 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 within of rest!  The works of ... lord Byron - Page 137de George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1815Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | James Croston - 1887 - 468 pages
...appear, however, to have had experience of that bitter heritage of which the great dramatist speaks — Left by his sire, too young such loss to know, Lord of himself, that heritage of woe, being probably under the guardianship of his immediate relatives. The... | |
 | Samuel Cox, Sir William Robertson Nicoll, James Moffatt - 1888 - 496 pages
...land of promise, and now that he is " lord of himself " will find it soon enough to be — "... that heritage of woe, That fearful empire which the human...breast But holds to rob the heart within of rest." 1 fUm aauiTus, " with prodigal living " has been suggested ; for this phrase has givcu title to the... | |
 | Roden Noel - 1890 - 284 pages
...wight is thy wa' ; Wi' a wife's ae son on a mare's ae foal Down shall thou fa'." And in " Lara " : " 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... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1891 - 752 pages
...all loudness, and with eyes all mirth. The chief of Lara is return'd again : And why had Lara cross'd rit, yet appals, Gather around these summits, as to show How Earth Ixjrd of himself ; — that heritage of woe, That fearful empire which the human breast But holds to... | |
 | Philip Hugh Dalbiac - 1897 - 526 pages
...the gamester." HOWELL. Familiar Letters, Bk. II., Letter XV. To Capt. B. " Lord of himself; — that heritage of woe, That fearful empire which the human breast But holds to rob the heart within of rest ! " BYRON. Lara, Can. I., II. " Lord of himself, though not of lands, And having nothing, yet hath... | |
 | John Milton - 1899 - 346 pages
...with evil inward tendencies to become, morally, an invertebrate. Lord Byron speaks of his Lara as ' 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... | |
 | John Milton, Hiram Corson - 1899 - 354 pages
...with evil inward tendencies to become, morally, an invertebrate. Lord Byron speaks of his Lara as ' 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... | |
 | Whitelaw Reid - 1903 - 234 pages
...Mercy sigh'd farewell ! At other times this figure was depicted merely as Lord of himself — that heritage of woe, That fearful empire which the human...breast But holds, to rob the heart within of rest. Then again the figure soliloquized : . . . . I have done men good, And I have met with good, even among... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1905 - 1110 pages
...loudness and with eyes all mirth. 10 The chief of Lara is return'd again: And why had Lara cross'd grave of empires; still himself — that heritage of woe, That fearful empire which the human breast But holds to rob the heart... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1905 - 1088 pages
...loudness and with eyes all mirth. 10 II The chief of Lara is retnrn'd again : And why had Lara cross'd , himself — that heritage of woe, That fearful empire which the human breast But holds to rob the heart... | |
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