 | John Bartlett - 1856 - 660 pages
...the hour when lovers' vows Seem sweet in every whispered word. THE BRIDE OF ABYDOS. Canto i. St. 1. Know ye the land where the cypress and myrtle, Are...turtle, Now melt into sorrow, now madden to crime ? The Bride of Abydos — Continued. Where the virgins are soft as the roses they twine, And all, save... | |
 | Aldershottana - 1856 - 300 pages
...and Bowie-knife aside ; donned the Mackintosh and pelerine of a pilgrim, and turned my face towards the land ' ' Where the cypress and myrtle Are emblems of deeds that are done in her clime." During my peregrinations through many lands I was schooled by necessity to keep my weathereye... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1857 - 800 pages
...EAST. Know ye the land where the cypress and myrtle Are emhlems of deeds that are done in their elime, Where the rage of the vulture, the love of the turtle, Now melt into sorrow, now madden to erime i' Know ye the land of the cedar and vine, Where the flowers ever hlossom, the heams ever shine... | |
 | 1858 - 516 pages
...broad bosom the fleets of nations. It is a country to which the words of the poet may be applied : " Where the cypress and myrtle Are emblems of deeds...turtle, Now melt into sorrow, — now madden to crime : Where the tints of the earth, and the hues of the sky, In colour though varied, in beauty may vie,... | |
 | 1858 - 734 pages
...bundle in the corner, " there is a pump in the lane — you had better take him to it." CHAPTER v. " Know ye the land where the cypress and myrtle Are emblems of deeds that are done in their clime ?" A yERY sudden transition we now propose to make. Let those who have enjoyed recall to memory, and... | |
 | William Chambers - 1858 - 378 pages
...as in the opening of Byron's Bride ofAbydos : Kno'w ye the | la'nd where the | cypress and | m/rtle Are e'mblems | of dee'ds that | are do'ne in [ their cli'me ; Where the ra'ge j of the vul|ture, the lo've | of the tu'r|tle— where each of the three lines is in a different metre.... | |
 | William Wirt Howe - 1859 - 324 pages
...radiance of the rising sun, I feel that I have undertaken a difficult task. The Rear Admiral was reared in the land where the cypress and myrtle are emblems...turtle, now melt into sorrow, now madden to crime. The Translator was born and bred in the State of New York, where the Erie Canal is considered a fine... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1859 - 586 pages
...RESPECT, BY HIS GRATEFULLY OBLIGED AND SINCERE FBIEND, BYRON. THE BRIDE OF ABYDOS. CANTO THE FIRST. I. KNOW ye the land where the cypress and myrtle Are emblems of deeds that are done in their elime, Where the rage of the vulture, the love of the turtle, Now melt into sorrow, now madden to crime... | |
 | 1859 - 528 pages
...lake a caesura. I shall now best proceed in quoting the initial lines of Byron'? " Bride of Abydos :" Know ye the land where the cypress and myrtle Are emblems of deeds that are done in their dime — Where the rage of the vultnre, the love of the turtle Now melt into softness, now madden to... | |
 | Samuel Stillman Greene - 1860 - 276 pages
...infest the day, Shall fold their tents, like the Arabs, And as silently steal away. — Longfellow. Know ye the land where the cypress and myrtle Are...the vulture, the love of the turtle, Now melt into softness, now madden to crime ? — 'Tis the land of the East! — 'tis the clime of the Sun! — Can... | |
| |
KNOW ye the land where the cypress and myrtle Are emblems of deeds that are done in their clime ? Where the rage of the vulture, the love of the turtle, Now melt into sorrow, now madden to crime... 
