 Greece, but living Greece no more ! So coldly sweet, so deadly fair, We start, for soul is wanting there. Hers is the loveliness in death, That parts not quite with parting breath ; But beauty with that fearful bloom, That hue which haunts it to the tomb...  The giaour, a fragment of a Turkish tale - Page 6by George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1813Full view - About this book
 | 1813 - 574 pages
...soul is wanting there. Hers is the loveliness in death, That parts not quite with parting breath ; But beauty with that fearful bloom, That hue which...round decay, The farewell beam of Feeling past away ! Spark of that flame — perchance of heavenly birth — Which gleams — but warms no more its cherished... | |
 | 1812 - 576 pages
...soul is wanting there. Hers is the loveliness in death, That parts not quite with parting breath ; But beauty with that fearful bloom, That hue which...round decay, The farewell beam of Feeling past away ! Spark of that flame — perchance of heavenly birth — Which gleams — but warms no more its cherish'd... | |
 | 1813 - 550 pages
...soul is wanting there. Her's is the loveliness in death, That parts not quite with parting breath ; But beauty with that fearful bloom, That hue which...round decay, The farewell beam of Feeling past away I Spark of that flame — perchance of heavenly birth — Which gleams — but warms no more its cherieh'd... | |
 | 1813 - 560 pages
...soul is wanting there. Her's is the loveliness in death, That parts not quite with parting breath ; i But beauty with that fearful bloom, That hue which...round decay, The farewell beam of Feeling past away ! Spark of that flame — perchance of heavenly birth- — Which gleams — but warms no more its cherish'd... | |
 | English literature - 1813 - 1102 pages
...soul is wanting there. Tier's is the loveliness in death, That parts not quite with parting breath ; But beauty with that fearful bloom, That hue which...it to the tomb— Expression's last receding ray, A-gilded halo hovering round decay, The farewell beam of Feeling past away ! Spark of that flame—perchance... | |
 | Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1813 - 716 pages
...soul is wanting there. Her) ia the loveliness in death, That parts not quite with parting breatli; But beauty with that fearful bloom, That hue which...haunts it to the tomb — Expression's last receding pay, A gilded halo hovering round decay, The farewell beam of feeling past away! Spark of that flame... | |
 | English literature - 1813 - 580 pages
...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 decay, The farewell beam of Feeling past away ! Spark of that flame — perchance of heavenly birth — Which gleams — but warms no more its cherished... | |
 | 1813 - 566 pages
...soul is wanting there. Her's is the loveliness in death, That parts not quite with parting breath ; But beauty with that fearful bloom, That hue which haunts it to the tombExpression's last receding ray, A gilded halo hovering round decay, The farewell beam of Feeling... | |
 | 1813 - 552 pages
...soul is wanting there. Her's is the loveliness in death, That parts not quite with parting breath; But beauty with that fearful bloom, That hue which haunts it to the tombExpression's last receding ray, A gilded halo hovering round decay, The farewel beam of Feeling... | |
 | Lady Maria Callcott - India - 1814 - 428 pages
...soul is wanting there. Hers is the loveliness in death That parts not quite with parting breath : . But beauty with that fearful bloom, That hue which...round decay, The farewell beam of feeling past away ! Spark of that flame — perchance of heav'nly birth — Which gleams, but warms no more its cherish'd... | |
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