 Sun-burnt his cheek, his forehead high and pale The sable curls in wild profusion veil; And oft perforce his rising lip reveals The haughtier thought it curbs, but scarce conceals Though smooth his voice, and calm his general mien Still seems there something...  The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal - Page 2031814Full view - About this book
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1814 - 378 pages
...men — They gaze and marvel how — and still confess That thus it is, but why they cannot guess. Sun-burnt his cheek — his forehead high and pale,— The sable curls in wild profusion veil ; And oft perforce his rising lip reveals The haughtier thought it curbs, but scarce conceals. Though... | |
 | 362 pages
...men — They gaze and marvel how — and still confess Thatthus it is, lint why they cannot guess. Sun-burnt his cheek — his forehead high and pale,— The sable curls in wild profusion veil j And ol'l perforce his rising lip reveals The haughtier thought it curbs, but scarce conceals. Though... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1814 - 572 pages
...men — They gaze and marvel how — and still confess That thus it is, but why tkey cannot guest. Sun-burnt his cheek — his forehead, high and pale, The sable curls in wild profusion veil ; And oft perforce his rising lip reveals The haughtier thought it curbs, but scarce conceals. Though... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1815 - 248 pages
...vulgar men; They gaze and marvel how—and still confess That thus it is, but why they cannot guess. Sun-burnt his cheek, his forehead high and pale The sable curls in wild profusion veil; And oft perforce his rising lip reveals The haughtier thought it curbs, but scarce conceals. Though... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1817 - 246 pages
...vulgar men ; They gaze and marvel how—and still confess That thus it is, but why they cannot guess. Sun-burnt his cheek, his forehead high and pale The sable curls in wild profusion veil; And oft perforce his rising lip reveals Though smooth his voice, and calm his general mien, Still seems... | |
 | English literature - 1817 - 590 pages
...vulgar men ; They gaze and marvel how — and still confess That thus it is, but why they cannot guess. Sun-burnt his cheek, his forehead high and pale The sable curls in wild profusion veil ; And oft perforce his rising lip reveals The haughtier thought it curbs, but scarce conceals. Though... | |
 | Jeremiah Brandreth, William Brodie Gurney - Luddites - 1817 - 516 pages
...vulgar men. They gaze and marvel how, and still confess That thus it is ; but why, they cannot guess. Sunburnt his cheek, his forehead high and pale', The sable curls in wild profusion veil 5 There breathe but few, whose aspect could defy • • The full encounter of his searching eye. There... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1818 - 336 pages
...They gaze and marvel how — and still confess That thus it is, but why they cannot guess. Sun -burnt his cheek, his forehead high and pale The sable curls in wild profusion veil; And oft perforce his rising lip reveals The haughtier thought it curbs, but scarce conceals, Though... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English literature - 1821 - 486 pages
...They gaze and marvel how — and still confess That thus it is, but why they cannot guess. Sun burnt his cheek, his forehead high and pale The sable curls in wild profusion veil ; , And oft perforce his ris:ng lip reveals The haughtier thought it curbs, but scarce conceals. Though... | |
 | John Watkins - 1822 - 452 pages
...men ;-^ They gaze and marvel how — and still confess That llms it is, but why they cannot guess. Sun-burnt his cheek — his forehead high and pale, — The sable curls in wild profusion veil ; And oft perforce his rising lip reveals The haughtier thought it curbs, but scarce conceals. Though... | |
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