...blandishments of polished life, or tempt them to the cultivation of the graces of intellect. Theirs was the land of the cedar and vine, Where the flowers...light wings of zephyr oppressed with perfume, Wax feint o'er the gardens of Gull in her bloom: Where the tints of the earth and the hues of the eky,...

...care. 'Twas one of those ambrosial eves A day of storms so often leaves. — T. Moore. Know'st thou the land where the cypress and myrtle Are emblems of deeds that are done in their clline ; "Where the rage of the vulture, the love of the turtle Now melt into sorrow, now madden to...

...blandishments of polished life, or tempt them to the cultivation of the graces of intellect. Theira was the land of the cedar and vine, Where the flowers ever blossom, the beamp ever shine; Where the light wings of zephyr oppressed with perfume, Wax feint o'er the gardens...

...eves A day of storms so often leaves. — T. Moore. Know'st thou the land where the cypress and myrtlo Are emblems of deeds that are done in their clime; Where the rago of the vulture, the love of the turtle Now melt into sorrow, now madden to crime t—Byron. a...

...SENTIMENT OP REGARD AND RESPECT, BY HIS GRATEFCLLV OBLIGED AND SINCERE FRIEND, BYRON. of CANTO THE FIRST. e the troop — they saw him stoop. They saw me strangely...bloody thong : They stop — they start — they oppress'd with perfume, Wax faint o'er the gardens of Gul4 in her bloom ; Where the citron and olive...

...have been with the two following pieces. Byron writes, — " Know ye the land where the cypress or myrtle Are emblems of deeds that are done in their...beams ever shine ; Where the light wings of Zephyr, oppress'd with perfume, Wax faint o'er the gardens of Gull, in their bloom ; Where the citron and olives...

...soul will lift its eye, And pine, till it is hooded from the sky ! THE CLIME OP THE EAST.— BYRON. KNOW ye the land where the cypress and myrtle Are...Where the rage of the vulture, the love of the turtle / / tr Now melt into sorrow, now madden to crime ? / / / f Know ye the land of the cedar and vine Where...

...trifling expense. CHAPTER II. THE THREE SOUTHERN BITERS — THE CLARENCE, THE RICHMOND, AND THE TWEED. Know ye the land of the cedar and vine, Where the...beams ever shine ; Where the light wings of zephyr, oppress'd with perfume, Wax faint o'er the gardens of Gul in her bloom ; Where the citron and olive...

...soul trill lift its eye, And pine, till it is hooded from the eky ! THE CLIME OF THE EAST.— BYRON. KNOW ye the land where the cypress and myrtle Are emblems of deeds that are done in their chine, Where the rage of the vulture, the love of the turtle / / / / Now melt into sorrow, now madden...

...smallpox. I am with respect, Yours, &c. WM. P. HORT. Art. VIII.— THE PLAQUEMINES REGION. No. l. " Know ye the land where the cypress and myrtle Are emblems of deeds that arc done in their clime." The parish of Plaquemines is certainly a land of the "cypress and myrtle,"...