...by the waiul of an enchanter, rather than reared by human hands. Myst. of Udol. v. Í. p. 34. Byron. He who hath bent him o'er the dead, Ere the first day of death is fled, ite. See the rest of this beautiful passage, »s far as Such is the aspect of this shore, Tis Greece,...

...beauty, but which is an instance of the extended simile in which this poet so delights to indulge. " He who hath bent him o'er the dead, Ere the first day of'-death is fled ; The first dark day of nothingness, The last, of danger and distress ; (Before Decay's...

...as a child sleeps, and so passed away. His last appearance was like that described by the poet — " He who hath bent him o'er the dead Ere the first day of death is fled, Before Decay's effacing fingers Have swept the lines where beauty lingers, And marked the mild, angelic...

...subsided, one of the loftiest poets of this, or of any other age or country, alludes, when he says, — " He who hath bent him o'er the dead Ere the first day of death is fled .... .... Before Decay's effacing fingers Have swept the lines where beauty lingers, And marked the...

...of intense interest expressed in a more beautiful manner than that in which he speaks of Greece : " He who hath bent him o'er the dead, Ere the first day of death has fled ; Ere decay's effacing fingers Hare swept the lines where beauty lingers, And marked the mild...

...; While sea-horn gales their gelid wings expand To wiunow fragrance round the smiling land. GREECE. HE who hath bent him o'er the dead, Ere the first day of death is fled, Tlu- first dark day of nothingness, The last of danger and distress, (Before decay's effacing fingers...

...western wave. CHAPTER XI. THE RECLUSE'S LAST SORROWS AND TRIALS — THK DISSOLUTION OF RELIGIOUS HOUSES. He who hath bent him o'er the dead Ere the first day of Death is Bed, — Before Decay's effacing fingers Have swept the lines where beauty lingers. And mark'd the...

...of the view, and the only use to which we turn the I Knight* of Malta," — a "History of Muaic» " Who hath bent him o'er the dead Ere the first day of death is lied, ****** Before decay's effacing fingers Have swept the lines where beauty lingers, And marked...

...expressive aspect, which belongs to such an hour, and which Byron depicts in language how true to nature ! ' He who hath bent him o'er the dead Ere the first day of death be fled, Before decay's effacing fingers Have swept the lines where beauty lingers, And marked the...

...indulging in the idea ! How true to nature did these very expressive lines of Byron then appear ! — " He who hath bent him o'er the dead, Ere the first day of death has fled, Before decay's effacing fingers Have swept the lines where beauty lingers, And marked the...