 No : gayer insects fluttering by Ne'er droop the wing o'er those that die, And lovelier things have mercy shown To every failing but their own, And every woe a tear can claim Except an erring sister's shame.  The giaour, a fragment of a Turkish tale - Page 12by George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1813Full view - About this book
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...Or beauty, blighted in an hour, Find joy within her broken bower ? No : gayer insects fluttering by Ne'er droop the wing o'er those that die, And lovelier things have mercy shown To every failing but their own, And every woe a tear can claim Except an erring sister's shame.... | |
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...Or Beauty, blighted in an hour, Find joy within her broken bower ? No : gayer insects fluttering by Ne'er droop the wing o'er those that die, And lovelier...a tear can claim Except an erring sister's shame." Immediately after this simile of the insect queen we are carried per saltum to the simile of the scorpion,... | |
 | 1813 - 560 pages
...Beauty, blighted in an hour, ; Find joy within her broken bower I No : gayer insects fluttering by N Ne'er droop the wing o'er those that die, And lovelier...a tear can claim Except an erring sister's shame.' — p. 19, &c. The causes of the tragical event which he had thus witnessed, were soon explained to... | |
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...Or Beauty, blighted in an hour, Find joy within her broken bower ? No : gayer insects fluttering by Ne'er droop the wing o'er those that die, And lovelier things have mercy shewn To every tailing but their own, Except an erring sister's shame.'—p. 19> &c. The causes of the tragical event... | |
 | 1813 - 550 pages
...Or beauty, blighted in an hour, Find joy within her broken bower? No : gayer insects fluttering by Ne'er droop the wing o'er those that die. And lovelier things have mercy shown To every failing but their own, „ And every wo a tear can claim, Except an erring sister's... | |
 | 1813 - 552 pages
...before? Or beauty, blighted in an hour, Find joy within her broken bower? No: gayer insects fluttering by Ne'er droop the wing o'er those that die And lovelier things have mercy shown To every failing but thir own, And every wo a tear can claim, Except an erring sister's shame."... | |
 | Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1813 - 716 pages
...i Or Heauty blighted in an hour, Find joy within her broken bower? No: gayer insects fluttering by Ne'er droop the wing o'er those that die. And lovelier things have mercy shown To every failing but their own, And every wo a tear can claim Except an erring sister's shame!... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1815 - 222 pages
...Beauty, blighted in an hour, Find joy within her broken bower ? 4 15 No : gayer insects fluttering by Ne'er droop the wing o'er those that die, And lovelier...failing but their own, And every woe a tear can claim 420 Except an erring sister's shame. The Mind, that broods o'er guilty woes, Is like the Scorpion girt... | |
 | Chandos Leigh (1st baron.) - 1816 - 124 pages
...adorned, r. adored. — 93, — 2, insert and between Dion Timoleon. FRAGMENTS OF ESSAYS. ON WOMEN. " And lovelier things have mercy shewn To every failing...their own— And every woe a tear can claim, Except au erring sister's shame." Lord Byron's Giaour* WK all know that there are women who pretend to great... | |
 | Ezra Stiles Ely - 1816 - 242 pages
...who PREFACE. Xt correspond with her in sentiment, LORD BYRON may say, " Gayer insects fluttering by, Ne'er droop the wing o'er those that die ; And lovelier things have mercy shown To every failing but their own : And every woe a tear can claim, Except an erring sister's shame."... | |
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