With Byron in Itlay; a selection of the poems and letters of Lord Byron relating to his life in ItalyEdited by Anna Benneson McMahan . 1 :1 6 CO a si. B ; THE YEARS 1817, 1818, 1819 The host between the mountains and the shore,Where Courage falls in her despairing files,And torrents, swolln to rivers with their gore,Reek through the sultry plain with legions scattered oer, LXI1ILike to a forest felld by mountain winds;And such the storm of battle on this day,And such the frenzy, whose convulsion blindsTo all save carnage, that, beneath the fray,An earthquake reeld unheededly away !None felt st
With Byron in Itlay; a selection of the poems and letters of Lord Byron relating to his life in ItalyEdited by Anna Benneson McMahan . 1 :1 6 CO a si. B ; THE YEARS 1817, 1818, 1819 The host between the mountains and the shore,Where Courage falls in her despairing files,And torrents, swolln to rivers with their gore,Reek through the sultry plain with legions scattered oer, LXI1ILike to a forest felld by mountain winds;And such the storm of battle on this day,And such the frenzy, whose convulsion blindsTo all save carnage, that, beneath the fray,An earthquake reeld unheededly away !None felt stern Nature rocking at his feet,And yawning forth a grave for those who layUpon their bucklers for a winding sheet;Such is the absorbing hate when warring nations meet! LXIVThe Earth to them was as a rolling barkWhich bore them to Eternity ; they sawThe Ocean round, but had no time to markThe motions of their vessel; Natures law,In them suspended, reckd not of the- aweWhich reigns when mountains tremble, and the birdsPlunge in the clouds for refuge and withdrawFrom their down-toppling nests ; and bellowing herdsStumble oer heaving plains, and ma
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