Lord Byron Quotes on Emotion
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Maid of Athens, ere we part, Give, oh give me back my heart!
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Oh, God! it is a fearful thing To see the human soul take wing In any shape, in any mood.
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There 's not a joy the world can give like that it takes away.
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Know ye the land where the cypress and myrtle Are emblems of deeds that are done in their clime? Where the rage of the vulture, the love of the turtle, Now melt into sorrow, now madden to crime!
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Hope withering fled, and Mercy sighed farewell!
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Farewell! For in that word, that fatal word,-howe'er We promise, hope, believe,-there breathes despair.
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No words suffice the secret soul to show, For truth denies all eloquence to woe.
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And to his eye There was but one beloved face on earth, And that was shining on him.
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For the sword outwears its sheath, And the soul wears out the breast, And the heart must pause to breathe, And love itself have rest.