE LEGEXD OF " HERMIA." " Yet, oh yet, thyself deceive not, Love may sink by...sudden wrench believe not Hearts can thus be torn away. All my faults perchance thou knowest, All my madness none can know ! " " WHAT is it, little one ? You... | |
| Matilda Charlotte Houstoun - 1882 - 276 sidor
...which even the meekest amongst men would hardly, methinks, be willing to dispense with. CHAPTER XXII. ' Love may sink by slow decay, But by sudden wrench believe not Hearts can thus be torn away.' BYRON. IT was impossible to be more thoroughly unprepared for a coming scene than was Vinca when she,... | |
| Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1882 - 984 sidor
...Though it, smile upon the blow, Even its praises must offend thee, Founded on another's woe: 92 93 Though my many faults defaced me, Could no other arm be found, Thau the one which once embraced me. To inflict a cureless wound '? Yet, oh yst. thyself deceive not:... | |
| John Cordy Jeaffreson - 1883 - 410 sidor
...The sincerest, almost the only sincere, words of the ' The Farewell ' are those of the lines, — ' Yet, oh yet, thyself deceive not Love may sink by...wrench, believe not Hearts can thus be torn away.' In his egotism he believed that Lady Byron would suffer in the same way as he suffered from the severance.... | |
| Henry George Bohn - 1883 - 782 sidor
...easy glove, As you may find, whene'er you like to prove her. 2415 Byron : Don Juan. Canto iii. St. 3, Though my many faults defaced me, Could no other arm...which once embraced me, To inflict a cureless wound. 2416 Byron: Fare Thee Well Oh ! colder than the wind that freezes Founts, that but now in sunshine... | |
| Robert Harborough Sherard - 1883 - 262 sidor
...perhaps Euphrosyne too had turned away from him, and that she too was one of the prejudiced ones. " Yet, oh yet, thyself deceive not, Love may sink by slow decay, But by sadden wrench, believe not Hearts can thus be torn away. " Still thine own its life retaineth, Still... | |
| 1884 - 888 sidor
...to laud and cherish it, it may well complain that our heart is no longer towards it as of yore — "Though my many faults defaced me, Could no other...which once embraced me, To inflict a cureless wound ? " I can remember when I lay in a tropical fever, and my soul desired drink. " Take some tea," said... | |
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