 | New Church gen. confer - 1875 - 618 pages
...described by the poet — " He who hath bent him o'er the dead Ere the first day of death is fled, Before Decay's effacing fingers Have swept the lines where beauty lingers, And marked the mild, angelic air, The rapture of repose that's there, Some moments, ay, one treacherous... | |
 | 1814 - 680 pages
...compass of poetry, ' He who hath bent him o'er the dead, Ere the first day of death is fled ; The first dark day of nothingness, The last of danger and distress...air — The rapture of repose that's there — The fixed yet tender traits that streak The languor of the placid cheek, And — but for that sad shrouded... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1815 - 222 pages
...bent him o'er the dead, Ere the first day of death is fled ; The first dark day of nothingness, 70 The last of danger and distress ; (Before Decay's...angelic air — The rapture of repose that's there — 75 The fixed yet tender traits that streak The languor of the placid cheek, And — but for that... | |
 | William Macgregor Stirling - 1815 - 230 pages
...when he says, — " He who hath bent him o'er the dead Ere the first day of death is fled .... .... Before Decay's effacing fingers Have swept the lines where beauty lingers, And marked the mild angelic air — The rapture of repose that's there — The fixed, yet tender traits,... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1816 - 228 pages
...hath bent him o'er the dead Ere the first day of death is fled, The first dark day of nothingness, 70 The last of danger and distress, (Before Decay's effacing...fingers Have swept the lines where beauty lingers,) And marked the .mild angelic air, The rapture of repose that's there, 75 The fixed yet tender traits that... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1817 - 226 pages
...hath bent him o'er the dead Ere the first day of death is fled, The first dark day of nothingness, JO The last of danger and distress, (Before Decay's effacing...fingers Have swept the lines where beauty lingers,) And marked the mild angelic air, The rapture of repose that's there, 75 The fixed yet tender traits that... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1819 - 448 pages
...Shores of Greece. HE who hath bent him o'er the dead, Ere the first day of death is fled ; The first dark day of nothingness, The last of danger and distress...(Before Decay's effacing fingers Have swept the lines vrbere oeauty lingers,) And mark'd the mild angelic air — The rapture of repose that's there —... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1820 - 308 pages
...hath bent him o'er the dead Ere the first day of death is fled, The first dark day of nothingness, 70 The last of danger and distress, (Before Decay's effacing...mild angelic air, The rapture of repose that's there, 75 The fix'd yet tender traits that streak The languor of the placid cheek, . And — but for that... | |
 | 1820 - 442 pages
...Athens. BY LORD BYRON. He who hath bent him o'er the dead, Ere the first day of death is fled, The first dark day of nothingness, The last of danger and distress,...swept the lines where beauty lingers, > And mark'd the mind, angelic air, The rapture of repose that's there — The fix'd, yet tender tracts that streak... | |
 | British melodies - 1820 - 280 pages
...tyrants that destroy ! * He who hath bent him o'er the dead Ere the first day of death is fled, The first dark day of nothingness, The last of danger and distress,...fingers Have swept the lines where beauty lingers,) And marked the mild angelic air, The rapture of repose that's there, The fixed yet tender traits that streak... | |
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He who hath bent him o'er the dead Ere the first day of death is fled, The first dark day of nothingness, The last of danger and distress (Before Decay's effacing fingers Have swept the lines where beauty lingers... 
