 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 father's fault away ! Weep — for thy tears are Virtue's tears — Auspicious to these suffering isles ; And be each...  Poetical Works - Page 273by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1866Full view - About this book
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1814 - 330 pages
...silent lute. 5. 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 father's...Repaid thee by thy people's smiles ! March, 1812. XXX. XXXI. SONNET. To Genevra. THINE eyes blue tenderness, thy long fair hair, And the wan lustre of... | |
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...of the London Newspapers : •* Weep, (laughter of a royal line, A Hire's disgrace, a realm's decay j Ah, happy ! if each tear of thine Could wash a father's fault away ! M Weep — for lh\ tears arc virtue's tear* — • AnsjMcions to thcw Miflering isles ; Ami be each... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1815 - 230 pages
...Abbey, 1808. XXX. 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 father's fault away! Weep—for thy tears are Virtue's tears— Auspicious to these suffering isles; And be each drop in... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1816 - 234 pages
...1808. XXX. 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 father's...Repaid thee by thy people's smiles ! March, 1812. XXXI. From the Turkish. It THE chain I gave was fair to view, The lute I added sweet in sound, The... | |
 | 1817 - 398 pages
...disgrace — a realm's decay j Ah ! happy if each tear of thine Cou'd wash a father's fault away ! K Weep — for thy tears are virtue's tears, Auspicious...thee by thy people's smiles." "March, 1812.*' The unblushing avowal of this elegant and pathetic compliment called forth a great variety of animadversions,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1817 - 226 pages
...Abbey, 1808. XXX. 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 father's fault away! Weep—for thy tears are Virtue's tears— Auspicious to these suffering isles; And be each drop in... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1818 - 152 pages
...473. POEMS. 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 father's...Repaid thee by thy people's smiles ! March, 1812. Front tlit Turkish. I. THE chain I gave was fair to view, The lute I added sweet in sound, The heart... | |
 | Thomas Green - Great Britain - 1818 - 654 pages
...sire's disgrace — a realm's decay: — Ah ! happy if each tear of tliine Could wash a father's faults away ! Weep ! — for thy tears are virtue's tears,...in future years, Repaid thee by thy people's smiles ! We have too much respect for the perverted genius of this accomplished nobleman, to join in that... | |
 | Robert Huish - Nobility - 1818 - 904 pages
...sire's disgrace, a realm's decay :— Ah ! happy if each tear of thine Could wash a father's faults away ! Weep — for thy tears are Virtue's tears ;...future years, Repaid thee by thy people's smiles. The above acrimonious lines very justly drew upon his lordship the severity of the opposite party ;... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1818 - 336 pages
...realm's decay; Ah , happy ! if each tear of thine I '(> i ild wash a father'* fault away! "\Vetp — for thy tears are Virtue's tears — • Auspicious...suffering isles; And be each drop in future years thce by thy people's smiles! March, 18121. XXX. XXXL From the TurlisJi. 1. THB chain I gave was fair... | |
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