 | Monthly literary register - 1841 - 1092 páginas
...to the unfortunate being who secedes from it. Alas ! too truly has the poet said of them — ' That every woe a tear can claim, Except an erring sister's shame.' There is not one of his female acquaintance, who will not lament tLe untimely death of the handsome and fascinating... | |
 | 1812 - 576 páginas
...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 but their own, And...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 páginas
...insects fluttering by 285 Ne'er droop the wing o'er those that die, And lovelier things have mercy shewn To every failing but their own, And every woe 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 - 580 páginas
...insects fluttering by Ne'er droop the wing o'er those that die, And lovelier things have mercy shewn To every failing but their own, And every woe a tear can claim Except an erring sister's shame." Immediately after this simile of the insect queen we are carried per saltum to the simile of the scorpion,... | |
 | 1813 - 560 páginas
...insects fluttering by N Ne'er droop the wing o'er those that die, And lovelier things have mercy shewn To every failing but their own, And every woe 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 N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1815 - 222 páginas
...insects fluttering by Ne'er droop the wing o'er those that die, And lovelier things have mercy shewn 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 girt... | |
 | Ezra Stiles Ely - 1816 - 242 páginas
...say, " Gayer 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 :...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 páginas
...415 No : gayer 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... | |
 | Chandos Leigh (1st baron.) - 1816 - 124 páginas
...insert and between Dion Timoleon. FRAGMENTS OF ESSAYS. ON WOMEN. " And lovelier things have mercy shewn To every failing but 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... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1817 - 226 páginas
...415 No : gayer 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... | |
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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... 
