 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 Vandenhoff - Elocution - 1847 - 396 pages
...tyrant's power, So fair, so calm, so softly seal'd, The first, last look by death reveal'd ! Such is tile aspect of this shore ; 'Tis Greece, but living Greece...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... | |
 | 1848 - 650 pages
...the external ; and beautiful though it might be, he might have exclaimed with a poet of our own day " So coldly sweet, so deadly fair We start, for soul is wanting there." In this state of heart-freedom, the young man continued till he was about five and twenty. Fanshaw... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1847 - 880 pages
...by death reveal'd ! 8 Such is the aspect of this shore ; 'T is Greece, but living Greece no more 1 7 m soaring Southey down to grovelling Stott. 3 Behold ! in various thr a The guitar Is the constant amusement of the Greek sailor by night : with a steady fair wind, and... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1848 - 428 pages
...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...Tis Greece, but living Greece no more ! So coldly s-.veet, so deadly fair, We start, for soul is wanting there. Hers is tlie loveliness in death, That... | |
 | John Hunter - English language - 1848 - 224 pages
...EXERCISES. We were people of too much consequence to be allowed the privilege of retirement. Machenzie. Such is the aspect of this shore ; — "Tis Greece,...coldly sweet, so deadly fair, — We start — for life is wanting there. Byron. These good people, however, bear with me wonderfully, and I am not laughed... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders, Joshua Chase Sanders - Readers - 1848 - 468 pages
...doubt the tyrant's power, So fair, so calm, so softly sealed, The first, last look, by death revealed ! 'Tis GREECE, — but living Greece no more ! So coldly...deadly fair, We start, — for soul is wanting there. Here is the loneliness of death, That pafts not quite with parting breath ; But beauty with that fearful... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1848 - 320 pages
...doubt the tyrant's power; So lair, so calm, so softly seal'd, The first, last look by death reveal'd!0" Such is the aspect of this shore ; Tis Greece, but living Greece no more! Ho coldly sweet, so deadly fair, We start, for soul is wanting there. HITS is the loveliness in death,... | |
 | Ann Jane - 1855 - 1198 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." Crimeless and fearless that little one passed under t shadow ; no hatred — no hypocrisy — no suspicion... | |
 | George Croly - English poetry - 1850 - 442 pages
...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...sweet, so deadly fair, We start, for soul is wanting tliere. Her's is the loveliness in death, But beauty with that fearful bloom, That line which haunts... | |
 | S.G Goodrich - 1851 - 664 pages
...decay's effacing ringers Have swept the lines where beauty lingers ; " and he finally exclaims, " Sad is the aspect of this shore — 'Tis Greece, but living Greece no more ! " • The present inhabitants of this renowned country are, like their famous ancestors, swarthy... | |
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