 | John McCosh - 1835 - 100 pages
...Byron then appear ! — " He who hath bent him o'er the dead, Ere the first day of death has 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,— 30 The fixed yet tender traits... | |
 | Edmund Spencer - 1836 - 826 pages
...those beautiful lines : — " 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...mild angelic air, The rapture of repose that's there. Some moments, aye, one treacherous hour, He still might doubt the tyrant's power, So fair, so calm,... | |
 | Edmund Spencer - 1836 - 388 pages
...those beautiful lines : — " 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...mild angelic air, The rapture of repose that's there, Some moments, aye, one treacherous hour, He still might doubt the tyrant's power, So fair, so calm,... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1836 - 404 pages
...GREECE.—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,...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... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1836 - 386 pages
...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,) (1) [If once the public notice is drawn to a poet, the talents he exhibit! on a nearer view, the weight... | |
 | 1836 - 388 pages
...first dark day of nothingness, The last of danger and distress — Before delay's effacing fingers Hath swept the lines where beauty lingers, And mark'd the...angelic air, The rapture of repose that's there ; The faint and hidden traits that streak The languor of that pallid cheek ?" • * • * At length recovering... | |
 | Harp - 1836 - 380 pages
...faithful heart ! DEATH. 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 line where beauty lingers,) And mark'd the mild angelic air — The rapture of repose that's there... | |
 | Author of The young man's own book - 1836 - 336 pages
...destroy. MODERN 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 line where beauty lingers,) And mark'd the mild angelic air, The rapture of repose that 's there, The... | |
 | 1853 - 572 pages
...impossible. Reader, have you ever bent " o'er the Head, 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 Hath swept the lines where beauty lingers, And mark 'il the mild, angel.c air, The rapture of repose... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1836 - 260 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, (Before Decay's effacing lmgers Have swept the lines where beauty lingers ,) And marked the mild angelic air, The rapture of... | |
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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... 
