Tis Greece, but living Greece no more ! So coldly sweet, so deadly fair, We start, for soul is wanting there. Hers is the loveliness in death, That parts not quite with parting breath ; But beauty with that fearful bloom, That hue which haunts it to the... Analectic Magazine, and Naval Chronicle - Page 3891813Full view - About this book
| 1813 - 574 pages
...living Greece no more ! So coldly sweet, so deadly fair, We start — for soul is wanting there. Hers is the loveliness in death, That parts not quite with...round decay, The farewell beam of Feeling past away ! Spark of that flame — perchance of heavenly birth — Which gleams — but warms no more its cherished... | |
| 1812 - 576 pages
...living Greece no more ! So coldly sweet, so deadly fair, We start — for soul is wanting there. Hers is the loveliness in death, That parts not quite with...round decay, The farewell beam of Feeling past away ! Spark of that flame — perchance of heavenly birth — Which gleams — but warms no more its cherish'd... | |
| 1813 - 552 pages
...— so calm — so softfy seal'd The first — last look — by death reveal'd! Such is the aspect ot this shore — 'Tis Greece — but living Greece no...that fearful bloom, That hue which haunts it to the tombExpression's last receding ray, A gilded halo hovering round decay, The farewel beam of Feeling... | |
| 1813 - 560 pages
...soul is wanting there. Her's is the loveliness in death, That parts not quite with parting breath ; i But beauty with that fearful bloom, That hue which...round decay, The farewell beam of Feeling past away ! Spark of that flame — perchance of heavenly birth- — Which gleams — but warms no more its cherish'd... | |
| English literature - 1813 - 1102 pages
...aspect of this shore— So coldly sweet, so deadly fair, We start—for soul is wanting there. Tier's is the loveliness in death, That parts not quite with...it to the tomb— Expression's last receding ray, A-gilded halo hovering round decay, The farewell beam of Feeling past away ! Spark of that flame—perchance... | |
| Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1813 - 716 pages
...soul is wanting there. Her) ia the loveliness in death, That parts not quite with parting breatli; But beauty with that fearful bloom, That hue which...haunts it to the tomb — Expression's last receding pay, A gilded halo hovering round decay, The farewell beam of feeling past away! Spark of that flame... | |
| English literature - 1813 - 580 pages
...Greece no more ! • , So coldly sweet, so deadly fair, We start — for soul is wanting there. Hers is the loveliness in death, That parts not quite with parting breath; But beauty with that fearful bkiom, That hue which haunts it to the tombExpression's last receding ray, A gilded halo hovering round... | |
| 1813 - 662 pages
...living Greece no more ! So coldly sweet, so deadly fair, We start — for soul is wanting there. Hers is the loveliness in death, That parts not quite with parting breath.' pp. 4- — 6. The plunging of Leila's body in the waves must net be omitted. ' Thou speakest sooth,... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1813 - 90 pages
...living Greece no more! So coldly sweet, so deadly fair, We start — for soul is wanting there. Hers is the loveliness in death, That parts not quite with parting breath ; 95 But beauty with that fearful bloom, That hue which haunts it to the tomb — Expression's last... | |
| Lady Maria Callcott - India - 1814 - 428 pages
...living Greece no more ! So coldly sweet, so deadly fair, We start ; — for soul is wanting there. Hers is the loveliness in death That parts not quite with...round decay, The farewell beam of feeling past away ! Spark of that flame — perchance of heav'nly birth — Which gleams, but warms no more its cherish'd... | |
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