WHITE !t while life was in its spring, And thy young Muse just waved her joyous wing. The spoiler came ; and all thy promise fair, Has sought the grave, to sleep for ever there. Oh ! what a noble heart was here undone, When Science... English Bards, and Scotch Reviewers: A Satirevon George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1809 - 85 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1836 - 514 Seiten
...name, And raised this fond memorial to bis fame. Lini's and Note by Lord Byron. Unhappy White! (a) while life was in its spring, And thy young muse just...a noble heart was here undone, When Science' self deetroy'd her favorite son ! Yes! she too much indulged thy fond pursuit, She sow'd the seeds, but... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1836 - 354 Seiten
...thee, Gifford ! be thy promise claim'd, Make bad men better, or at least ashamed. Unhappy White ! (2) while life was in its spring, And thy young muse just waved her joyous wing, * The hand which brush'da swarm of fools away, * Should rouse to grasp a more reluctant prey ! ' Think, then,... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1837 - 982 Seiten
...thee, Gifford! be thy promise claim'd, Make bad men better, or at least ashamed. ^ Unhappy AVhite!(9) while life was in its spring, And thy young muse just waved her joyous wing, The spoiler swept that soaring lyre away, AVhich else bad sounded an immortal lay. Oh! what a noble heart was here... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1837 - 336 Seiten
...thee, Gifford ! be thy promise claim'd, Make bad men better, or at least ashamed. Unhappy White ! 3 while life was in its spring, And thy young muse just waved her joyous wing, 1 [Lord Byron here alludes to the masterly poem 'of " New Morality" (the joint production of Mr. Canning... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1837 - 480 Seiten
...thec, Gifford! be thy promise cl.iimM, Make bad men better, or at least ashameJ. Unhappy White! (9) while life was in its spring, And thy young muse just waved her joyous wûig, Tbe spoiler swept that soaring lyre away, Which else had sounded an immortal lay. Oh! what a... | |
| 1850 - 464 Seiten
...retire ; but that when they were reading ' Madoc,' they often read on till the clock struck twelve." " Unhappy White ! while life was in its spring, And thy young muse just waved its joyons wing, The epoiler swept that soaring lyre away, Which else had sounded an immortal lay.... | |
| Pye Henry Chavasse - 1839 - 160 Seiten
...Byron most beautifully speaks of him in the following lines and note : — " Unhappy WHITE !• when life was in its spring, And thy young muse just waved...destroyed her favourite son ! Yes ! she too much indulged thy fond pursuit, She sowed the seeds, but death has reap'd the fruit. 'Twas thine own genius gave... | |
| Samuel Rogers - 1839 - 510 Seiten
...lonely name. And raised this fond memorial to his fame. Lines and Note by Lord Byron. Unhappy White! (a) while life was in its spring, And thy young muse just...a noble heart was here undone, When Science' self destroy'd her favorite son! Yes! she too much indulged thy fond pursuit, She sow'd the seeds, but Death... | |
| John Todd - 1839 - 116 Seiten
...be equally applicable to many who were of equal promise, though their names are "unknown to song." " Oh ! what a noble heart was here undone, When Science'...destroyed her favourite son ! Yes, she too much indulged thy fond pursuit; She sowed the seeds, but death has reaped the fruit. 'Twas thine own genius gave... | |
| Francis Jenks, James Walker, Francis William Pitt Greenwood, William Ware - 1839 - 420 Seiten
...honors assigned him, both on taking his first and second degree, were among the highest of his class. u Oh! what a noble heart was here undone, When Science' self destroyed her favorite son! ******* So the struck eagle, stretch'd upon the plain, No more through rolling clouds... | |
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