...stirr'd in this black spot, /only lived — / only drew The accursed breath of dunsreon dew." TURKEY. Know ye the land where the cypress and myrtle Are...Where the rage of the vulture, the love of the turtle, Now melt into sorrow, now madden to crime 1 Know ye the land of the cedar and vine, Where the flowers...

...GRATEFULLY OBLIGED AND SINCERE FRIEND, BYRON. CANTO I. r. KNOW ye the land where the cypress and myrtle Arc emblems of deeds that are done in their clime? Where the rage of the vulture, the love of the turtle, Now melt into sorrow, now madden to crime 7 Know ye the land of the cedar and vine, Where the flowers...

...a Greek head : the expression is powerful, it speaks of * The land where the cypress and myrtle Arc emblems of deeds that are done In their clime, Where the rage of the vulture, the lore of the turtle, Now melt into sorrow, now madden to crime.* In more sober reality, it is the habitual...

...recognise as having been imitated by Lord Byron, in his well known introduction to the Bride of Abydos — Know ye the land where the cypress and myrtle Are...of deeds that are done in their clime ? Where the rnee of the vulture, the love of the turtle, Mow melt into sorrow, now madden to crime 1 It were unnecessary...

...Of thy bold harp, green Isle ! — the Hero is thine own. SCOTT. 22. — FROM THE BRIDE OP ABVDOS. KNOW ye the land where the cypress and myrtle Are...Where the rage of the vulture, the love of the turtle, Now melt into sorrow, now madden to crime ? Know ye the land of the cedar and vine, Where the flowers...

...BYRON. THE BRIDE OF ABYDOS.(i) CANTO THE FIRST. I. KNOW ye the land where the cypress and myrtle (2) Are emblems of deeds that are done in their clime,...Where the rage of the vulture, the love of the turtle, Now melt into sorrow, now madden to crime ? Know ye the land of the cedar and vine, [shine ; Where...

...— E.] THE BRIDE OF ABYDOS.(i) CANTO THE FIRST. I. KNOW ye the land where the cypress and myrtle (2) Are emblems of deeds that are done in their clime,...Where the rage of the vulture, the love of the turtle, Now melt into sorrow, now madden to crime ? Know ye the land of the cedar and vine, [shine ; Where...

...or Shakspeare. What can be finer than the opening of his first canto in the " Bride of Abydos ?" " Know ye the land where the cypress and myrtle Are...Where the rage of the vulture, the love of the turtle, Now melt into sorrow, now madden to crime ? Know ye the land of the cedar and vine, Where the flowers...

...the Hebrew Melodies.] KNOW YE THE LAND? LORD BYRON. Know ye the land where the cypress and myrtle \re emblems of deeds that are done in their clime, Where the rage of the vulture, the love of the turtle, Now mejt into sorrow, now madden to crime : Know ye the land of the cedar and vine, Where the flowers...

...ye the land of the cedar and vine, Where the flowers ever blossom, the beams ever shine ; VOL. I. 8 Where the light wings of Zephyr, oppress'd with perfume, Wax faint o'er the gardens of Giil in her bloom ; Where the citron and olive are fairest of fruit, And the voice of the nightingale...