 | 1821 - 712 էջ
...by the waiul of an enchanter, rather than reared by human hands. Myst. of Udol. v. Í. p. 34. Byron. He who hath bent him o'er the dead, Ere the first day of death is fled, ite. See the rest of this beautiful passage, »s far as Such is the aspect of this shore, Tis Greece,... | |
 | 1813 - 574 էջ
...beauty, but which is an instance of the extended simile in which this poet so delights to indulge. " He who hath bent him o'er the dead, Ere the first day of'-death is fled ; The first dark day of nothingness, The last, of danger and distress ; (Before Decay's... | |
 | 1813 - 552 էջ
...illustrated the beautiful, but still and melancholy aspect, of the once busy and glorious shores of Greece, by an image more true, more mournful, and more exquisitely...He who hath bent him o'er the dead, Ere the first dav of death is fled: The first dark day of nothingness, The last of dangeY and distress; (Before Decay's... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1813 - 90 էջ
...inheritors of hell — 65 So soft the scene, so form'd for joy, So curst the tyrants, that destroy ! He who hath bent him o'er the dead, Ere the first...death is fled ; The first dark day of nothingness, 10 The last of danger and distress ; (Before Decay's effacing fingers Have swept the lines where beauty... | |
 | New Church gen. confer - 1875 - 618 էջ
...as a child sleeps, and so passed away. His last appearance was like that described by the poet — " He who hath bent him o'er the dead Ere the first day of death is fled, Before Decay's effacing fingers Have swept the lines where beauty lingers, And marked the mild, angelic... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1815 - 222 էջ
...inheritors of hell — 65 So soft the scene, so form'd for joy, So curst the tyrants that destroy ! i He who hath bent him o'er the dead, Ere the first...death is fled ; The first dark day of nothingness, 70 The last of danger and distress ; (Before Decay's effacing fingers Have swept the lines where beauty... | |
 | William Macgregor Stirling - 1815 - 230 էջ
...subsided, one of the loftiest poets of this, or of any other age or country, alludes, when he says, — " He who hath bent him o'er the dead Ere the first day of death is fled .... .... Before Decay's effacing fingers Have swept the lines where beauty lingers, And marked the... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1817 - 226 էջ
...inheritors of hell ; 65 So soft ,the scene, so formed for joy, So curst the tyrants that destroy ! He who hath bent him o'er the dead Ere the first day...death is fled, The first dark day of nothingness, JO The last of danger and distress, (Before Decay's effacing fingers Have swept the lines where beauty... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1820 - 308 էջ
...freed inheritors of hell ; 65 So soft the scene, so form'd for joy, So curst the tyrants that destroy ! He who hath bent him o'er the dead Ere the first day...death is fled, The first dark day of nothingness, 70 The last of danger and distress, (Before Decay's effacing fingers Have swept the lines where beauty... | |
 | 1872 - 1200 էջ
...and but for a few hours, after the spirit is not there." * Life, vol. i, p. 401. " Ha who hath beat him o'er the dead. Ere the first day of death is fled ; . , , , Before decay's effacing fingers Have swept the lines where beauty lingers, And mark'd the... | |
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The fixed yet tender traits that streak The languor of the placid cheek, And — but for that sad shrouded eye... 
