SELECT POETICAL WORKS OF LORD BYRON, containing THE CORSAIR LARA, THE GIAOUR, THE SIEGE OF CORINTH, THE BRIDE OF ABYDOS, PARISINA PARIS AND LYONS. B. CORMON AND BLANC, BOOKSELLERS. PARIS, 70, Mazarine streeT; LYONS, 1, ROGER STREET; 3, PRÉFECTURE STREET. 1835. A TALE. I suoi pensieri in lui dormir non ponno. TASSO, canto decimo, Gerusalemme Liber. O'er the glad waters of the dark blue sea, « Our thoughts as boundless, and our souls as free, «Far as the breeze can bear, the billows foam; Survey our empire, and behold our home? These are our realms, no limits to their sway« Our flag the sceptre all who meet obey. << Ours the wild life in tumult still to range From toil to rest, and joy in every change. Oh, who can tell? not thou, luxurious slave? « Whose soul would sicken o'er the heaving wave; « Not thou, vain lord of wantonness and ease! << Whom slumber soothes not-pleasure cannot please Oh, who can tell, save he whose heart hath tried, « And danced in triumph o'er the waters wide, The exulting sense-the pulse's maddening play, That thrills the wanderer of that trackless way? That for itself can woo the approaching fight, And turn what some deem danger to delight; <<< That seeks what cravens shun with more than zeal, And where the feebler faint-can only feel |