...be passed over in silence. A striking example of this occurs in the four first introductory lines. " 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 into sorrow — now madden...

...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 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...

...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 ever blossom, the beams ever shine, When;...

...'Tis fitting for a broken heart, And falsehood cannot roach thee there. WD FROM THE BRIDE OF ABYDOS. 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 melts into sorrow, now maddens to...

...EVERT SENT1MEXT OF rFGABD AND KESPECT, BY HIS GRATEFDLLT OBLIGED AND SINCERE FRIEND, BYRON. CANTO 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 into sorrow, now madden to crime?...

...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 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...

...blindly, ' Never met or never parted, ' We had ne'er been broken-hearted." Barns. TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD HOLLAND, THIS TALE IS INSCRIBED, WITH EVERY SENTIMENT...myrtle 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?...

...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 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...

...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 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...

...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 ever...