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Select Works of the Right Honourable Lord Byron (1); In Two Volumes
Select Works of the Right Honourable Lord Byron In Two Volumes - 1 Author:Baron George Gordon Byron Byron Volume: 1 General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1823 Original Publisher: John Murray Subjects: English poetry Literary Criticism / Poetry Poetry / General Poetry / Anthologies Poetry / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations a... more »nd there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: The BRIDE OF ABYDOS. A TURKISH TALE. BY LORD BYRON. Hnd we never loved so kindlr, Had we never loved so blindly, Never met or never parted, We had i; e'er been broken-hearted. BURN!. EIGHTH EDITION'. LONDON: Printed by Thomat Davison, Whitejrian, FOR JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE-STREF. T. THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD HOLLAND, THIS TALE IS INSCRIBED, WITH EVERY SENTIMENT OF REGARD AND RESPECT, BY HIS GRATEFULLY OBLIGED AVP SINCERE FRIEND, BYRON. chapter{Section 4 THE BRIDE OF ABYDOS. CANTO I. 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? -- Know ye the land of the cedar and vine ? Where the flowers ever blossom, the beams ever shine, Where the light wings of Zephyr, oppressed with perfume, Wax faint o'er the gardens of Gul in her bloom; Where the citron and olive are fairest of fruit, And the voice of the nightingale never is mute; 10 Where the tints of the earth, and the hues of the sky, In colour though varied, in beauty may vie, And the purple of Ocean is deepest in die; Where the virgins are soft as the roses they twine, And all, save the spirit of man, is divine -- Tis the clime of the east -- 'tis the land of the Sun -- Can he smile on such deeds as his children have done ? Oh! wild as the accents of lovers' farewell ' Are the ...« less