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... Byron , Bride of Ab . Byron , Don Juan , III . 22 . O tell him I have sat these three long hours , Counting the weary beatings of the clock , Which slowly portion'd out the promis'd time That brought him not to bless me with his sight ...
... Byron , Bride of Ab . Byron , Don Juan , III . 22 . O tell him I have sat these three long hours , Counting the weary beatings of the clock , Which slowly portion'd out the promis'd time That brought him not to bless me with his sight ...
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... Byron , Don J. In aught that tries the heart , how few withstand the proof ! The good are better made by ill , As odours crush'd are better still . Byron , Ch . II . Rogers , Jacqueline ADVICE . Love thyself last ; cherish those hearts ...
... Byron , Don J. In aught that tries the heart , how few withstand the proof ! The good are better made by ill , As odours crush'd are better still . Byron , Ch . II . Rogers , Jacqueline ADVICE . Love thyself last ; cherish those hearts ...
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... Byron , Ch . H. 98 . You take my house , when you do take the prop That doth sustain my house ; you take my life , When you do take the means whereby I live . Sh . M. V. rv . 1 . ALACRITY - see Promptitude . A willing heart adds feather ...
... Byron , Ch . H. 98 . You take my house , when you do take the prop That doth sustain my house ; you take my life , When you do take the means whereby I live . Sh . M. V. rv . 1 . ALACRITY - see Promptitude . A willing heart adds feather ...
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... Byron , Werner , II . 1 . Full many a stoic eye and aspect stern Masks hearts where grief has little left to learn ; And many a withering thought lies hid , not lost , In smiles that least befit , who wears them most . Byron ...
... Byron , Werner , II . 1 . Full many a stoic eye and aspect stern Masks hearts where grief has little left to learn ; And many a withering thought lies hid , not lost , In smiles that least befit , who wears them most . Byron ...
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... Byron , D.J. VIII . Like the leaves of the forest when summer is green , That host , with their banners , at sunset were seen ; Like the leaves of the forest , when Autumn hath blown , That host , on the morrow , lay wither'd and strown ...
... Byron , D.J. VIII . Like the leaves of the forest when summer is green , That host , with their banners , at sunset were seen ; Like the leaves of the forest , when Autumn hath blown , That host , on the morrow , lay wither'd and strown ...
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