Childe Harold's pilgrimage, a romaunt . ... ^^^A ...jCS^. Oh, thou! ill Hellas deemed of heavenly birth,Muse! formed or fabled at the minstrels will!Since shamed full oft by later lyres on earth,Mine dares not call thee from thy sacred hill:Yet there I ve wandered by thy vaunted rill;Yes! sighed oer Delphis long-deserted shrine,Where, save that feeble fountain, all is still;Nor mote my shell awake the weary NineTo grace so plain a tale — this lowly lay of mine. II. Whilome in Albions isle there dwelt a ne in virtues ways did take delight;But spent his days in riot most uncouth,And ve
Childe Harold's pilgrimage, a romaunt . ... ^^^A ...jCS^. Oh, thou! ill Hellas deemed of heavenly birth,Muse! formed or fabled at the minstrels will!Since shamed full oft by later lyres on earth,Mine dares not call thee from thy sacred hill:Yet there I ve wandered by thy vaunted rill;Yes! sighed oer Delphis long-deserted shrine,Where, save that feeble fountain, all is still;Nor mote my shell awake the weary NineTo grace so plain a tale — this lowly lay of mine. II. Whilome in Albions isle there dwelt a ne in virtues ways did take delight;But spent his days in riot most uncouth,And vexed with mirth the drowsy ear of , me! in sooth he was a shameless wight. 22 CHILDE HAROLDS canto i. Sore given to revel and ungodly glee;Few earthly things found favor in his sightSave concubines and carnal companie,And flaunting wassailers of high and low degree. III. Childe Harold was he hight: — but whence his nameAnd lineage long, it suits me not to say;Suffice it, that perchance they were of fame,And had been glorious in another day :B
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