...crnss'd the bounding main ? Left by his sire, too young such toss to know, Lord of himself ; — that heritage of woe. That fearful empire which the human breast But holds to rob the heart within of rest ! — Wj'tA none to check, and few to point in time The thousand paths that slope the way to crime...

...opening lines of Lara ; and I have often thought there is a tone of sadness and regret in the lines — " Left by his sire, too young such loss to know, Lord of himself; — that heritage of woe, That fearful empire which the human breast But holds to rob the...

...and all are slaves beside." Byron was drawing on his own bitter experience when he wrote the lines, "Lord of himself—that heritage of woe, That fearful...breast But holds to rob the heart within of rest." Imlac, the sage, describes, in " Rasselas " the placid flow of life enjoyed by a devout brotherhood,...

...and all are slaves beside." Byron was drawing on his own bitter experience when he wrote the lines, "Lord of himself—that heritage of woe, That fearful...breast But holds to rob the heart within of rest." Imlac, the sage, describes, in " Rasselas " the placid flow of life enjoyed by a devout brotherhood,...

...cross'd the bounding main ? l^ft by his sire, too young such loss to know, Lord of himself; — that rning to misquote : A mind well skill'd to find or...forge a fault ; A turn for punning, call it Attic ! — \Vith none to chock, and few to point in time The thousand paths that slope the way to crime...

...beside." Byron was drawing on his own bitter experience when he wrote the lines, "Lord of himself — that heritage of woe, That fearful empire which the human...breast But holds to rob the heart within of rest. " Imlac, the sage, describes, in " Rasselas " the placid flow of life enjoyed by a devout brotherhood,...

...loudness, and with eyes all mirth* II. The chief of Lara is return'd again : And why had Lara cross'd the bounding main ? Left by his sire, too young such loss to know, Lord of himself ;—that heritage of woe, That fearful empire which the human breast But holds to rob the heart...

...cross'd the bounding main ? Left by his sire, too young such loss to know, Lord of himself, — that heritage of woe, That fearful empire which the human...to rob the heart within of rest ! — With none to cheek, and few to point in tune The thousand paths that slope the way to crime ; Then, when he most...

...pnin. it must certainly be granted to Lord Byron. His own tale is partly told In two lines of Lara : " admire any of these torabt — beyond their contenu. himself — that heritage of woe ! " Slit WALTER SCOTT.] ' [The HOD. John Wlngfield, of the Coldstream...

...and solitude around her were insupportable—when she felt that unless she could escape from that " Heritage of woe— That fearful empire which the human...breast But holds to rob the heart within of rest"— that she should go mad. Study and occupations had lost their zest, and she cruelly felt now the loss...