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1-2 (1818) Child Harold's pilgrimage [canto I & II] : ; The Giaour ; Bride of Abydos / George Gordon Byron
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5o ciiit.de iiAnoLns pilgrimage.

It is that settled, ceaseless gloomThe fabled Hebrew wanderer bore;

That will not look beyond the tomb,

Cut cannot hope for rest before.

6 .

What Exile from himself can flee ?

To Zones, though more and more remote,

Still, still pursues, where-eer I be,

The blight of life the demon, Thought.

7 *

Tot others rapt in pleasure seem.

And taste of all that I forsake;

Oh! may they still of transport dream,

Aud neer, at least like me, awake!

8 .

Through many a climetis mine to go,

AVith many a retrospection curst;

And all my solace is to know,

Whateer betides, Eye known the worst.

9 -

What is that worst P Nay do not askIn pity from the search forbear:

Smile on nor venture to unmask

Mans heart, and view the Hell thats there.