But first, on earth as Vampire69 sent, Thy corse shall from its tomb be rent : Then ghastly haunt thy native place, And suck the blood of all thy race ; There from thy daughter, sister, wife, At midnight drain the stream of life ; Yet loathe the banquet... The poetical works of lord Byron, with notes - Page 34de George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1885Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1842 - 866 pages
...Thalaba, quotes, about these " Vroucolochas.** 70 71 Then ghastly haunt thy native place, And nick the blood of all thy race ; There from thy daughter,...which perforce Must feed thy livid living corse : Thy victima ere they yet expire Shall know the demon for their sire, As cursing thee, thou cursing them,... | |
| John Herman Merivale - 1844 - 388 pages
...lieved, with some confidence, to have furnished the noble poet with the hint of the passage beginning, Then ghastly haunt thy native place, And suck the...which perforce Must feed thy livid living corse." Leaving, however, this question, the present tale may (if the reader pleases,) be presumed, from its... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1844 - 186 pages
...ear can hear, nor tongue can tell The tortures of that inward hell ! But first, on earth as Vampire37 sent, Thy corse shall from its tomb be rent Then ghastly...daughter, sister, wife. At midnight drain the stream of lifr; Yet loathe the banquet which perforce Must feed thy livid living corse ; Thy victims ere they... | |
| 1844 - 384 pages
...has alluded to the fantasy in the following well-known lines : — " But first, on earth as vampyre sent, Thy corse shall from its tomb be rent : Then...the blood of all thy race ; There from thy daughter, stater, wife, At midnight dram the stream .of life ; Yet loathe the banquet whrch perforce Must feed... | |
| 1845 - 888 pages
...quoted: , Bur first on earth, as Vampyre sent, Thy corse shall from its tomb be rent; Then ghastly hannt thy native place, And suck the blood of all thy race;...for their sire, As cursing thee, thou cursing them, Tby flowers are withered on the stem. But one that for thy crime must fall, Th« youngest, best beloved... | |
| Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - 1845 - 652 pages
...superstition was of course familiar. BYRON'S well-known lines were quoted: * Bur first on earth, as V am pyre sent, Thy corse shall from its tomb be rent; Then ghastly haunt thy native placo, And suck the blood of all thy race ; There from thy daughter, sister, wife, At midnight drain... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1846 - 848 pages
...ear can hear nor tongue can tell The tortures of that inward hell ! But first, on earth as vampire 3T orn which could (he blood of all thv race j There from thy daughter, sister, wife, At midnight drain the stream of... | |
| 1846 - 586 pages
...shall from its tomb be rent ; Then ghastly haunt thy native place, And suck the blood of all thy race I There from thy daughter, sister, wife, At midnight drain the stream of life, t . Yet loathe the banquet which perforce Must feed thy livid living corse ; Wet with thine owa best... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1847 - 880 pages
...long story, which Mr. Southey, in the notes on Thalaba, quotes, about these - Vroucolocluu," 70 71 Then ghastly haunt thy native place, And suck the...sister, wife, At midnight drain the stream of life ; Trt loathe the banquet which perforce Must feed thy livid living corse : Thy victims ere they yet... | |
| Elizabeth Fries Ellet - 1849 - 360 pages
...You will give us the very being described by Lord Byron — when he says — ' On earth as Vampyre sent, Thy corse shall from its tomb be rent — Then...thy native place, And suck the blood of all thy race !' " " The description in ' The Giaour ' is a good one," replied the Professor ; " but trie tale or... | |
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