...companion piece to his Giaour. The following splendid description of Asiatic scenery opens the first canto. KNOW ye the land where the cypress and myrtle . Are...the land of the cedar and vine ? Where the flowers cverhlossoro, the beams ever shine, Where the light wings of Zephvr, oppressed with perfume, Wax faint...

...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...turtle—- Now melt into sorrow — now madden to erime ?— Know ye the land of the cedar and vine ? Where the flowers ever blossom, the beams ever...

...companion piece to his Giaour. The following splendid description of Asiatic scenery opens the first canto. KNOW ye the land where the cypress and myrtle Are...clime, Where the rage of the vulture — the love »f the turtle — Now melt into sorrow — now madden to crime ?— Know je the land of the cedar...

...would do honor to any poet. It is as follows : " Know yc the land where the cypress and myrtle Arc emblems of deeds that are done in their clime, Where...vulture — the love of the turtle—- Now melt into love — and now madden to crime ?— Know ye the land of the cedar and vine .' Where the flowers ever...

...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 and perish ; the myrtle will never...

...advantageously struck out. --• ' Know ye the land where the cypress and myrfle Are emblems of deed1; that are done in their clime, Where the rage of the vulture — the love of the turtleNew melt into sorrow — now madden to crime ? — Know ye the land of the cedar and vine ? Where...

...so Mindly, Never met or never parted, We had ne'er been broken hearted. TO TIIE RIGHT IiOSOUIUB1.E LORD HOLLAND, THIS TALE IS INSCRIBED, WITH EVERY SENTIMENT...myrtle Are emblems of deeds that are done in their dime ? Where the rage of the vulture, the love of the turtle, Now melt into sorrow, now madden to crime...

...OF REGARD AND KESPECT, BY HIS GRATEFULLY OBLIGED AND SINCERE FRIEND, BYRON. THE BRIDE OF ABYDOS. i. KNOW ye the land where the cypress and myrtle Are...to crime? Know ye the land of the cedar and vine, 5 Where the flowers ever blossom, the beams ever shine ; Where the light wings of Zephyr, oppressed...

...Had we never loved so blindly, Never met or never parted, We bad ne'er been broken hearted. BURNS. THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD HOLLAND, THIS TALE IS INSCRIBED,...to crime ? Know ye the land of the cedar and vine, 5 Where the flowers ever blossom, the beams ever shine ; Where the light wings of Zephyr, oppressed...

...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 ? Where the flowers ever blossom, the...