 | 1814 - 578 pagina’s
...good, But not in pity, not because he ought, But in some strange perversity of thought, That swayed him onward with a secret pride To do what few or none...beneath The men with whom he felt condemned to breathe.' — ' With all that chilling mystery of mien, And seeming gladness to remain unseen ; He He had (if... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1814 - 148 pagina’s
...good, But not in pity, not because he ought, But in some strange perversity of thought, 34O That swayed him onward with a secret pride To do what few or none...beside ; And this same impulse would in tempting time So much he soared beyond, or sunk beneath The men with whom he felt condemned to breathe, And longed... | |
 | 1814 - 698 pagina’s
...good, But not in pity, not because he ought, But in some strange perversity of thought, That swayed him onward with a secret pride To do what few or none would do beside ; i And this same impulse would in tempting time Mislead his spirit equally to crime ; So much he soared... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1817 - 92 pagina’s
...good, But not in pity, not because he ought, But in some strange perversity of thought, 340 That swayed him onward with a secret pride To do what few or none...to breathe, And longed by good or ill to separate His mind abhorring this had fixed her throne Far from the world, in regions of her own ; Thus coldly... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1818 - 336 pagina’s
...good, But not in pity> not because he ought, But in some strange perversity of thought, 34o That swayed him onward with a secret- pride To do what few or...time, Mislead his spirit equally to crime; So much he sonred beyond, or sunk beneath The men with whom he felt condemned to breathe, And longed by good or... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1820 - 308 pagina’s
...good, But not in pity, not because he ought, But in some strange perversity of thought, 34O That sway'd him onward with a secret pride To do what few or none...time, Mislead his spirit equally to crime ; So much he soar'd beyond, or sunk beneath 345 The men with whom he felt condemn'd to breathe, And long'd by good... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 486 pagina’s
...good, But not in pity, not because he ought, But in some strange perversity of thought, That swayed him onward with a secret pride To do what few or none...beyond, or sunk beneath The men with whom he felt condemned.to breathe, And longed by good or ill to separate Himself from all who shared his mortal... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1822 - 614 pagina’s
...pity, not because he ought, But in some strange perversity of thought, 34o That sway'd him onwards with a secret pride To do what few or none would do...time, Mislead his spirit equally to crime ; So much he soar'd beyond, or sunk beneath 345 The men with whom he felt condemn'd to breathe, And long'd by good... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1823 - 468 pagina’s
...good, But not in pity, not because he ought, But in some strange perversity of thought, 340 That sway'd him onward with a secret pride To do what few or none...time, Mislead his spirit equally to crime ; So much he soar'd beyond, or sunk beneath 345 The men with whom he felt condemn'd to breathe, And long'd by good... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Alfred Howard - 1824 - 226 pagina’s
...good ; But not in pity, not because he ought, But in some strange perversity of thought, That swayed him onward with a secret pride To do what few or none...time, Mislead his spirit equally to crime; So much he soar'd beyond, or sunk beneath, The men with whom he felt condemn'd to breathe, And longed by good... | |
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And half mistook for fate the acts of will : Too high for common selfishness, he could At times resign his own for others' good, But not in pity, not because he ought, But in some strange perversity of thought, That... 
