 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1867 - 740 pages
...defensive paradox ; I hare been cunning in mine overthrow, The careful pilot of iny proper woe. rv. lf have exposed in a work worthy of the belter days...useless for Englishmen 'to inquire, til) it becom oft my bonds of clay : Bot now I fain would for a time survive, Ц but to see what next can well arrive.... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1869 - 644 pages
...The careful pilot of my proper woe. " Mine were my faults, and mine be their reward. My whole lifu was a contest, since the day That gave me being, gave me that which niarr i The gift, — a fate, or will that walk'd astray; And I at times have fuund the struggle hard,... | |
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - 1870 - 524 pages
...with defensive paradox; I have been cunning in mine overthrow, the careful pilot of my proper woe. Mine were my faults, and mine be their reward, my...since the day that gave me being, gave me that which marred the gift, — a fate, or will, that walked astray; and I at times have found the struggle hard,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1871 - 968 pages
...with defensive paradox ; I have been cunning in mine overthrow, The careful pilot of my proper woe. and his father had said marred The gift, — a fate, or will, that walked astray : And 1 at times have found the struggle hard,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1872 - 776 pages
...woe. That gave me being, gave me that which rnarr'd The gift,—a fate, or will, that walk'd astray j Mine were my faults, and mine be their reward, My whole life was a contest, since the day And I at times have found the struggle hard, And thought of shaking off my bonds of clay : But now... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1873 - 906 pages
...been cunning in mine overthrow, The careful pilot of my proper woe. Mine were my faults, and mine Ъе w thy name full well, Lord James ; And honored may 1 be, That those who fought beside the Bruc marml The gift, — a fate, or will, that walked astniy : And I at times have found the straggle hard,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Byron (baron).) - 1873 - 380 pages
...with defensive paradox ; I have been eunning in mine overthrow, The eareful pilot of my proper woe. Mine were my faults, and mine be their reward. My whole life was a eontest, sinee the day That gave me being, gave me that whieh 1uarr'd The gift, — a fate, or will,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1876 - 599 pages
...with defensive paradox ; I have been cunning in mine overthrow, The careful pilot of my proper woe. Mine were my faults, and mine be their reward . My...since the day That gave me being gave me that which marred The gift, — a fate, or will, that walked astray : And I at times have found the struggle hard,... | |
 | Imperial pocket reader - 1878 - 202 pages
...with defensive paradox ; I have been cunning in mine overthrow, The careful pilot of my proper woe. Mine were my faults, and mine be their reward ; My...since the day That gave me being, gave me that which marred The gift — a fate, or will, that walked astray : And I at times have found the struggle hard,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1880 - 1124 pages
...mine overthrow, The careful pilot of my proper woe. Mine were my faults, and mine be their reward, Aly m. A little thing may harm a wounded man ; Yet I thy best * So saying, from marred The gift, — a fate, or will, that walked astray : And 1 at times have found the struggle hard,... | |
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And I at times have found the struggle hard, And thought of shaking off my bonds of clay : But now I fain would for a time survive, If but to see what next can well arrive. 
