...animis nostris nomen servarit amici Q.vae memor e caeco lacruma fönte cadit. E. The Land of the Sun. 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...

...of this lip shall be " No sigh for safety, but a prayer for theej THE BRIDE OF ABYDOS. CANTO I. .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...

...is wrought. The opening stanza, describing ' the Clime of the East,' should not pass unnoticed : ' 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...

...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...

...REGARD AND RESPECT, BY HIS GRATEFULLY OBLIGED AND SINCERE FRIEND, BYRON. THE BRIDE OF ABYDOS. CANTO I. 1 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...

...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 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...

..." Know yc 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 love — and now madden to crime ?— Know ye the land of the cedar and vine .' Where the flowers ever...

...so blindly, Never met or never parted, We bad ne'er been broken hearted. BURNS. 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...

...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,...

...WITH EVERY SENTIMENT OF REGARD AND RESPECT, BY HIS GRATEFULLY OBLIGED AND SINCERE FRIEND, BYRON. THE CANTO I. 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...