 | 1813 - 574 pages
...the aspect of this shore — 'Tis Greece — but living Greece no more ! So coldly sweet, so deadly fair, We start — for soul is wanting there. Hers...breath ; But beauty with that fearful bloom, That hue which haunts it to the tomb — Expression's last receding ray, A gilded halo hovering round decay,... | |
 | 1812 - 576 pages
...the aspect of this shore — 'Tis Greece-— but living Greece no more ! So coldly sweet, so deadly fair, We start — for soul is wanting there. Hers...breath ; But beauty with that fearful bloom, That hue which haunts it to the tomb — Expression's last receding ray, A gilded halo hovering round decay,... | |
 | 1813 - 580 pages
...aspect of this shore — . 'Tis Greece — but living Greece no more ! • , So coldly sweet, so deadly fair, We start — for soul is wanting there. Hers...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
...the aspect of this shore — 'Tis Greece — -but living Greece no more ! So coldly sweet, so deadly fair, We start — for soul is wanting there. Hers...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
...the aspect of this shore — 90 'Tis Greece — but living Greece no more! So coldly sweet, so deadly fair, We start — for soul is wanting there. Hers...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... | |
 | 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...breath ; But beauty with that fearful bloom, That hue which haunts it to the tomb— Expression's last receding ray, A-gilded halo hovering round decay,... | |
 | 1813 - 550 pages
...living Greece no more ! So coldly sweet, so deadly fair, We start — for soul is wanting there. Her's is the loveliness in death, That parts not quite with...breath ; But beauty with that fearful bloom, That hue which haunts it to the tomb — Expression's last receding ray, A gilded halo hovering round decay,... | |
 | 1813 - 552 pages
...living Greece no more! So coldly sweet, so deadly fair, We start — for soul is wanting there. Her's is the loveliness in death, That parts not quite with...breath; But beauty with that fearful bloom, That hue which haunts it to the tombExpression's last receding ray, A gilded halo hovering round decay, The... | |
 | 1813 - 560 pages
...living Greece no more ! So coldly sweet, so deadly fair, We start — for 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 haunts it to the tomb — Expression's last... | |
 | Lady Maria Callcott - 1814 - 426 pages
...but to gild her tomb. — • 'Tis Greece — but living Greece no more ! So coldly sweet, so deadly fair, We start ; — for soul is wanting there. Hers...breath : But beauty with that fearful bloom, That hue which haunts it to the tomb — Expression's last receding ray, A gilded halo hovering round decay,... | |
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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 tomb... 
