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George Gordon Noel Byron, Lord Byron. (1788–1824) (continued)

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Ada! sole daughter of my house and heart.

Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage, Canto iii. Stanza 1.

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Once more upon the waters! yet once more!
And the waves bound beneath me as a steed
That knows his rider.

Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage, Canto iii. Stanza 2.

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I am as a weed
Flung from the rock, on Ocean’s foam to sail
Where’er the surge may sweep, the tempest’s breath prevail.

Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage, Canto iii. Stanza 2.

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He who grown aged in this world of woe,
In deeds, not years, piercing the depths of life, 1
So that no wonder waits him.

Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage, Canto iii. Stanza 5.

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Years steal
Fire from the mind as vigour from the limb,
And life’s enchanted cup but sparkles near the brim.

Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage, Canto iii. Stanza 8.

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There was a sound of revelry by night,
And Belgium’s capital had gather’d then
Her beauty and her chivalry, and bright
The lamps shone o’er fair women and brave men.
A thousand hearts beat happily; and when
Music arose with its voluptuous swell,
Soft eyes look’d love to eyes which spake again,
And all went merry as a marriage bell.

Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage, Canto iii. Stanza 21.

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But hush! hark! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell!
Did ye not hear it?—No! ’t was but the wind,
Or the car rattling o’er the stony street.
On with the dance! let joy be unconfined;
No sleep till morn, when Youth and Pleasure meet
To chase the glowing hours with flying feet.

Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage, Canto iii. Stanza 22.

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He rush’d into the field, and foremost fighting fell.

Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage, Canto iii. Stanza 23.

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And there was mounting in hot haste.

Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage, Canto iii. Stanza 25.

Note 1.
See Sheridan, Quotation 40. [back]

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