 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1834 - 188 pages
...all persons on a like march the perusal of the beautiful lines in the Giaour on Death, beginning, " He who hath bent him o'er the dead Ere the first day...fingers Have swept the lines where beauty lingers, &c. &c." l826, Aug. iST. Jno. Walker, Sculpt, of Lord Byron' Monument. Richard Noble, Engraver, Nottingham.... | |
 | John McCosh - 1835 - 100 pages
...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... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1836 - 404 pages
...sad spot, And weeping, blessed the God who gave Strength to forsake it not! CXII. GREECE.—Byron. He who hath bent him o'er the dead, Ere the first...fingers Have swept the lines where beauty lingers,) And marked the mild angelic air, The rapture of repose that's there, The fixed yet tender traits that streak... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1836 - 386 pages
...freed inheritors of hell ; So soft the scene, so form'd for joy, So curst the tyrants that destroy ! He who hath bent him o'er the dead (') Ere the first...fingers Have swept the lines where beauty lingers,) (1) [If once the public notice is drawn to a poet, the talents he exhibit! on a nearer view, the weight... | |
 | Harp - 1836 - 380 pages
...borne their part — But the noblest thing that perished there Was that young faithful heart ! DEATH. HE who hath bent him o'er the dead, Ere the first...; (Before Decay's effacing fingers Have swept the line where beauty lingers,) And mark'd the mild angelic air — The rapture of repose that's there... | |
 | Author of The young man's own book - 1836 - 336 pages
...from the brooding tempest, arm'd with wrath, CommisBion'd to affright us, and destroy. MODERN GREECE. HE who hath bent him o'er the dead Ere the first day...distress, (Before decay's effacing fingers Have swept the line where beauty lingers,) And mark'd the mild angelic air, The rapture of repose that 's there, The... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1836 - 260 pages
...freed inheritors of hell; So soft the scene, so formed for joy , So curst the tyrants that destroy ! He who hath bent him o'er the dead Ere the first day...last of danger and distress, (Before Decay's effacing lmgers Have swept the lines where beauty lingers ,) And marked the mild angelic air, The rapture of... | |
 | 1836 - 388 pages
...he seemed fixed to the spot — to describe his feelings is impossible. Reader, have you ever bent " o'er the dead, Ere the first day of death is fled...nothingness, The last of danger and distress — Before delay's effacing fingers Hath swept the lines where beauty lingers, And mark'd the mild, angelic air,... | |
 | 1853 - 572 pages
...to the spot — to describe his feelings is impossible. Reader, have you ever bent " o'er the Head, Ere the first day of death is fled — The first dark...danger and distress — Before decay's effacing fingers Hath swept the lines where beauty lingers, And mark 'il the mild, angel.c air, The rapture of repose... | |
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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... 
