Poems, containing The city of the deadLongman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1860 - 172 pages |
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... beneath by the glow of a concealed fur- nace : the whole valley of Babel - Molook is a most dreary , dismal spot ; there is not a drop of water or blade of grass to be dis- covered there . Here , darkly opening in the rugged steep , The ...
... beneath by the glow of a concealed fur- nace : the whole valley of Babel - Molook is a most dreary , dismal spot ; there is not a drop of water or blade of grass to be dis- covered there . Here , darkly opening in the rugged steep , The ...
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... his flying feet : Though deem'd far distant , yet still ever nigh Her apparition meets his troubled eye , Long ere his sun of life has sunk beneath the sky ! In London's heart , as in some living tomb , D 2 35 35 THE CONDEMNED CELL.
... his flying feet : Though deem'd far distant , yet still ever nigh Her apparition meets his troubled eye , Long ere his sun of life has sunk beneath the sky ! In London's heart , as in some living tomb , D 2 35 35 THE CONDEMNED CELL.
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... malignant rage ! What generosity , what selfish pride , What admiration deep for Nature's charms , What blasphemy to Him who made them all ! Beneath the tender sigh - the loving smile- Curl'd the 38 THOUGHTS ON THE GENIUS OF BYRON.
... malignant rage ! What generosity , what selfish pride , What admiration deep for Nature's charms , What blasphemy to Him who made them all ! Beneath the tender sigh - the loving smile- Curl'd the 38 THOUGHTS ON THE GENIUS OF BYRON.
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... beneath the mass . As from the metal of some giant boom , With loud - tongued menace and defiant roar , Thy mighty shells of Satire soared aloft , Then fell with crushing and resistless weight , Crashing upon those long - built ...
... beneath the mass . As from the metal of some giant boom , With loud - tongued menace and defiant roar , Thy mighty shells of Satire soared aloft , Then fell with crushing and resistless weight , Crashing upon those long - built ...
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... Beneath that soul - polluting altar shrine Thou offeredst up the riches of thy mind , The sacred blessedness of wedded life , The weal and happiness of either world , As if to teach that genius without God , Is but a bark with all her ...
... Beneath that soul - polluting altar shrine Thou offeredst up the riches of thy mind , The sacred blessedness of wedded life , The weal and happiness of either world , As if to teach that genius without God , Is but a bark with all her ...
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