 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1837 - 982 pages
...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 au erring sister's shame. ***** The mind, that broods o'er guilty woes, Is like the scorpion girt by... | |
 | William Martin - Readers - 1838 - 368 pages
...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. GREECE. He who hath bent him o'er the dead Ere the first day of death is fled, The first dark day of... | |
 | English literature - 1871 - 608 pages
...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 four concluding lines are nearly as familiar as Scott's ' Oh woman in our hours of ease/ as Moore's... | |
 | lord William Pitt Lennox - 1841 - 898 pages
...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." Constance had experienced this : the time had been when friends and relatives would have crowded round... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1842 - 866 pages
...insects fluttering by >'e'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 Hind, that broods o'er guilty woes, It like the Scorpion girt by flre,' Ic circle narrowing as... | |
 | Jane Thomas (née Pinhorn) - 1841 - 548 pages
...THOMAS. " Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth, take heed, lest he fall."— 1 COH. x. 12. " And every woe a tear can claim Except an erring sister's shame." — BYRON'S GIAOUR. PROUDLY she stood — for Virtue bade her raise Her head, and listen to its grateful... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1844 - 186 pages
...fiercely sought Has lost its charm by being caught, For every touch that wooed its stay Has brnsh'd the brightest hues away Till charm, and hue, and beauty...a tear can claim Except an erring sister's shame. The Mind, that broods o'er guilty woes, Is like the Scorpion girt by fire, In circle narrowing as it... | |
 | John Hall Hindmarsh - 1845 - 464 pages
...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 ! LINES DESCRIPTIVE OF A CALM SUCCEEDING A STORM. T. MOORE. How calm, how beautiful, comes on The stilly... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1846 - 1068 pages
...insecls fluttering by Ne'er droop t >e wing o'er those that die; And lovelier things have mercy shown Ta every failing but their own, And every woe a tear can claim Except an erring sister's shame. The mind, that broods o'er guilty woes, And maddening in her ire, Is like the scorpion girt by lire,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1847 - 880 pages
...insects fluttering by Ne'er droop the wing o'er those that die, And lovelier things have mercy shown ble The Mind, that broods o'er guilty woes, I* like the Scorpion girt by lire,1 In circle narrowing as... | |
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Can this with faded pinion soar From rose to tulip as 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... 
