 Whose name appals the fiercest of his crew, And tints each swarthy cheek with sallower hue ; Still sways their souls with that commanding art That dazzles, leads, yet chills the vulgar hearL What is that spell, that thus his lawless train Confess and...  The works of ... lord Byron - Page 20by George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1815Full view - About this book
 | William Robertson (of Rochdale.) - Rochdale (England) - 1881 - 458 pages
...taken wing; but use, it is said, is second nature, and so it was in the case of " Stuttering Rafe." " A man of loneliness and mystery, Scarce seen to smile and seldom heard to sigh." Rafe was always pleased to learn that death was busy among the parishioners, especially the[rich, as... | |
 | Lord William Pitt Lennox - Actors - 1881 - 292 pages
...As if the worst had fallen that could befall,' and trying to dupe the world with the mask of 1 The man of loneliness and mystery ; Scarce seen to smile, and seldom heard to sigh !' "His romantic admirers on the continent have at length canonized him as a martyr to calumny and... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - Great Britain - 1881 - 390 pages
...hence1 With these he mingles not but to command, Few are his words, but keen his eye and hand, His name appals the fiercest of his crew, And tints each swarthy cheek with ashen hue ; Still sways their souls with that commanding art That dazzles, leads, yet chills the vulgar... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1881 - 610 pages
...guides ; And who dare question aught that he deeides ', That man of loneliness and mystery, / Searee seen to smile, and seldom heard to sigh ; Whose name appals the fiereest of his erew, And tints eaeh swarthy eheek with sallower hue : Still sways their souls with... | |
 | Mrs. Oliphant (Margaret) - English literature - 1882 - 364 pages
...more gloomy, has lost all individual features, and is a mere symbol of the conventional sublime. " That man of loneliness and mystery, Scarce seen to...That dazzles, leads, yet chills the vulgar heart. But who that Chief ? his name on every shore Is famed and fear'd — they ask and know no more. With... | |
 | Theodore Martin - Great Britain - 1883 - 574 pages
...— With these he mingles not, but to command ; Few are his words, but keen his eye and hand : His name appals the fiercest of his crew, And tints each...dazzles, leads, yet chills the vulgar heart ; What is the skill that thus his lawless train Confess and envy, yet oppose in vain ? What should it be, that... | |
 | Sir Theodore Martin - 1883 - 556 pages
...— With these he mingles not, but to command ; Few are his words, but keen his eye and hand : His name appals the fiercest of his crew, And tints each...art, That dazzles, leads, yet chills the vulgar heart j What is the skill that thus his lawless train Confess and envy, yet oppose in vain ? What should... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English drama - 1883 - 1162 pages
...watery waste: Yet they repine not-yso that Conrad guides; And who dare question aught that he decides ? l B B` B appalls the fiercest of his crew, And tints each swarthy cheek with sallower hue; Still sways their... | |
 | Theodore Martin - Great Britain - 1884 - 564 pages
...words, but keen his eye and hand : His name appals the fiercest of his crew, And tints each swarIhy cheek with sallower hue ; Still sways their souls with that commanding art, That daxzles, leads, yet chills the vulgar heart ; What is the skill that thus his lawless train Confess... | |
 | Theodore Martin - Great Britain - 1884 - 566 pages
...— With these he mingles not, but to command ; Few are his words, but keen his eye and hand : His name appals the fiercest of his crew, And tints each swarthy cheek with sallowcr hue ; Still sways their souls with that commanding art, That dazzles, leads, yet chills the... | |
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