 Meantime I seek no sympathies, nor need — The thorns which I have reaped are of the tree I planted, — they have torn me, — and I bleed : I should have known what fruit would spring from such a seed.  The North American Review - Page 70edited by - 1845Full view - About this book
 | 1818 - 762 pages
...epitaph on me — • Sparta hath many a worthier son than he.' Meantime I seek no sympathies, nor need ; The thorns which I have reaped are of the tree I planted, — theyhavetom me. — and I bleed: I should have known what fruit would spring from such a seed.... | |
 | H. Biglow, Orville Luther Holley - 1818 - 500 pages
...us, recur in this poem. His lordship's strain is, as ever, — " I seek no sympathies, nor af ed ! The thorns which I have reaped are of the tree I planted...have known what fruit would spring from such a seed." If his lordship has such a disdain for sympathy, we wish lie would seek some other solace, or, at least,... | |
 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1818 - 624 pages
...— " S[>arta hath many a worthier son than he." Meantime I seek uo sympathies, nor need ; The thorua which I have reaped are of the tree I planted, —...have known what fruit would spring from such a seed. That Lord Byron is the poet of nature, and loves to " hold converse with her charms, and see her «tores... | |
 | 1818 - 806 pages
...epitaph on me— ' Sparta hath many a worthier son than he.' Meantime I seek no sympathies, nor need ; The thorns which I have reaped are .of the tree I...bleed; I should have known what fruit would spring /rom such a seed. • • He then returns to Venice, and aV ludes to the well-known affection entertained... | |
 | 1818 - 502 pages
...than he/' Meantime I seek no sympathies, nor need ; The thorn* which I hare remp'd, are of the tree 1 planted, — they have torn me, — and I bleed :...have known what fruit would spring from such a seed. This passage affords at once an example of the misanthropical gloom and regret which seems still at... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1819 - 466 pages
...a worthier son than he." * Meantime I seek no sympathies, nor need; The throns which I have reap'd are of the tree I planted, — they have torn me,...bleed: I should have known what fruit would spring from fuch a seed. XI. The spouscless Adriatic mourns her lord; And, annual marriage now no more renew'd,... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1819 - 176 pages
...and blight, and dull Oblivion bar. X. Meantime I seek no sympathies , nor need ; The thorns whicli I have reaped are of the tree I planted , — they have torn me., — and I bleed : 1 should have known what fruit, would spring from such a seed. Xf. The spouseless ADRIATIC mourns... | |
 | William Playfair - 1820 - 352 pages
...with Lord Byron : The thorns that I have reap'd, are of the tree I planted; they have torn me, end I bleed, I should have known what fruit would spring from such a seed. The immortal William Pitt, the best guardian of England in the day of its greatest danger, laid the... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 478 pages
...on me — « Sparta hath many a worthier son than he. » Meantime I seek no sympathies, nor need ; The thorns which I have reaped are of the tree I planted,...have known what fruit would spring from such a seed. XI. The spouseless Adriatic mourns her lord ; And, annual marriage now no more renewed, The Bucentaur... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 308 pages
...worthier son than he." <4) Meantime I seek no sympathies, nor need; The thorns which I have reap'd are of the tree I planted, — they have torn me,...have known what fruit would spring from such a seed. XI. The spouseless Adriatic mourns her lord; And, annual marriage now no more renew'd, The Bucentaur... | |
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