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" But first, on earth as Vampire sent, Thy corse shall from its tomb be 'rent : Then ghastly haunt thy native place, And suck the blood of all thy race : There, from thy daughter, sister, wife, At midnight drain the stream of life ; Yet loathe the banquet... "
The Works of Lord Byron: With His Letters and Journals, and His Life, by ... - Page 177
by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - 1832
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Obeah: Witchcraft in the West Indies

Hesketh Bell - Black people - 1893 - 246 pages
...of that inward hell ! But first, on earth as Vampire sent, Thy corse shall from its tomb be rent : Then ghastly haunt thy native place, And suck the blood of all thy race : M 2 There, from thy daughter, sister, wife, At midnight drain the stream of life ; Yet loathe the...
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Werke: in kritischen texten mit einleitungen und anmerkungen, Volumes 1-2

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1896 - 692 pages
...hat noch an zwei anderen Stellen genau dasselbe Bild gebraucht; vgl. Giaour, Works p. 71", Z. 7ff. : Thy victims ere they yet expire Shall know the demon...cursing them, Thy flowers are wither'd on the stem. wo es sich um die blutsaugerische Thatigkeit eines Vampirs handelt. Werner IV, 1 (Works p. 367 b, Z....
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Litterarhistorische Forschungen

German literature - 1902 - 656 pages
...Übersetzung erhalten hat: "But first, 011 earth as Vampire sent, Thy corse shall from its tomb be rent: Then ghastly haunt thy native place, And suck the blood of all thy race" etc. ("Giaour" v. 755 ff.; Col. III, p. 121.) Auch bei Heine taucht das Motiv immer wieder auf, und...
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The Complete Poetical Works of Lord Byron

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1905 - 1088 pages
...tortures of that inward hell ! But first, on earth as Vampire sent, Thy corse shall from its tomb be rent: s ever the dark annals of the deep Disclosed for man...their fate, but not unknown J0 1 Nor unredress'd. Reve ; 760 Yet loathe the banquet which perforce Must feed thy livid living corse. Thy victims ere they...
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The Complete Poetical Works

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1905 - 1092 pages
...tortures of that inward hell ! But first, on earth as Vampire sent, Thy corse shall from its tomb be rent: from the stro 760 Yet loathe the banquet which perforce Must feed thy livid living corse. Thy victims ere they yet...
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The Complete Poetical Works of Lord Byron

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1905 - 1110 pages
...tortures of that inward hell ! But first, on earth as Vampire sent, Thy corse shall from its tomb be rent: t, and dull Oblivion bar My name from out the temple...let it be, And light the laurels on a loftier hea 760 Yet loathe the banquet which perforce Must feed thy livid living corse. Thy victims ere they yet...
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The Complete Poetical Works of Lord Byron

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - Poetry - 1907 - 1376 pages
...blood of all thy race; There from thy daughter, sister, wife, At midnight drain the stream of life; 760 here, wh withered on the stem. But one that for thy crime must fall, The youngest, most beloved of all, Shall...
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A Study of Grillparzer's Ahnfrau

William Henry Klose - 1908 - 78 pages
...wander after death : "But first, on earth as vampire sent, Thy course shall from its tomb be rent ; Then ghastly haunt thy native place, And suck the...sister, wife, At midnight drain the stream of life." "Thy victims ere they yet expire Shall know the demon for their sire" (Al-108, 5-656, B42, 43). In...
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Significant Etymology: Or, Roots, Stems, and Branches of the English Language

James Mitchell - History - 1908 - 502 pages
...his ' Giaour ' says — " The first on earth as vampire sent, Thy corse shall from the tomb be rent, Then ghastly haunt thy native place, And suck the blood of all thy race.!' (4) Insectivora (insect -devourers), from insectum, and voro — imectum from inseco (of in, into,...
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The Supernatural in Modern English Fiction

Dorothy Scarborough - History - 1917 - 362 pages
...occurs in various stories. "But first on earth as Vampyre sent Thy corse shall from its tomb be rent ; Then ghastly haunt thy native place And suck the blood...As, cursing thee, thou cursing them, Thy flowers are withered on the stem. But one, that for thy crime must fall, The youngest, best-beloved of all, Shall...
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