 As if to him it could impart The doom he dreads, yet dwells upon ; Yes, but for these and these alone, Some moments, ay, one treacherous hour, He still might doubt the tyrant's power ; So fair, so calm, so softly sealed, The first, last look, by death...  The British review and London critical journal - Page 1361813Full view - About this book
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - Poets, English - 1832 - 394 pages
...the tyrant's power ; So fair, so calm, so softly seal'd, The first, last look by death reveal'd ! (2) Such is the aspect of this shore; 'Tis Greece, but living Greece no more ! (3) 11) " Ay, but to die and go we know not where, To lye in cold obstruction ?" Measure for Measure.... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - Poets, English - 1832 - 384 pages
...the tyrant's power ; So fair, so calm, so softly seal'd, The first, last look by death reveal'd ! (2) Such is the aspect of this shore; 'Tis Greece, but living Greece no more ! (3) (1) " Ay, but to die and go we know not where, To lye in cold obstruction ?" Measure for Measure.... | |
 | James Hedderwick - Oratory - 1833 - 232 pages
...doubt the tyrant's power; So fair, so calm, so softly seal'd, The first, last look by death reveal'd! Such is the aspect of this shore; 'Tis Greece, but...deadly fair, We start, for soul is wanting there. Her's is the loveliness in death, That parts not quite with parting breath; But beauty with that fearful... | |
 | John McCosh - 1835 - 100 pages
...doubt the tyrant's power. So fair, so calm, so softly sealed, The first, last look, by death revealed ; So coldly sweet, so deadly fair, — We start, for soul is wanting there ; Their's is the loveliness in death, Which parts not quite with parting breath But beauty with that... | |
 | Author of The young man's own book - American poetry - 1836 - 336 pages
...doubt the tyrant's power ; So fair, so calm, so softly seal'd, The first, last look by death reveal'd ! Such is the aspect of this shore ; 'Tis Greece, but...deadly fair, We start, for soul is wanting there. Her's is the loveliness in death, That parts not quite with parting breath; But beauty with that fearful... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1836 - 386 pages
...the tyrant's power ; So fair, so calm, so softly seal'd, The first, last look by death reveal'd ! (2) Such is the aspect of this shore; Tis Greece, but living Greece no more ! (3) (1) " Ay, but to die and go we know not where, To lye in cold obstruction ?" Measure for Measure.... | |
 | George Newenham Wright - 1836 - 356 pages
...it is a study — a glory. The beauty of Melrose, however, is not an healthful, ordinary beauty : ' So coldly sweet, so deadly fair, We start, for soul is wanting there. It's is the loveliness in death, That parts not quite with parting breath ; But beauty with that fearful... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1837 - 982 pages
...aspect of this shore; T is Greece, but living Greece no more! (4) So coldly sweet, so deadly fair, \Ve start, for soul is wanting there. Hers is the loveliness...in death, That parts not quite with parting breath ; Bat beauty with that fearful bloom, That bne which haunts it to the tomb, Expression's last receding... | |
 | William Brown Galloway - 1837 - 570 pages
...features may be calm, they may still retain some lingering beauty ; but it is the calmness of death, "So coldly sweet, so deadly fair, We start, for soul is wanting there ; Hers Is tlie loveliness in death That parts not quite with parting breath. But beauty, with that fearful bloom,... | |
 | Revival - 1838 - 162 pages
...is to be feared for evermore ; and the traveller on beholding it may truly exclaim with the poet, " Such is the aspect of this shore, " Tis Greece, but...deadly fair, " We start — for soul is wanting there." CHAPTER X. An enlightened people will not long submit to servitude, nor a nation of freemen tolerate... | |
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