 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1837 - 480 pages
...1MKNT OP KbiilKl) ASTD RiSPtCT, ВТ HIS GRATEFULLY OBLIGED A9TD SIM I Я t FftlXXD, BYRON. CANTO I Know ye the land where the cypress and myrtle(?) Are emblems of deeds that are done in their clnne, Where the rage of the vulture, the love of the turtle, Now melt into sorrow, now madden to crime?... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1837 - 982 pages
...GRATEFULLY OBLIGED A!in SINCERE FRItlTD, BYRON. CANTO I Know ye the land where the cypress and myrtle(2) Are emblems of deeds that are done in their clime, Where the rage of the vulture, Ihe love of the turtle, Now melt into sorrow, now madden to crime ? (1) Tb« Brtde o/ Mn/dos we» published... | |
 | 1838 - 214 pages
...likely, and that a volume of Byron is given to your confederate, who selects the passage commencing " Know ye the land, where the cypress and myrtle Are emblems of deeds that are done in their clime," &c. You know " cypress" being the first word that can be classed, the card touched must be in class... | |
 | 1840 - 364 pages
...ignorance and oppression." 12* CHAPTER VIII. " From grouse to goose, from venison to pig-" * • » * * "Know ye the land of the cedar and vine, Where the...flowers ever blossom, the beams ever shine ; Where the tints of the earth, and the hues of the sky, In colour though varied, in beauty may tie, 'Tis the clime... | |
 | Sarah Rogers Haight - 1840 - 320 pages
...fraught with so many, so great, and such extraordinary associations. Has not the poet just said, " Know ye the land of the cedar and vine, Where the flowers ever blossom, the beams ever shine ?" Yet is not this also the land of pestilence and plague? " Where the virgins are soft as the roses... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1840 - 588 pages
...sun, and the passionate beauty of a tropical climate ? Ours is the land of the cypress and myrtle ; " of the cedar and vine, Where the flowers ever blossom, the beams ever shine." Are the faculties keenest in the region of perpetual sunshine and temperate mildness ? Such too is... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1841 - 998 pages
...GRATtFUI.IY UBLIUKD AKD SINCERE FRIEND, BYRON. CANTO I I. Know ye the land where the cypress and myrtle(2) verse ; but it would be difficult for me to forget...— her completely Greek cast of face and figure! ? ( I ) The Bride, of Hvdia was published In the beginning of December, 1 813. The mood of mind in... | |
 | Eliza Robbins - 1842 - 352 pages
...stirred in this black spot, /only lived — /only drew The accursed breath of dungeon dew." TURKEY. Know ye the land where the cypress and myrtle Are...beams ever shine ; Where the light wings of Zephyr, oppressed with perfume ; Wax faint o'er the gardens of Gul* in her bloom ; Where1 the citron and olive... | |
 | 1842 - 514 pages
...than is absolutely unavoidable from its dwelling on the memory. " An English poet has asked, — ' Know ye the land where the cypress and myrtle Are...turtle, Now melt into sorrow, now madden to crime ?' And Hassan (Zadie's lover) was a true son of the fervid regions, which are in these lines so faithfully... | |
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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... 
