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" Tis left to fly or fall alone. With wounded wing, or bleeding breast, Ah ! where shall either victim rest ? Can this with faded pinion soar From rose to tulip as before? Or Beauty, blighted in an hour, Find joy within her broken bower... "
The New Monthly Magazine - Page 396
1833
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The Calcutta Review, Volume 22

1854 - 532 pages
...he satisfied with the reformation. But, " according to home ideas," once a sinner always a sinner.* And every woe a tear can claim, Except an erring sister's shame. * There are some remarks upon this subject in a little thoughtful book, entitled Compamont of my Solitude,...
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Faust, a dramatic poem, tr. into Engl. prose with notes by the translator of ...

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1855 - 318 pages
...to have lost her garland. Bessy's want of charity recalls the well-known lines in The Giaour: — " No : gayer insects fluttering by Ne'er droop the wing...tear can claim, Except an erring sister's shame." P. 112. Zwinger. — Zwinger is untranslatable, and a good deal of doubt exists as to the meaning of...
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A Complete Dictionary of Poetical Quotations: Comprising the Most Excellent ...

Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1855 - 612 pages
...gayer inseets fluttering by Ne'er droop the wing on those that die, And lovelier things have merey shown To every failing but their own, And every woe a tear ean elaim, Exeept an erring sister's shame. Hymn's Giaour. Nought so ill As the betrayer's sin ! salvationless...
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Faust: A Dramatic Poem, Volume 1

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1856 - 344 pages
...to have lost her garland. Bessy's want"of charity recalls the well-known lines in The Giaour: — " No : gayer insects fluttering by Ne'er droop the wing...tear can claim, Except an erring sister's shame." 122. Zwinger.] — Zwinger is untranslatable, and I find a good deal of doubt existing as to the meaning...
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A Collection of Familiar Quotations: With Complete Indices of Authors and ...

John Bartlett - 1856 - 660 pages
...battle, once begun, Bequeathed by bleeding sire to son, Though baffled oft, is ever won. Line 418. And lovelier things have mercy shown To every failing...a tear can claim, Except an erring sister's shame. Line 1099. The cold in clime are cold in blood, Their love can scarce deserve the name. Parisina. St....
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Great Truths by Great Authors: A Dictionary of Aids to Reflection ...

1856 - 570 pages
...an hour, Find joy within her broken bower? No : gayer insects fluttering by Ne'er droop the wing on those that die, And lovelier things have Mercy shown...every failing but their own, And every woe a Tear may claim, Except an erring Sister's Shame. , — Shakspeare. AY, so you serve us, Till we serve you...
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Our Happy Home; Or, The Family Circle

Sarah Gould - 1856 - 262 pages
...to thyself and heaven ; And be thy friends the gifted few, And be thy foes — forgiven. For lovely things have mercy shown To every failing but their own ; And every woe a tear may claim, Except an erring sister's shame. Braox. WHO IS HAPPY? To answer this question, which has...
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Titcomb's Letters to Young People, Single and Married

Josiah Gilbert Holland - 1858 - 274 pages
...most bitter is a scornful jest. SAMUEL JOHNSON. And lovelier things have mercy shown To every falling but their own, And every woe a tear can claim Except an erring sister's shame. BYRoN. I HAVE met with a good many young women, first and last, whose intellects were of that keen,...
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Poems

George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1859 - 614 pages
...soar From rose to tulip as before ? Or Beauty, blighted in an hour, Find joy within her broken bower ? No : gayer insects fluttering by Ne'er droop the wing...a tear can claim, Except an erring sister's shame. ***** The Mind, that broods o'er guilty woes, Is like the Scorpion girt by fire, In circle narrowing...
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Faust, with notes by G.G. Zerffi, Issue 64

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1859 - 396 pages
...of charity finds an apt illustration in the following beautiful lines from Byron's " The Giaour." ' No : gayer insects fluttering by ' Ne'er droop the...a tear can claim, 'Except an erring sister's shame ! " m How truly despicable does pride appear, when fallen. Margaret, who had formerly been the severest...
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