 | 1817 - 628 pages
...beneath — My brothers — both had ceased to breathe : I took that hand which lay so still, Alas ! my own was full as chill ; I had not strength to stir,...hope — but faith, And that forbade a selfish death. ' The Incantation' is distinguished by great rhythmical beauty ; and though the fire which gleams and... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - Bookbinders - 1815 - 324 pages
...beneath—- My brothers — both had ceased to breathe : 220 I took that hand which lay so still, Alas ! my own was full as chill ; I had not strength to stir,...hope — but faith, And that forbade a selfish death. 230 IX. What next befell me then and there I know not well — I never knew — First came the loss... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1816 - 88 pages
...beneath—- My brothers — both had ceased to breathe : 320 I took that hand which lay so still, Alas ! my own was full as chill ; I had not strength to stir,...hope — but faith, And that forbade a selfish death. 230 IX. What next befell me then and there I know not well — I never knew — First came the loss... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - Books - 1816 - 674 pages
...beneath — My brothers — both had ceased to breathe: I took that hand which lay so still, Alas ! my own was full as chill ; I had not strength to stir,...so. I know not why I could not die, I had no earthly hope-^-but faith, And that forbade a selfish death." It is singular that no reflection seeing to have... | |
 | English literature - 1816 - 692 pages
...hand which lay so still, Alas! my own was full as chill; . 1 had not strength to stir, or strive, ij But felt that I was still alive- A frantic feeling,...That what we love shall ne'er be so. I know not why *..-.• • t I could not die, I had no earthly hope—but faith, . • And that forbade a selfish... | |
 | 1817 - 506 pages
...to breathe: , -r, I took that hand which lay -" still, JS1 Alas I my own was full as drill ; I bad not strength to stir or strive, But felt that I was...know not why, I could not die, I had no earthly hope — bnt faith, And that forbade *a selfish death. Concluded in our nest. LONDON INTELLIGENCE IN LITERATURE,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1818 - 216 pages
...this fatal place. One on the earth, and one beneath — I took that hand which lay so still, Alas ! my own was full as chill ; I had not strength to stir,...hope — but faith, And that forbade a selfish death. 230 IX. What next befell me then and there I know not well — I never knew — First came the loss... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1818 - 210 pages
...beneath— My brothers — both had ceased to breathe : 220 I took that hand which lay so still, Alas ! my own was full as chill ; I had not strength to stir,...hope — but faith, And that forbade a selfish death. 23O « IX. What next befell me then and there I know not well — I never knew — First came the loss... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1820 - 260 pages
...one beneath— My brothers—both had ceased to breathe: I took that hand which lay so still, Alas! my own was full as chill; I had not strength to stir, or strive, A frantic feeling, when we know That what we love shall ne'er be so. I know not why I could not die,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 294 pages
...beneath— My brothers—both had ceased to breathe: 220 I took that hand which lay so still, Alas ! my own was full as chill; I had not strength to stir,...was still alive— A frantic feeling, when we know 225 That what we love shall ne'er be so. I know not why I could not die, I had no earthly hope—but... | |
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The last — the sole — the dearest link Between me and the eternal brink, Which bound me to my failing race, Was broken in this fatal place. 
