 Horribly beautiful ! but on the verge, From side to side, beneath the glittering morn, An Iris sits, amidst the infernal surge, Like Hope upon a deathbed, and, unworn Its steady dyes, while all around is torn By the distracted waters, bears serene Its...  Bizarre: For Fireside and Wayside - Page 3251854Full view - About this book
 | English literature - 1840 - 614 pages
...eye with dread, — a matchless cataract. Horribly beautiful ! but on the verge, From side to side, beneath the glittering morn, An iris sits amidst the...beams unshorn : Resembling, 'mid the torture of the scene. Love watching madness with unalterable mien." " Whew !" the Doctor gave a long whistle, turned... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1821 - 478 pages
...with dread, — a matchless cataract, LXXII. Horribly beautiful ! but on the verge, From side to side, beneath the glittering morn, An Iris sits, amidst...death-bed, and, unworn Its steady dyes, while all areund is torn By the distracted waters, bears serene Its brilliant hues with all their beams unshorn... | |
 | English literature - 1846 - 522 pages
...the eye with dread, a matchless cataract, Horribly beautiful ! but on the verge From side to side, beneath the glittering morn, An Iris sits amidst the...Like Hope upon a death-bed, and unworn Its steady eyes, while all around is torn By the distracted waters, bear serene Its brilliant hues with all their... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 292 pages
...verge, From side to side, beneath the glittering morn, An Iris sits, amidst the infernal surge, (38) Like Hope upon a death-bed, and, unworn Its steady dyes, while all aronnd is torn By the distracted waters, bears serene Its brilliant hues with all their beams unshorn... | |
 | Charles Henry Wilson - Canada - 1822 - 132 pages
...matchless cataract." " Horribly beautiful, but on the verge, From side to side, beneath the glitt'ring morn, An Iris sits, amidst the infernal surge, Like...beams unshorn,, Resembling, 'mid the torture of the scene, Love, watching madness, with unalterable mien. * * The above quotation from the Fsurth Canto... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1822 - 582 pages
...verge, From side to side, beneath the glittering morn, An Iris sits, amidst the infernal surge, 38 Like Hope upon a death-bed, and, unworn Its steady...beams unshorn : Resembling, 'mid the torture of the scene, Love watching Madness with unalterable mien. LXXIII. Once more upon the woody Apennine, The... | |
 | 1822 - 734 pages
...infernal surge Like Hope upon a death-bed, and, unworn It« steady dies, while all around is torn 1 ty the distracted waters, bears serene Its brilliant...beams unshorn: Resembling 'mid the torture of the scene, Li IV,- watching Madness with unalterable mien. And now I have exhausted all the pleasures of... | |
 | Matthias Bruen - Europe - 1823 - 300 pages
...waters is indeed ' A matchless cataract, Horribly beautiful ! But on the verge, From side to side, beneath the glittering morn An Iris sits, amidst the...beams unshorn ; Resembling, 'mid the torture of the scene, Love watching Madness, with unalterable mien." Childe Harold, Canto IV. Stanza LXXII. 94 THE... | |
 | Charles Caleb Colton - 1823 - 288 pages
...beneath the glittering mom An Iris sits, amidst th' infernal surge, Like hope upon a death-bid, &nd unworn Its steady dyes, while all around is torn By...beams unshorn ; Resembling, 'mid the torture of the tcene Lone watching madness with unalterable mitn." We have a fine instance of this kind of simile... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1824 - 234 pages
...the eye with dread,—a matchless cataract, Horribly beautiful! but on the verge, From side to side beneath the glittering morn, An Iris sits, amidst...beams unshorn: Resembling, 'mid the torture of the scene, Love watching madness with unalterable mien. THE VENUS OF MEDICIS. But Arno wins us to the fair... | |
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