 Tis Greece, but living Greece no more ! So coldly sweet, so deadly fair, We start, for soul is wanting there. Hers is the loveliness in death, That parts not quite with parting breath ; But beauty with that fearful bloom, That hue which haunts it to the...  Lord Byron's Works - Page 194by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821Full view - About this book
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...but living Greece no more ! So coldly sweet, so deadly fair, We start — for soul is wanting there. wept, ere she had mourned, Л young and happy child...thy days are told, IH-fated Ruth, in hallowed mould away ! Spark ofthat flame — perchance of heavenly birth—- Which gleams — but warms во more... | |
 | William Draper Swan - American literature - 1845 - 482 pages
...but living Greece no more ! So coldly sweet, so deadly fair, We start — for soul is wanting there. Hers is the loveliness in death, That parts not quite...hovering round decay, The farewell beam of feeling past away! Spark of that flame — perchance of heavenly birth — Which gleams, but warms no more its cherished... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...but living Greece no more! ] So coldly sweet, so deadly fair, We start — for soul is wanting there. Hers is the loveliness in death, That parts not quite...hovering round decay, The farewell beam of feeling past away ! Spark of that flame — that flame of heavenly birth — Which gleams — but warms no more... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - Elocution - 1845 - 492 pages
...'TisGreece, but living Greece no more So coldly sweet, so deadly fair, We slart, for soul is wanting there. Hers is the loveliness in death, That parts not quite...fearful bloom, That hue which haunts it to the tomb, Expression'* last receding; ray, A gilded halo hovering round decay, The farewell beam of feeling past... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - Elocution - 1846 - 312 pages
...'TisGreece, but living Greece no more So coldly sweet, so deadly fair, We start, for soul is wanting there. Hers is the loveliness in death, That parts not quite...hovering round decay, The farewell beam of feeling past away ! Spark of that flame, perchance of heavenly birth, Which gleams, but warms no more its cherished... | |
 | New reader - 1879 - 392 pages
...Greece, but living Greece no more ! So coldly sweet, so deadly fair, We start, for soul is wanting there. Hers is the loveliness in death, That parts not quite...parting breath ; But beauty with that fearful bloom, The hue which haunts it to the tomb, Expression's la.st receding ray,9 A gilded halo hovering round... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1879 - 428 pages
...but living Greece no more I So coldly sweet, so deadly fair, We start— for soul is wanting there. Hers is the loveliness in death. That parts not quite with parting breath, Bat beanty with that fearful bloom, That hue which hannts it to the tomb — Expression's last receding... | |
 | Joseph Angus - English literature - 1880 - 726 pages
...Greece, but living Greece no more ! So coldly sweet, so deadly fair, We start, for soul is wanting there. Hers is the loveliness in death, That parts not quite...fearful bloom, That hue which haunts it to the tomb, Ezpression's last receding ray, A gilded halo hovering round decay, The farewell beam of feeling past... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1880 - 1124 pages
...but living (Jreece no more ! So coldly sweet, so deadly fair, We start, for soul is wanting there. e footpaths for the thought of Italy ! Thy fame is...from all the heights, Through all the nations, und a line which haunts it to the tomb, Expression's last receding ray, A gilded halo hovering round decay,... | |
 | Laura Valentine - 1880 - 634 pages
...but living Greece no more l So coldly sweet, so deadly fair, We start — for soul is wanting there. Hers is the loveliness in death, That parts not quite...parting breath ; | But beauty with that fearful bloom, i That hue which haunts it to the tomb — Expression's last receding ray, A gilded halo hovering round... | |
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