The Lament of Tasso ; Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte ; And, Monody on the Death of Sheridan

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John Murray, 1823 - 32 halaman
 

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Halaman 23 - The Roman, when his burning heart Was slaked with blood of Rome, Threw down the dagger — dared depart, In savage grandeur, home. — He dared depart in utter scorn Of men that such a yoke had borne, Yet left him such a doom! His only glory was that hour Of self-upheld abandon'd power.
Halaman 17 - Foredoomed by God — by man accurst, And that last act, though not thy worst, The very Fiend's arch mock ! He, in his fall preserved his pride, And, if a mortal; had as proudly died!
Halaman 23 - Weigh'd in the balance, hero dust Is vile as vulgar clay ; Thy scales, Mortality ! are just To all that pass away...
Halaman 23 - Tis done — but yesterday a King ! And arm'd with Kings to strive — And now thou art a nameless thing : So abject — yet alive ! Is this the man of thousand thrones, Who strew'd our earth with hostile bones, And can he thus survive ? — Since he, miscall'd the Morning Star, Nor man nor fiend hath fallen so far.
Halaman 23 - Who bow'd so low the knee ? By gazing on thyself grown blind, Thou taught'st the rest to see.
Halaman 23 - Thanks for that lesson. — It will teach To after-warriors more Than high Philosophy can preach, And vainly preached before. That spell upon the minds of men Breaks, never to unite again, That led them to adore Those Pagod things of sabre sway With fronts of brass and feet of clay.

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