Childe Harold's Pilgrimage: A Romaunt |
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Արդյունքներ 59–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
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... and certainly more easy , to have drawn an amiable character . It had been
easy to varnish over his faults , to make him do more and express less , but he
never was intended as an example , further than to show , that early perversion of
...
... and certainly more easy , to have drawn an amiable character . It had been
easy to varnish over his faults , to make him do more and express less , but he
never was intended as an example , further than to show , that early perversion of
...
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Though sluggards deem it but a foolish chace , And marvel men should quit their
easy chair , The toilsome way , and long , long league to trace , Oh ! there is
sweetness in the mountain air , And life , that bloated Ease can never hope to
share .
Though sluggards deem it but a foolish chace , And marvel men should quit their
easy chair , The toilsome way , and long , long league to trace , Oh ! there is
sweetness in the mountain air , And life , that bloated Ease can never hope to
share .
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... the never - vacant watch , The magazine in rocky durance stow ' d , The holster
' d steed beneath the shed of thatch , The ball - piled pyramid , the ever - blazing
match , LII . Portend the deeds to come : — but CANTO L . 25 CHILDE HAROLD ...
... the never - vacant watch , The magazine in rocky durance stow ' d , The holster
' d steed beneath the shed of thatch , The ball - piled pyramid , the ever - blazing
match , LII . Portend the deeds to come : — but CANTO L . 25 CHILDE HAROLD ...
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They fight for freedom who were never free ; A Kingless people for a nerveless
state , Her vassals combat when their chieftains flee , True to the veriest slaves of
Treachery : Fond of a land which gave them nought but life , Pride points the path
...
They fight for freedom who were never free ; A Kingless people for a nerveless
state , Her vassals combat when their chieftains flee , True to the veriest slaves of
Treachery : Fond of a land which gave them nought but life , Pride points the path
...
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Didst never get one mortal song inspireGoddess of Wisdom ! here thy temple was
, And is , despite of war and wasting fire , And years , that bade thy worship to
expire : But worse than steel , and flame , and ages slow , Is the dread sceptre
and ...
Didst never get one mortal song inspireGoddess of Wisdom ! here thy temple was
, And is , despite of war and wasting fire , And years , that bade thy worship to
expire : But worse than steel , and flame , and ages slow , Is the dread sceptre
and ...
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Childe Harold's Pilgrimage: A Romaunt, Հատոր 1 George Gordon Byron Baron Byron Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1837 |
Childe Harold's Pilgrimage. A romaunt. [With a portrait.] George Gordon Byron Baron Byron Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1842 |
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