 Debased by slavery, or corrupt by power, Who knows thee well must quit thee with disgust, Degraded mass of animated dust ! Thy love is lust, thy friendship all a cheat, Thy smiles hypocrisy, thy words deceit ! By nature vile, ennobled but by name, Each...  The British Critic: A New Review - Page 2921814Full view - About this book
 | Monthly literary register - 1821 - 678 pages
...vile, ennobled but by name, Each kindred brute might bid thee blush for shame. Ye who behold perchance this simple urn, Pass on, it honours none you wish...arise, I never knew but one — and here he lies. LINES Engrared on the Skull nf an Ancestor. BY LORD BYRON. START not ! nor deem my spirit fled, In... | |
 | Monthly literary register - 1841 - 1092 pages
...and he inscribed thereon an epitaph which concluded with this notable and well-known couplet, — " To mark a friend's remains these stones arise, I never knew but one — and here he lies." To compliment the carcass of a dead dpg at the expense of humanity was a noble contrivance to spit... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - Istanbul (Turkey) - 1814 - 330 pages
...smiles hypocrisy, thy words deceit ! By nature vile, ennobled but by name, Each kindred brute might bid thee blush for shame. Ye ! who perchance behold...one, and here he lies. Newstead Abbey, Oct. 30, 1808. XXXIV. Farewell. FAREWELL! if ever fondest prayer For other's weal availed on high, Mine will not all... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1815 - 230 pages
...smiles hypocrisy, thy words deceit! By nature vile, ennobled but by name, Each kindred brute might bid thee blush for shame. Ye! who perchance behold this simple urn, Pass on—it honours none you wish to mourn: To mark a friend's remains these stones arise, I never knew... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1816 - 234 pages
...deceit ! By nature vile, ennobled but by name, Each kindred brute might bid thee blush for shame. K2 Ye ! who perchance behold this simple urn, Pass on...stones arise, I never knew but one., and here he lies. Neaistead Abbey, Oct. 30, 1808. XXXV. FAREWELL. FAREWELL ! if ever fondest prayer For other's weal... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1817 - 226 pages
...kindred brute might bid thee blush for shame. K 2 Ye! who perchance behold this simple urn, Pass on—it honours none you wish to mourn: To mark a friend's...but one, and here he lies. Newstead Abbey, Oct. 30, 18O6. XXXV. FAREWELL. FAREWELL ! if ever fondest prayer For other's weal availed on high, Mine will... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1818 - 336 pages
...smiles hypocrisy. thy words deceit! By nature vile, ennobled but by name, Each kindred brule might bid thee blush for shame. Ye! who perchance behold...stones arise I never knew but one, and here he lies. Neivstead Abbey , Oct. 3o, 1808. T or, i v. XXXV. FAREWELL. FAHEWBLI,! if ever fondest prayer For other's... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1818 - 152 pages
...smiles hypocrisy, thy words deceit ! By nature vile, ennobled but by name, Each kindred brute might bid thee blush for shame. Ye ! who perchance behold...urn, Pass on — it honours none you wish to mourn r To mark a friend's remains these stones arise, I never knew but one, and here he lies. • . Newstead... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1821 - 404 pages
...smiles hypocrisy, thy words deceit ! By nature vile, ennobled but by name, Each kindred brute might bid thee blush for shame. Ye! who .perchance behold...friend's remains these stones arise, I never knew hut one, and here he lies. Newstead Abbey, Oct. 3o, 1808. STANZAS. « Heu quanta minus est cum reliquis... | |
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