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My Soul is Dark
My Soul is Dark
My soul is dark Oh!
quickly string
The harp I yet can brook to hear;
And let thy gentle fingers fling
Its melting…
Ode (From The French)
Ode (From The French)
I.
We do not curse thee, Waterloo!
Though Freedom's blood thy plain bedew;
There 'twas shed, but is not sunkRising …
Martial, Lib. I, Epig. I.
Martial, Lib. I, Epig. I.
'Hic est, quem legis, ille, quern requiris, Tota notus in orbe Martialis,' &c.
He unto whom thou art so partial,
…
Monody On The Death Of The Right Hon. R. B. Sheridan
Monody On The Death Of The Right Hon. R. B. Sheridan
When the last sunshine of expiring day
In summer's twilight weeps itself away,
Who hath not …
Lines: Written In 'Letters Of An Italian Nun And An English Gentleman'
Lines: Written In 'Letters Of An Italian Nun And An English Gentleman'
'Away, away, your fleeting arts
May now betray some simpler hearts;
And yo…
Maid Of Athens, Ere We Part
Maid Of Athens, Ere We Part
Maid of Athens, ere we part,
Give, oh give me back my heart!
Or, since that has left my breast,
Keep it now, …
Lines Written Beneath An Elm In The Churchyard Of Harrow On The Hill, Sept.
Lines Written Beneath An Elm In The Churchyard Of Harrow On The Hill, Sept.
2, 1807
Spot of my youth! whose hoary branches sigh,
Swept by the bre…
Lines Written On A Blank Leaf Of 'The Pleasures Of Memory'
Lines Written On A Blank Leaf Of 'The Pleasures Of Memory'
Absent or present, still to thee,
My friend, what magic spells belong!
As all can tell…
Lines On Hearing That Lady Byron Was Ill
Lines On Hearing That Lady Byron Was Ill
And thou wert sad yet
I was not with thee;
And thou wert sick, and yet I was not near;
Methought…
Lines To A Lady Weeping
Lines To A Lady Weeping
Weep, daughter of a royal line,
A Sire's disgrace, a realm's decay;
Ah! happy if each tear of thine
Could wash a …
Lines In The Travellers' Book At Orchomenus
Lines In The Travellers' Book At Orchomenus
In this book a traveller had written:'
Fair Albion, smiling, sees her son depart
To trace the birth an…
Lines Addressed To A Young Lady
Lines Addressed To A Young Lady
Doubtless, sweet girl! the hissing lead,
Wafting destruction o'er thy charms,
And hurtling o'er thy lovely head, …
Lachin Y Gair
Lachin Y Gair
Away, ye gay landscapes, ye garden of roses!
In you let the minions of luxury rove;
Restore me to the rocks, where the snowflake re…
Lara
Lara
LARA. [1]
CANTO THE FIRST.
I.
The Serfs are glad through Lara's wide domain, [2]
And slavery half fo…
Inscription On The Monument Of A Newfoundland Dog
Inscription On The Monument Of A Newfoundland Dog
When some proud son of man returns to earth,
Unknown to glory, but upheld by birth,
The sculpto…
Jeptha's Daughter
Jeptha's Daughter
Since our Country, our God Oh,
my Sire!
Demand that thy Daughter expire;
Since thy triumph was brought by thy vowStrike…
In The Valley Of The Waters
In The Valley Of The Waters
In the valley of the waters we wept o'er the day
When the host of the stranger made Salem his prey,
And our heads on …
Impromptu, In Reply To A Friend
Impromptu, In Reply To A Friend
When, from the heart where Sorrow sits,
Her dusky shadow mounts too high,
And o'er the changing aspect flits,
Imitation Of Tibullus
Imitation Of Tibullus
'Sulpicia ad Cerinthum.'Lib.
iv.
Cruel Cerinthus! does the fell disease
Which racks my breast your fickle b…
If That High World
If That High World
If that high world, which lies beyond
Our own, surviving Love endears;
If there the cherish'd heart be fond,
The eye t…
I would to heaven that I were so much clay
I would to heaven that I were so much clay
I would to heaven that I were so much clay,
As I am blood, bone, marrow, passion, feeling Because
at l…
I Speak Not, I Trace Not, I Breathe Not Thy Name
I Speak Not, I Trace Not, I Breathe Not Thy Name
I speak not, I trace not, I breathe not thy name;
There is grief in the sound, there is guilt in the fam…
From The Prometheus Vinctus Of Aeschylus
From The Prometheus Vinctus Of Aeschylus
Great Jove, to whose almighty throne
Both gods and mortals homage pay,
Ne'er may my soul thy power disow…
Herod's Lament For Mariamne
Herod's Lament For Mariamne
Oh, Mariamne! now for thee
The heart of which thou bled'st is bleeding;
Revenge is lost in agony,
And wild re…