 | 1812 - 576 pages
...insects fluttering by Ne'er droop the wing o'er those that die, And lovelier things have mercy shown To every failing but their own, And every woe a tear can claim Except an erring sister's shame. ' p. 6-3. The sentiment of the following passage is striking and original ; but the image by which... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1813 - 90 pages
...Beauty, blighted in an hour, Find joy within her broken bower ? No : gayer insects fluttering by 285 Ne'er droop the wing o'er those that die, And lovelier...a tear can claim Except an erring sister's shame. 290 »*****»* The Mind, that broods o'er guilty woes, Is like the Scorpion girt by fire, In circle... | |
 | 1813 - 560 pages
...Beauty, blighted in an hour, ; Find joy within her broken bower I No : gayer insects fluttering by N Ne'er droop the wing o'er those that die, And lovelier...a tear can claim Except an erring sister's shame.' — p. 19, &c. The causes of the tragical event which he had thus witnessed, were soon explained to... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1814 - 378 pages
...From rose to tulip as before ? Or Beauty, blighted in an hour, Find joy within her broken bower ? 415 No : gayer insects fluttering by Ne'er droop the wing...a tear can claim Except an erring sister's shame. 21 420 The Mind, that broods o'er guilty woes, Is like the Scorpion girt by fire, In circle narrowing... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1815 - 222 pages
...From rose to tulip as before ? Or Beauty, blighted in an hour, Find joy within her broken bower ? 4 15 No : gayer insects fluttering by Ne'er droop the wing...failing but their own, And every woe a tear can claim 420 Except an erring sister's shame. The Mind, that broods o'er guilty woes, Is like the Scorpion girt... | |
 | Chandos Leigh (1st baron.) - 1816 - 124 pages
...adorned, r. adored. — 93, — 2, insert and between Dion Timoleon. FRAGMENTS OF ESSAYS. ON WOMEN. " And lovelier things have mercy shewn To every failing...their own— And every woe a tear can claim, Except au erring sister's shame." Lord Byron's Giaour* WK all know that there are women who pretend to great... | |
 | Ezra Stiles Ely - 1816 - 242 pages
...insects fluttering by, Ne'er droop the wing o'er those that die ; And lovelier things have mercy shown To every failing but their own : And every woe a tear can claim, Except an erring sister's shame." Let those who imagine that they stand, take heed lest they fall ; and let all sinners have compassion... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1816 - 228 pages
...insects fluttering by Ne'er droop the wing o'er those that die, And lovelier things have mercy shown To every failing but their own, And every woe a tear can claim 420 Except an erring sister's shame. ******* The Mind, that broods o'er guilty woes, Is like the Scorpion... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1817 - 226 pages
...insects fluttering by Ne'er droop the wing o'er those that die, And lovelier things have mercy shown To every failing but their own, And every woe a tear can claim 42O Except an erring sister's shame. The Mind, that broods o'er guilty woes, Is like the Scorpion girt... | |
 | Metropolis - 1819 - 806 pages
...even her crime demands, who would pronounce it? Her own sex ; for " lovelier things have mercy shown " To every failing but their own, " And every woe a...tear can claim, " Except an erring sister's shame." But strong in my innocence, I met every look with mild endurance, or with indignant repulsion. Some... | |
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Can this with faded pinion soar From rose to tulip as before? Or Beauty, blighted in an hour, Find joy within her broken bower ? No: gayer insects fluttering by !Ne'er droop the wing o'er those that die, And lovelier things have mercy shown To every failing... 
