...animis nostris nomen servarit amici Q.vae memor e caeco lacruma fönte cadit. E. The Land of the Sun. Know ye the land where the cypress and myrtle Are emblems of deeds that are done in their clime ; Where the rage of the vulture, the love of the turtle, Now melt...

...of this lip shall be " No sigh for safety, but a prayer for theej THE BRIDE OF ABYDOS. CANTO I. .I. KNOW ye the land where the cypress and myrtle Are emblems of deeds that are done in their clime, Where the rage of the vulture — the love of the turtle — Now...

...REGARD AND RESPECT, BY HIS GRATEFULLY OBLIGED AND SINCERE FRIEND, BYRON. THE BRIDE OF ABYDOS. CANTO I. 1 KNOW ye the land where the cypress and myrtle Are emblems of deeds that are done in their clime, Where the rage of the vulture — the love of the turtle — Now...

...profaned it to the utmost, and even in modern days the use made of the name is often far from chaste, — "Know ye the land where the cypress and myrtle Are emblems of deeds that are done in their clime ! " But the old and pure significance is not a thing to dissolve...

...is wrought. The opening stanza, describing ' the Clime of the East,' should not pass unnoticed : ' Know ye the land where the cypress and myrtle Are emblems of deeds that are done in their clime, Where the rage of the vulture — the love of the turtle — Now...

...companion piece to his Giaour. The following splendid deseription of Asiatic scenery opens the first canto. KNOW ye the land where the cypress and myrtle Are emblems of deeds that are done in their clime, Where the rage of the vulture — the love of the turtle—- Now...

...AND RESPECT, BY HIS GRATEFULLY OBLIGED AND SINCERE FRIEND, BYRON. THE BRIDE OF ABYDOS. CANTO I. I. KNOW ye the land where the cypress and myrtle Are emblems of deeds that are done in their dime ? Where the rage of the vulture, the love of the turtle, Now melt...

...RESPECT, BY HIS GRATEFULLY OBLIGED AND SINCERE FRIEND, BYRON. THE BRIDE OF ABYDOS. ! ' CANTO I. I. KNOW ye the land where the cypress and myrtle Are emblems of deeds that are done in their clime ? Where the rage of the vulture, the love of the turtle, Now melt...

...thy bold harp, green Isle ! — the Hero is thine own. Walter Scott. 22. — From the Bride ofAfydos. KNOW ye the land where the cypress and myrtle Are emblems of deeds that are done in their clime, 1 290 EXTRACTS IN VERSE. Know ye the land of the cedar and vine...

...SENTIMENT OF REGARD AND RESPECT, BY HIS GRATEFULLY OBLIGED AND SINCERE FRIEND, BYRON. THE CANTO I. I. KNOW ye the land where the cypress and myrtle Are emblems of deeds that are done in their clime ? Where the rage of the vulture, the love of the turtle, Now melt...