 | 1820 - 442 pagina’s
...without Meaning. . 16. The Finis, by Hogarth — Its Companion. The Shore of Athens. BY LORD BYRON. 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 effacing fingers... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1820 - 308 pagina’s
...freed inheritors of hell ; 65 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 day of death is fled, The first dark day of nothingness, 70 The last of danger and distress, (Before Decay's effacing fingers... | |
 | British melodies - 1820 - 280 pagina’s
...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 of death is fled, The first dark day of nothingness, The last of danger and distress, (Before Decay's effacing fingers... | |
 | Thomas Hodgskin - 1820 - 944 pagina’s
...the colours just beginning to fade, was shewn to the surrounding spectators. She was in the stage, " Before decay's effacing fingers Have swept the lines where beauty lingers." And " Hers was the loveliness of death, That parts not quite with parting breath ;" and neatly dressed... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 486 pagina’s
...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 of death is fled, The first dark day of nothingness, The last of danger and distress, ( Before Decay's effacing fingers... | |
 | 1872 - 1200 pagina’s
...and but for a few hours, after the spirit is not there." * Life, vol. i, p. 401. " Ha who hath beat him o'er the dead. Ere the first day of death is fled...fingers Have swept the lines where beauty lingers, And mark'd the mild angelic air, The rapture of repose that's there, The fix'd yet tender traits that streak... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1823 - 468 pagina’s
...inheritors of hell — 65 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 day of death is fled ; The first dark day of nothingness, 70 The last of danger and distress ; (Before Decay's effacing... | |
 | Casimir Delavigne - 1823 - 220 pagina’s
...larmes , sans regard ! (*) Tout le monde connaît ces beaux vers de lord Byron : He who hath lient 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... etcj Pour qu'il vous reste... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1824 - 318 pagina’s
...freed inheiitors 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 day of death is fled, The first dark day of nothingness, The last of danger and distress, (Before Decay's effacing fingers... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Alfred Howard - 1824 - 226 pagina’s
...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 of death is fled, The first dark day of nothingness, The last of danger and distress, (Before Decay's effacing fingers... | |
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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, (Before Decay's effacing fingers Have swept the lines where beauty lingers... 
