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" KNOW ye the land where the cypress and myrtle Are emblems of deeds that are done in their clime? Where the rage of the vulture, the love of the turtle, Now melt into sorrow, now madden to crime... "
A general critical grammar of the Inglish language, on a system novel and ... - Page 236
by Samuel Oliver (jun.) - 1825
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The Correlation of Vocational and Liberal Education Through English Language ...

Mary Belle Hooton - English language - 1918 - 182 pages
...popularized for an English public those opening lines of The Bride of Abydos so rich in oriental imagery: Know ye the land where the cypress and myrtle Are emblems of deeds that are done in their clime, Where the rage of the vulture, the love of the turtle, Now melt into...
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The Literary World: Choice Readings from the Best New Books, with Critical ...

Literature - 1877 - 430 pages
...whose history reads like an epic poem, the keynote of which may be found in Byron's lines : — '• Know ye the land where the cypress and myrtle Are emblems of deeds that are done in their clime, Where the rage of the vulture, the love of the turtle, . . . ;. Now melts...
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English Studies, Volumes 6-7

Reinard Willem Zandvoort - Books - 1924 - 494 pages
...the most potent poetical associations. Every student knows the opening stanza of The Bride of Abydos, "Know ye the land where the cypress and myrtle Are emblems of deeds that are done in their clime ? Where the rage of the vulture, the love of the turtle, Now melt into...
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Humanistic Studies: Hengest: a study in early English hero legend. Le Liure ...

University of Iowa - Philology - 1921 - 876 pages
...syllab Two spondees in a measure, being equal to two long, are also eq to four short syllables, ' ' Know ye the | land where the | cypress and | myrtle Are | emblems of | deeds that are done in their | clime Where tl rage of the vulture the | love of the turtle Now | melt in...
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HOYT'S NEW CYCLOPEDIA OF PRACTICAL QUOTATIONS

KATE LOUISE ROBERTS - 1922 - 1422 pages
...create; None think the great unhappy, but the great. YOONO — Love of Fame. Satire IL 237. GREECE L" 1 . that are done in their clime, Where the rage of the vulture, the love of the turtle, Now melt into...
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The Works of Edgar Allan Poe: With an Introduction by Edwin Markham, Volume 10

Edgar Allan Poe - 1904 - 222 pages
...the | cypress and. | or thus : Know ye the | land where the | cypress and | myrtle are. | or thus : Know ye the | land where the | cypress and | myrtle are | emblems of. | In short, we may give it any division we please, and the lines will be good — provided we have...
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An Introduction to Poetry

Jay Broadus Hubbell, John Owen Beaty - American poetry - 1923 - 566 pages
..."Kennst du das Land wo die Citronen bliihn," in Goethe's Wilheim Meister. From THE BRIDE OF ABYDOS Know ye the land where the cypress and myrtle Are emblems of deeds that are done in their clime, Where the rage of the vulture, the love of the turtle, Now melt into...
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The Principles of English Metre

Egerton Smith - English language - 1923 - 352 pages
...continuous (just as in the blank verse of Milton and the heroic verse of Keats) and form a verseparagraph. Know ye the | land where the | cypress and | myrtle Are | emblems of | deeds that are | done in their | clime, Where the | rage of the | vulture, the | love of the | turtle Now...
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The Principles of English Metre

Egerton Smith - English language - 1923 - 352 pages
...a verseparagraph. Know ye the | land where the | cypress and | myrtle Are | emblems of | deeds that are | done in their | clime, Where the | rage of the | vulture, the j love of the | turtle Now | melt into | softness, now | madden to | crime. | Know ye the | land of...
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Byron, the Poet

Walter Alwyn Briscoe - 1924 - 350 pages
...effacing fingers Have swept the lines where Beauty lingers,) . . . or refuse a thrill to the question Know ye the land where the cypress and myrtle Are emblems of deeds that are done in their clime ? Where the rage of the vulture, the love of the turtle, Now melt into...
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