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Lines, On Hearing That Lady Byron Was Ill - George Gordon, Lord Byron · Sense and Sensibility

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Speaker 1: Lines on hearing that Lady Byron was ill by George Gordon,
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Speaker 1: Lord Byron read for Libbyvox dot org by Algiepug and
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Speaker 1: thou wert sad. Yet I was not with thee, and
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Speaker 1: thou wert sick, And yet I was not near methought.
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Speaker 1: The joy and health alone could be where I was not,
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Speaker 1: and pain and sorrow here. And is it? Thus it
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Speaker 1: is as I foretold, and shall be more so. For
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Speaker 1: the mind recoils upon itself, and the wreck'd heart lies cold,
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Speaker 1: while heaviness collects the shatter'd spoils. It is not in
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Speaker 1: the storm nor in the strife we feel benumb'd and
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Speaker 1: wished to be no more, but in the after silence
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Speaker 1: on the shore, when all is lost except a little life.
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Speaker 1: I am too well avenged. But twas my right whate'er
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Speaker 1: my sins, my be Thou wert not sent to be
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Speaker 1: the nemesis who should requite, nor did Heaven choose so
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Speaker 1: near an instrument. Mercy is for the merciful. If thou
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Speaker 1: hadst been of such, twill be accorded. Now the knights
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Speaker 1: have banish'd from the realms of sleep. Yes they may
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Speaker 1: flatter thee, but thou shalt feel a hollow agony which
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Speaker 1: will not heal, for thou art pillow'd on a curse
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Speaker 1: too deep. Thou hast sown in my sorrow, and must
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Speaker 1: reap the bitter harvest in a woe as real. I
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Speaker 1: have had many foes, but none like thee. For against
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Speaker 1: the rest myself I could defend and be aveng'd, or
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Speaker 1: turn them into friend. But Thou, in safe implacability, hadst
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Speaker 1: nought to dread, in thy own weakness shielded, and in
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Speaker 1: my love, which hath but too much yielded and spared
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Speaker 1: for thy sake, some I should not spare. And thus
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Speaker 1: upon the world trust in thy truth and the wild
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Speaker 1: fame of my ungoverned youth, on things that were not
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Speaker 1: and on things that are. Even upon such a basis,
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Speaker 1: hast thou built a monument whose cement hath been guilt,
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Speaker 1: the moral clytemnestra of thy lord, and hewed down with
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Speaker 1: an unsuspected sword fame, peace and hope, and all the
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Speaker 1: better life, which, but for this cold treason of thy heart,
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Speaker 1: might still have risen from out the grave of strife
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Speaker 1: and found a nobler duty than to part but of
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Speaker 1: thy virtues didst thou make a vice trafficking with them
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Speaker 1: in a purpose cold for present anger and for future gold,
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Speaker 1: and by others grief at any price. And thus once
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Speaker 1: entered into crooked the early truth, which was thy proper praise,
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Speaker 1: did not still walk beside thee, but at times and
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Speaker 1: with abreast, unknowing its own crimes, deceit a vermens incompatible equivocations,
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Speaker 1: and the thoughts which dwell in janous spirits, the significant
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Speaker 1: eye which learns to lie with silence, the pretext of
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Speaker 1: prudence with advantages annexed. The acquiescence in all things which tend,
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Speaker 1: no matter how to the desired end, all found a
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Speaker 1: place in thy philosophy. The means were worthy, and the
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Speaker 1: end is won. I would not do by THEE as
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Speaker 1: thou hast done Ender poem. This recording is in the
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Speaker 1: public domain.
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Speaker 2: Lines on hearing that Lady Byron was ill by George
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Speaker 2: Gordon Lord Byron read for LibriVox dot org by Bruskachuk,
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Speaker 2: and thou wert sad. Yet I was not with THEE,
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Speaker 2: and thou wert sick. And yet I was not near
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Speaker 2: methought that joy and health alone could be where I
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Speaker 2: was not, and pain and sorrow here and is it Thus?
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Speaker 2: It is as I foretold, and shall be more so.
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Speaker 2: For the mind recoils upon itself, and the wrecked heart
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Speaker 2: lies cold, while heaviness collects the shatter'd spoils. It is
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Speaker 2: not in the storm, nor in the strife we feel
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Speaker 2: benumbed and wish to be no more, but in the
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Speaker 2: after silence on the shore, when all is lost except
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Speaker 2: a little life. I am too well avenged. But twas
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Speaker 2: my right, whate'er my sins might be. Thou wert not
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Speaker 2: sent to be the nemesis who should requite, nor did
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Speaker 2: Heaven choose so near an instrument. Mercy is for the merciful.
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Speaker 2: If thou hast been of such, twill be accorded. Now
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Speaker 2: thy knights are banish'd from the realms of sleep. Yes
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Speaker 2: they may flatter THEE, but thou shalt feel a hollow
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Speaker 2: agony which will not heal. For thou art pillowed on
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Speaker 2: a curse too deep. Thou hast sow'n in my sorrow,
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Speaker 2: and must reap the bitter harvest in a woe as real.
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Speaker 2: I have had many foes, but none like THEE. For
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Speaker 2: gainst the rest myself I could defend and be aveng'd,
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Speaker 2: or turn them into friend. But thou, in safe implacability,
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Speaker 2: hadst not to dread in thy own weakness shielded, and
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Speaker 2: in my love, which hath but too much yielded and
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Speaker 2: spared for thy sake, some I should not spare. And
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Speaker 2: thus upon the world trust in thy truth and the
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Speaker 2: wild fame of my ungovern'd youth, on things that were
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Speaker 2: not and on things that are. Even upon such a basis,
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Speaker 2: hast thou built a monument whose cement hath been guilt,
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Speaker 2: the moral clytemnestra of thy lord, and hewed down with
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Speaker 2: an unsuspected sword fame, peace and hope, and all the
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Speaker 2: better life, which, but for this cold treason of thy heart,
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Speaker 2: might still have risen from out the grave of strife,
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Speaker 2: and found a nobler duty than to part. But of
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Speaker 2: thy virtues didst thou make a vice, trafficking with them
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Speaker 2: in a purpose cold for present anger and for future gold,
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Speaker 2: and buying others grief at any price. And thus, once
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Speaker 2: entered into crooked ways, the early truth, which was thy
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Speaker 2: proper praise, did not still walk beside thee, but at times,
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Speaker 2: and with a breast on knowing its own crimes, deceit
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Speaker 2: of vermence, incompatible equivocations, and the thoughts which dwell in
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Speaker 2: janous spirits. The significant eye which learns to lie with silence,
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Speaker 2: the pretext of prudence with advantages. Annext, the acquiescence in
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Speaker 2: all things which tend, no matter how to the desired end,
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Speaker 2: all found a place in thy philosophy. The means were worthy,
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Speaker 2: and the end is won. I would not do by
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Speaker 2: thee as thou hast done end a poet. This recording
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Speaker 2: is in the public domain.
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Speaker 3: Lines on hearing that Lady Byron was ill by George
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Speaker 3: Gordon Lord Byron read for LibriVox dot Org Banwgate, novelist,
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Speaker 3: and thou wert sad. Yet I was not with thee,
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Speaker 3: and thou wert sick, And yet I was not near
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Speaker 3: methought that joy and health alone could be where I
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Speaker 3: was not, and pain and sorrow here?
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Speaker 4: And is it? Thus?
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Speaker 3: It is as I foretold, and shall be more so.
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Speaker 3: For the mind recoils upon itself, and the wrecked heart
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Speaker 3: lies cold, while heaviness collects the shattered spoils. It is
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Speaker 3: not in the storm nor in the strife we feel
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Speaker 3: benumbed and wish to be no more, but in the
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Speaker 3: after silence on the shore, when all is lost except
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Speaker 3: a little life. I am too well avenged, But twas
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Speaker 3: my right, whate'er my sins might be. Thou wert not
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Speaker 3: sent to be the nemesis who should requite, nor did
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Speaker 3: Heaven choose so near an instrument. Mercy is for the merciful.
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Speaker 3: If thou hast been of such, twill be accorded. Now
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Speaker 3: thine knights are banished from the realms of sleep. Yes
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Speaker 3: they may flatter THEE, but thou shalt feel a hollow
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Speaker 3: agony which will not heal. For thou art pillowed on
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Speaker 3: a curse too deep. Thou hast sown in my sorrow,
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Speaker 3: and must reap the bitter harvest in a woe as real.
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Speaker 3: I have had many foes, but none like THEE. For
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Speaker 3: against the rest myself I could defend and be avenged,
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Speaker 3: or turn them into friend. But Thou, in safe implacability,
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Speaker 3: hadst nought to dread. In thy own weakness shielded, and
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Speaker 3: in my love, which hath but too much yielded and
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Speaker 3: spared for thy sake, some I should not spare. And
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Speaker 3: thus upon the world trust in thy truth and the
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Speaker 3: wild fame of my ungoverned youth, on things that were not,
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Speaker 3: and on things that are. Even upon such a basis,
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Speaker 3: hast thou built a monument whose cement hath been guilt
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Speaker 3: the moral clytemnestra of thy lord, and hewed down with
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Speaker 3: an unsuspected sword fame, peace and hope, and all the
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Speaker 3: better life, which, but for this cold true reason of
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Speaker 3: thy heart, might still have risen from out the grave
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Speaker 3: of strife, and found a nobler duty than to part.
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Speaker 3: But of thy virtues didst thou make a vice, trafficking
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Speaker 3: with them in a purpose cold for present anger and
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Speaker 3: for future gold, and buying others grief at any price,
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Speaker 3: And thus once entered into crooked ways. The early truth,
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Speaker 3: which was thy proper praise, did not still walk beside thee,
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Speaker 3: but at times, and with abreast, unknowing its own crimes,
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Speaker 3: deceit a vermence incompatible equivocations, and the thoughts which dwell
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Speaker 3: in janous spirits. The significant eye which learns till lie
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Speaker 3: was silence, the pretext of prudence with advantages. Next, the
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Speaker 3: acquiescence in all things which tend, no matter how to
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Speaker 3: the desired end, all found a place in thy philosophy.
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Speaker 3: The means were worthy. And the end is one I
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Speaker 3: would not do by thee as thou hast done. End
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Speaker 3: of poem. This recording is in the public domain.
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Speaker 5: Lines on hearing that Lady Byron was ill by George
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Speaker 5: Gordon Lord Byron read for Librevat dot org by David
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Speaker 5: Allenmore's and thou wert sad. Yet I was not with thee,
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Speaker 5: and thou wert sick, And yet I.
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Speaker 1: Was not near me.
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Speaker 5: Thought that joy and health alone could be where I
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Speaker 5: was not, and pain and sorrow here. And is it?
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Speaker 5: Thus it is as I foretold, and shall be more so.
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Speaker 5: For the mind recoils upon itself, and the wrecked heart
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Speaker 5: lies cold, while heaviness collects the shattered spoils. It is
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Speaker 5: not in the storm nor in the strife we feel
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Speaker 5: be numbed and wish to be no more, but in
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Speaker 5: the after silence on the shore, when all is lost
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Speaker 5: except a little life. I am too well avenged. But
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Speaker 5: twas my right, whate'er my sins might be. Thou wert
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Speaker 5: not sent to be the Nemesis who should requite, nor
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Speaker 5: did Heaven chew so near an instrument. Mercy is for
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Speaker 5: the merciful, if thou hast been of such twill be accorded.
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Speaker 5: Now thy knights are banish'd.
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Speaker 6: From the realms of sleep.
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Speaker 5: Yes they may flatter THEE, but thou shalt feel a
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Speaker 5: hollow agony which will not yield. For thou art pillow'd
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Speaker 5: on a curse too deep. Thou hast sown in my sorrow,
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Speaker 5: and must reap the bitter harvest in a woe as real.
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Speaker 5: I have had many foes, but none like THEE. For
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Speaker 5: gainst the rest myself I could defend and be aveng'd,
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Speaker 5: or turn them into friend. But Thou, in safe implacability,
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Speaker 5: hadst not to dread, in thy own weakness shielded, and
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Speaker 5: in my love, which hath but too much yielded and
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Speaker 5: spared for thy sake some I should not spare. And
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Speaker 5: thus upon the world trust in thy truth and the
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Speaker 5: wild fame of my ungoverned youth, on things.
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Speaker 6: That were not and on things that are.
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Speaker 5: Even upon such a basis, hast thou built a monument
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Speaker 5: whose cement hath been guilt the moral plitanenestra of thy lord,
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Speaker 5: and hewed down with an unsuspected sword. Feign peace and
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Speaker 5: hope and all the better life which but for this
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Speaker 5: cold treason of thy heart might still have risen from
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Speaker 5: out the grave of strife, and found a nobler duty
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Speaker 5: than to part. But of thy virtues didst thou make
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Speaker 5: a vice, trafficking with them in a purpose cold, for
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Speaker 5: present anger and for future gold, and buying others grief
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Speaker 5: at any price, And thus once entered into crooked ways.
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Speaker 5: The early truth, which was thy proper praise, did not
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Speaker 5: still walk beside thee, but at times, and with a
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Speaker 5: breast unknowing its own crimes, deceit avertmens incompatible equivocations, and
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Speaker 5: the thoughts which dwell in janous spirits, the significant eye
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Speaker 5: which learns to lie with silence, the pretext of prudence
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Speaker 5: with advantages annexed, the acquiescence in all things which tend,
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Speaker 5: no matter how to the desired end, all found a
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Speaker 5: place in my philosophy. The means were worthy, and the
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Speaker 5: end is won. I would not do by thee as
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Speaker 5: thou hast done. End of poem. This recording is in
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Speaker 5: the public domain.
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Speaker 7: Lines on hearing that Lady Byron was ill by George Gordon,
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Speaker 7: Lord Byron read for libofox dot Org by phone, and
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Speaker 7: thou wert said, Yet I was not with thee sick,
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Speaker 7: and yet I was not near. We thought that joy
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Speaker 7: in health alone could be where I was not, and
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Speaker 7: pain and sorrow here. And as it does, it is
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Speaker 7: as I foretold, and shall be more so. For the
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Speaker 7: mind recoils upon itself and direct heart laish cold, while
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Speaker 7: heaviness collects the shattered spoils. It is not in the
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Speaker 7: storm nor in the strife we feel the nuned and
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Speaker 7: wish to be no more, but in the after silence
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Speaker 7: on the shore, when all is lost except a little life.
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Speaker 7: I am too well avenged. But twas my right, whate'er
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Speaker 7: my sins might be. Thou wert not sent to be
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Speaker 7: the nemesis who should requite, nor did Heaven choose so
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Speaker 7: near an instrument. Mercy is for the merciful, if thou
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Speaker 7: hast been of such till be accorded. Now thy knights
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Speaker 7: are banished from the realms of sleep. Yes they may
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Speaker 7: flatter thee, but thou shalt feel a hollow agony which
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Speaker 7: will not heal. For thou art pillowed on a curse
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Speaker 7: too deep. Thou hast sown in my sorrow, and must
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Speaker 7: reap the bitter harvest in a woe's reel. I have
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Speaker 7: had many foes, but none like thee. For against the
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Speaker 7: rest myself I could defend and be avenged, or turn
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Speaker 7: them into friend. But thou, in safe implacability, hadst not
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Speaker 7: to dread, in thy own weakness shielded, and in my love,
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Speaker 7: which has but too much yielded and spared for thy sake,
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Speaker 7: so I should not spare. And thus upon the world
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Speaker 7: trust in thy truth and the wild fame of my
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Speaker 7: ungoverned youth, on things thou were not, and on things
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Speaker 7: that are. Even upon such a basis hast thou built,
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Speaker 7: and to whose cement had been guilt the moro clytemnestra
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Speaker 7: of thy lord, and chewed down with an unsuspected sword fame,
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Speaker 7: peace and hope, and all the better life, which, but
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Speaker 7: for this cold treason of thy heart, might still have
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Speaker 7: risen from out the grief of strife, and found a
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Speaker 7: nobler duty than to part. But of thy virtues did
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Speaker 7: thou make a vice, trafficing with them in a purpose
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Speaker 7: cold for present anger and for future gold, and buying
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Speaker 7: others grief at any price. And as once entered into
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Speaker 7: crooked ways, the early truth, which was their proper praise,
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Speaker 7: did not still walk beside thee, but at times and
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Speaker 7: with the breast, and knowing its own crimes, the seat
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Speaker 7: of vermin incompatible equivocations, and the thoughts which dwell in
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Speaker 7: Jana's spirits, the significant eye which learns to lie with silence,
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Speaker 7: the bretail of prudence with advantages annexed, the acquiescence in
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Speaker 7: all things which tend, no matter how to the desired end,
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Speaker 7: all found a place in thy philosophy. The means were worthy,
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Speaker 7: and the end is won. I would not do by
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Speaker 7: Thee as thou hast done. End of poem. This recording
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Speaker 7: is in the public domain.
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Speaker 8: Lines on hearing that Lady Byron was ill by George
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Speaker 8: Gordon Lord Byron read before LibriVox dot Org by Lurie Wilson,
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Speaker 8: and thou Wert sad. Yet I was not with thee,
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Speaker 8: and thou wert sick, and yet I was not near.
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Speaker 8: We thought that joy and health alone could be where
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Speaker 8: I was not, and pain and sorrow here. And is it?
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Speaker 8: Thus it is as I foretold, and shall be more so.
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Speaker 8: For the mind recoils upon itself, and the wreck'd heart
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Speaker 8: lies cold, while heaviness collects the shatter'd spoils it is
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Speaker 8: not in the storm, nor in the strife we feel
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Speaker 8: benumbed and wished to be no more, but in the
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Speaker 8: after silence on the shore, when all is lost except
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Speaker 8: a little life. I am too well avenged, But twas
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Speaker 8: my right, whate'er my sins might be. Thou wert not
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Speaker 8: sin to be the nemesis who should requite, nor did
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Speaker 8: Heaven choose so near an instrument. Mercy is for the merciful.
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Speaker 8: If thou hast been of such, twill be accorded. Now
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Speaker 8: thy knights are banished from the realms of sleep. Yes
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Speaker 8: they may flatter THEE, but thou shalt feel a hollow
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Speaker 8: agony which will not heal. For thou art pill'd on
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Speaker 8: a curse too deep. Thou hast sown in my sorrow,
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Speaker 8: and must reap the bitter harvest in a woe as real.
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Speaker 8: I have had many foes, but none like THEE. For
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Speaker 8: against the rest myself I could defend and be avenged,
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Speaker 8: or turn them into friend. But thou, in safe implacability,
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Speaker 8: hadst not to dread in thy own weakness shielded, and
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Speaker 8: in my love, which hath but too much yielded and
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Speaker 8: spared for thy sake. Some I should not spare. And
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Speaker 8: thus upon the world trust in thy truth and the
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Speaker 8: wild fame of my ungoverned youth, on things that were not,
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Speaker 8: and on things that are. Even upon such a basis,
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Speaker 8: hast thou built a monument who seemet hath been guilt
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Speaker 8: the moral clytemnestra of thy lord, and hewed down with
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Speaker 8: an unsuspected sword. Feign peace and hope and all the
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Speaker 8: better life, which, but for this cold treason of thy heart,
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Speaker 8: might still have risen from out the grind grave of strife,
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Speaker 8: and found a nobler duty than to part. But of
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Speaker 8: thy virtues didst thou make a vice, trafficking with them
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Speaker 8: in a purpose cold, for present anger and for future gold,
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Speaker 8: and buying others grief at any price. And thus, once
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Speaker 8: entered into crooked ways, the early truth, which was thy
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Speaker 8: proper praise, did not still walk beside thee, but at times,
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Speaker 8: and with abreast, annoying its own crimes, deceit a vermence
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Speaker 8: incompatible equivocations, and the thoughts which dwell in janous spirits.
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Speaker 8: The significant eye which learns to lie with silence, the
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Speaker 8: pretext to prudence with advantages annexed the acquiescence in all
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Speaker 8: things which tend, no matter how to the desired end,
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Speaker 8: all found place in thy philosophy. The means were worthy,
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Speaker 8: and the end is won. I would not do thee
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Speaker 8: as thou hast done in the poem. This recording is
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Speaker 8: in the public domain.
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Speaker 9: Lines on Hearing that Lady Byron was ill by George
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Speaker 9: Gordon Lord Byron, read for LibriVox dot Org by Michel
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Speaker 9: Frye pat Rouge, Louisiana in May twenty eighteen. And thou
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Speaker 9: wert sad. Yet I was not with thee, and thou
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Speaker 9: wert sick, and yet I was not near methought that
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Speaker 9: joy and health alone could be where I was not,
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Speaker 9: and pain and sorrow here? And is it? Thus? It
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Speaker 9: is as I foretold, and shall be more so. For
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Speaker 9: the mind recoils upon itself, and the wrecked heart lies cold,
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Speaker 9: while Heaveness collects the shattered spoils. It is not in
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Speaker 9: the storm nor in the strife we feel benumbed and
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Speaker 9: wish to be no more, but in the after silence
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Speaker 9: on the shore, when all is lost except a little life.
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Speaker 9: I am too well avenged. But twas my right, whate'er
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Speaker 9: my sins might be, thou wert not sent to be
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Speaker 9: the nemesis who should requite, nor did Heaven choose so
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Speaker 9: near an instrument. Mercy is for the merciful. If thou
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Speaker 9: hast been of such, twill be accorded. Now thy knights
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Speaker 9: are banished from the realms of sleep. Yes, they may
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Speaker 9: flatter THEE, but thou shalt feel a hollow agony which
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Speaker 9: will not heal. For thou art pillowed on a curse
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Speaker 9: too deep. Thou hast sown in my sorrow and must
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Speaker 9: reap the bitter harvest in a woe as real. I
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Speaker 9: have had many foes, but none like THEE. For against
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Speaker 9: the rest myself I could defend and be avenged, or
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Speaker 9: turn them into friend. But Thou, in safe implacability, hast
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Speaker 9: not to dread in thy own weakness shielded, and in
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Speaker 9: my love, which hath but too much yielded and spared
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Speaker 9: for thy sake, some I should not spare. And thus
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Speaker 9: upon the world trust in thy truth and the wild
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Speaker 9: fame of my ungovern'd youth, on things that were not
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Speaker 9: and on things that are. Even upon such a basis,
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Speaker 9: hast thou built a monument who seemant hath been guilt
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Speaker 9: the moral quite a nestor of thy lord, and hewed
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Speaker 9: down with an unsuspected sword fame, peace and hope, and
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Speaker 9: all the better life, which, but for this cold treason
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Speaker 9: of thy heart, might still have risen from out the
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Speaker 9: grave of strife and found a nobler duty than to part.
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Speaker 9: But of thy virtues didst Thou make a vice, trafficking
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Speaker 9: with them in a purpose cold, for present anger and
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Speaker 9: for future gold, and buying others grief at any price,
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Speaker 9: And thus once entered into crooked ways. The early truth,
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Speaker 9: which was thy proper praise, did not still walk beside thee,
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Speaker 9: but at times and with abreast, unknowing its own crimes,
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Speaker 9: deceit of verments, incompatible equivocations, and the thoughts which dwell
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Speaker 9: in Janou's spirits, the significant eye which learns to lie
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Speaker 9: with silence, the pretext of prudence with advantages annexed, the
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Speaker 9: acquiescence in all things which tend, no matter how to
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Speaker 9: the desired end, all found a place in thy philosophy.
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Speaker 9: The means were worthy, and the end is one I
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Speaker 9: would not do by thee as thou hast done. End
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Speaker 9: of poem. This recording is in the public domain.
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Speaker 4: Lines on hearing that lady Byron was ill by George
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Speaker 4: Gordon Lord Byron read for LibriVox dot Org by Patrick Wallace,
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Speaker 4: and thou wert sad. Yet I was not with thee,
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Speaker 4: and thou wert sick, And yet I was not near
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Speaker 4: methought that joy and health alone could be where I
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Speaker 4: was not, and pain and sorrow here.
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Speaker 10: And is it?
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Speaker 4: Thus it is as I foretold, and shall be more so.
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Speaker 4: For the mind recoils upon itself, and the wrecked heart
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Speaker 4: lies cold, while heaviness collects the shattered spoils. It is
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Speaker 4: not in the storm, nor in the strife we feel
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Speaker 4: benumbed and wish to be no more, but in the
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Speaker 4: after silence on the shore, when all is lost except
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Speaker 4: a little life. I am too well avenged. But twas
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Speaker 4: my right, whate'er my sins might be. Thou art not
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Speaker 4: sent to be the nemesis who should requite, nor did
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Speaker 4: Heaven choose so near an instrument. Mercy is for the merciful,
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Speaker 4: if thou hast been, or such twill be accorded. Now
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Speaker 4: thy knights are banished from the realms of sleep. Yes
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Speaker 4: they may flatter thee, but thou shalt feel a hollow
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Speaker 4: agony which will not heal, for thou art pillowed on
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Speaker 4: a curse too deep. Thou hast sown in my sorrow
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Speaker 4: and must reap the bitter harvest in a woe as real.
31:44
Speaker 4: I have had many foes, but none like thee. For
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Speaker 4: gainst the rest myself I could defend and be avenged,
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Speaker 4: or turn them into friend, that Thou, in safe implacability,
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Speaker 4: hadst naught to dread, in thy own weakness shielded, and
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Speaker 4: in my love, which hath but too much yielded and
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Speaker 4: spared for thy sake, some I should not spare. And
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Speaker 4: thus upon the world trust in thy truth and the
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Speaker 4: wild fame of my ungoverned youth, on things that were
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Speaker 4: not and on things that are. Even upon such a basis,
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Speaker 4: hast thou built a monument whose cement hath been guilt,
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Speaker 4: the moral clytemnestra of thy lord, and hewed down with
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Speaker 4: an unsuspected sword fame, peace and hope and all the
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Speaker 4: better life, which, but for this cold treason of thy heart,
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Speaker 4: might still have risen from out the grave of strife
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Speaker 4: and found a nobler duty than to part. But of
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Speaker 4: thy virtues didst thou make a vice trafficking with them
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Speaker 4: in a purpose cold, for present anger and for future gold,
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Speaker 4: and buying others grief at any price. And thus once
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Speaker 4: entered into crooked ways, the early truth, which was thy
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Speaker 4: proper praise, did not not still walk beside thee, but
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Speaker 4: at times and with abreast, unknowing its own crimes. De
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Speaker 4: see of Vermin's incompatible equivocations, and the thoughts which dwell
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Speaker 4: in Jane of spirits, the significant eye which learns to
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Speaker 4: lie with silence, the pretext of prudence with advantages annexed
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Speaker 4: the acquiescence in all things which tend, no matter how
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Speaker 4: to the desired end, all found a place in Thy philosophy.
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Speaker 4: The means were worthy, and the end is won. I
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Speaker 4: would not do by thee as thou hast done. End
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Speaker 4: of poem. This recording is in the public domain.
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Speaker 10: Lines on hearing that Lady Byron was ill by George
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Speaker 10: Gordon Lord Byron read for Librivoch's stadd Org by phil Shamph,
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Speaker 10: and thou wert sad. Yet I was not with thee,
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Speaker 10: and thou wert sick, And yet I was not near
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Speaker 10: methought that joy and health alone could be where I
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Speaker 10: was not, and pain and sorrow here, And is it
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Speaker 10: thus it is as I foretold, and shall be more so.
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Speaker 10: For the mind recoils upon itself, and the wrecked heart
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Speaker 10: lies cold, while heaviness collects the shatter'd spoils. It is
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Speaker 10: not in the storm nor in the strife we feel
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Speaker 10: benumbed and wish to be no more, but in the
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Speaker 10: after silence on the shore, when all is lost except
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Speaker 10: a little life. I am too well avenged. But twas
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Speaker 10: my right, whate'er my sins might be. Thou wert not
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Speaker 10: sent to be the nemesis who should requite, nor did
34:47
Speaker 10: Heaven choose so near an instrument. Mercy is for the merciful.
34:52
Speaker 10: If thou hast been of such, twill be accorded. Now
34:57
Speaker 10: thy nights are banished from the realms of sleep. Yes
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Speaker 10: they may flatter THEE, but thou shalt feel a hollow
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Speaker 10: agony which will not heal. For thou art pillowed on
35:08
Speaker 10: a curse too deep. Thou hast sown in my sorrow
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Speaker 10: and must reap the bitter harvest in a woe as real.
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Speaker 10: I have had many foes, but none like THEE. For
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Speaker 10: gainst the rest myself, I could defend and be avenged,
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Speaker 10: or turned them into friend. But thou, in safe implacability,
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Speaker 10: hast not to dread, in thine own weakness shielded, and
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Speaker 10: in my love, which hath but too much yielded and
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Speaker 10: spared for thy sake, some I should not spare. And
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Speaker 10: thus upon the world trust in thy truth and the
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Speaker 10: wild fame of my ungovern'd youth, on things that were
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Speaker 10: not and on things that are. Even upon such a basis,
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Speaker 10: hast thou built a monument who cement hath been guilt
35:59
Speaker 10: the moral cltem estra of thy lord, and hewed down
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Speaker 10: with an unsuspected sword fame, peace and hope, and all
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Speaker 10: the better life, which, but for this cold treason of
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Speaker 10: thy heart, might still have risen from out the grave
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Speaker 10: of strife, and found a nobler duty then to part.
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Speaker 10: But of thy virtues didst thou make a vice, trafficking
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Speaker 10: with them in a purpose cold for present anger and
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Speaker 10: for future gold, and buying others grief at any price.
36:31
Speaker 10: And thus, once entered into crooked ways, the early truth,
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Speaker 10: which was thy proper praise, did not still walk beside thee,
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Speaker 10: but at times and with a breast unknowing its own crimes,
36:45
Speaker 10: deceit of veriments, incompatible equivocations, and the thoughts which dwell
36:50
Speaker 10: in Janus spirits, the significant eye which learns to lie
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Speaker 10: with silence. The pretext of prudence with advantage is annexed
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Speaker 10: the acquiescence in all things which tend, no matter how
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Speaker 10: to the desired end, all found a place in thy philosophy.
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Speaker 10: The means were worthy, and the end is won. I
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Speaker 10: would not do by thee as thou hast done. And
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Speaker 10: a poem. This recording is in the public domain.
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Speaker 11: Lines on hearing that Lady Byron was ill by George
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Speaker 11: Gordon Lord Byron read for Libyvox dot org by Rogs
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Speaker 11: from California, and thou wert sad. Yet I was not
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Speaker 11: with THEE, and thou wert sick, and that I was
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Speaker 11: not near methought that joy and health alone could be
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Speaker 11: where I was not, and pain and sorrow here? And
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Speaker 11: is it does? It is as I foretold, and shall
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Speaker 11: be more so. For the mind recoil upon itself, and
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Speaker 11: the wrecked heart lies cold, while heaviness collects the shattered spoils.
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Speaker 11: Which is not in the storm. Now, in the strife
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Speaker 11: we feel benomed and wish to be no more. But
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Speaker 11: in the after silence on the shore, when all is
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Speaker 11: lost except a little life. I am too well avenged,
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Speaker 11: but it was my right, whate'er my sins might be.
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Speaker 11: Thou wert not sent to be the nemesis who should requite,
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Speaker 11: nor did Heaven choose so near an instrument mercies for
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Speaker 11: the merciful. If thou hast been of such, it will
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Speaker 11: be accorded. Now thy nights are banished from the realms
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Speaker 11: of sleep. Yes they may flatter THEE, but thou shalt
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Speaker 11: feel a hollow agony which will not heal. For thou
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Speaker 11: art pillowed on a curst too deep. Thou hast sown
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Speaker 11: in my sorrow and must reap the bitter harvest in
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Speaker 11: a oh as real. I have had many force, but
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Speaker 11: none like THEE. For against the rest myself I could
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Speaker 11: defend and be avenged, or turned them into friend. But
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Speaker 11: thou win safe implacability, hadst not to dread in thy
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Speaker 11: own weakness shielded, and in my love, which hath but
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Speaker 11: too much yielded and spared for thy sake, some I
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Speaker 11: should not spare. And thus upon the world trust in
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Speaker 11: thy truth and the wild fame of my ungoverned youth,
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Speaker 11: on things that were not and on things that are
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Speaker 11: even upon such a basis, hast thou built a monument
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Speaker 11: whose cemanth hath been guilt the moral cretemstra of thy lord,
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Speaker 11: and hew down with an unsuspected sword, fame, peace and hope,
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Speaker 11: and all the better life, which, but for this cold
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Speaker 11: treason of thy heart, might still have risen from out
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Speaker 11: the grave of strife, and found a nobler duty than
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Speaker 11: to part. But off thy virtues didst thou make a
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Speaker 11: wise trafficking with them in a purpose cold for present
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Speaker 11: anger and for future gold, and buying others grief at
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Speaker 11: any praise. And thus, once he entered into cricket ways,
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Speaker 11: the early truth, which was thy proper praise, did not
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Speaker 11: still walk beside thee, but at times and with the
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Speaker 11: best unknowing its own crimes, deceit, governments, incompatible equivocations, and
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Speaker 11: the thoughts which dwell in jenous spirits, the significant eye
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Speaker 11: which learns to lie with silence, the pretext of prudence
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Speaker 11: with advantages next the acquiscence in all things which tend
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Speaker 11: no matter how to the desired, and all found a
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Speaker 11: place in thy philosophy. The means were worthy, and the
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Speaker 11: end is won. I would not do by thee as
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Speaker 11: thou hast done in the pump. This recording is in
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Speaker 11: the public domain.
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Speaker 12: Lines on hearing that Lady Byron was ill by George
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Speaker 12: Gordon Lord Byron read for Librivots dot Org by Tom Daly,
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Speaker 12: and thou wert sad. Yet I was not with thee,
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Speaker 12: and thou art sick, and yet I was not near methought.
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Speaker 12: The joy and health alone could be where I was not,
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Speaker 12: and pain and sorrow here. And is it? Thus it
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Speaker 12: is as I foretold, and shall be more so. For
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Speaker 12: the mind recoils upon itself, and the wrecked heart lies cold,
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Speaker 12: while heaviness collects the shattered spoils. It is not in
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Speaker 12: the storm, nor in the strife we feel benumbed and
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Speaker 12: wish to be no more, but in the after silence
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Speaker 12: on the shore, when all is lost except a little life.
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Speaker 12: I am too well avenged. But twas my right, whate'er
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Speaker 12: my sins might be. Thou wert not sent to be
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Speaker 12: the Nemesis who should requite, nor did Heaven choose so
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Speaker 12: near an instrument. Mercy is for the merciful. If thou
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Speaker 12: hast been of such, twill be accorded. Now the knights
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Speaker 12: are banish'd from the realms of sleep. Yes, they may
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Speaker 12: flatter THEE, but thou shalt feel a hollow agony which
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Speaker 12: will not heal. For thou art pillow'd on a curse
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Speaker 12: too deep. Thou hast sown in my sorrow and must
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Speaker 12: reap the bitter harvest in a woe as real. I
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Speaker 12: have had many foes, but none like THEE. For gainst
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Speaker 12: the rest myself I could defend and be aveng'd, or
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Speaker 12: turn them into friend. But Thou, in safe implacability, hast
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Speaker 12: nought to dread, in thy own weakness shielded, and in
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Speaker 12: my love, which hath but too much yielded and spar'd
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Speaker 12: for thy sake, some I should not spare. And thus
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Speaker 12: upon the world trust in thy truth and the wild
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Speaker 12: fame of my ungovern'd youth, on things that were not
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Speaker 12: and on things that are. Even upon such a basis,
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Speaker 12: hast thou built a monument who cement hath been guilt
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Speaker 12: the moral clytemnestra of thy lord, and hew'd down with
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Speaker 12: an unsuspected sword, Fame, peace and hope, and all the
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Speaker 12: better life, which, but for this cold treason of thy heart,
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Speaker 12: might still have risen from out the grave of strife,
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Speaker 12: and found a nobler duty then to part. But of
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Speaker 12: thy virtues didst thou make a vice, trafficking with them
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Speaker 12: in a purpose cold for present anger and for future gold,
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Speaker 12: and buying others grief at any price, And thus once
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Speaker 12: enter'd into crooked ways. The early truth, which was thy
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Speaker 12: proper praise, did not still walk beside thee, but at times,
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Speaker 12: and with a breast unknowing its own crimes, deceit a
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Speaker 12: verment incompatible equivocations, and the thoughts which dwell in janous spirits,
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Speaker 12: the significant eye which learns to lie with silence, the
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Speaker 12: pretext of prudence with advantages annexed the acquiescence in all
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Speaker 12: things which tend, no matter how to the desired end,
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Speaker 12: all found a place in thy philosophy. The means were worthy,
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Speaker 12: and the end is won. I would not do by
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Speaker 12: thee as thou hast done. End of poem. This recording
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Speaker 12: is in the public domain.
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Speaker 6: Lines on hearing that Lady Byron was ill by George
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Speaker 6: Gordon Lord Byron read for Librifox dot Org by Thomas Peter,
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Speaker 6: and thou art sad. Yet I was not with thee,
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Speaker 6: and thou wert sick. And yet I was not near,
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Speaker 6: methought that joy and health alone could be where I
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Speaker 6: was not, and pain and sorrow here? And is it does?
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Speaker 6: It is as I foretold, and shall be more so.
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Speaker 6: For the mind recoils upon itself, and the wrecked heart
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Speaker 6: lies cold, while heaviness collects the shattered spoils. It is
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Speaker 6: not in the storm, nor in the strife we feel
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Speaker 6: benumbed and wish to be no more, but in the
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Speaker 6: after silence on the shore, when all is lost except
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Speaker 6: a little life. I am too well avenged. But twas
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Speaker 6: my right, whate'er my sins might be. Thou wert not
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Speaker 6: sent to be the nemesis who should requite, nor did
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Speaker 6: Heaven choose so near an instrument. Mercy is for the merciful.
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Speaker 6: If thou hast been of such, twill be accorded. Now
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Speaker 6: thy knights are banished from the realms of sleep. Yes
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Speaker 6: they may flatter thee, but thou shalt feel a hollow
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Speaker 6: agony which will not heal. For thou art pillowed on
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Speaker 6: a curse too deep. Thou hast sown in my sorrow,
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Speaker 6: and must reap the bitter harvest in a woe as real.
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Speaker 6: I have had many foes but none like thee. For
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Speaker 6: against the rest myself I could defend and be avenged,
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Speaker 6: or turned them into friend. But thou, insafe implacability, hadst
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Speaker 6: not to dread in thy own weakness shielded, and in
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Speaker 6: my love, which hath but too much yielded and spared
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Speaker 6: for thy sake, some I should not spare. And thus
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Speaker 6: upon the world trust in thy truth and the wild
47:31
Speaker 6: fame of my ungoverned youth on things that were not
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Speaker 6: and on things that are. Even upon such a basis,
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Speaker 6: hast thou built a monument whose cement hath been guilt,
47:44
Speaker 6: the moral clytemnester of thy lord, and hewed down with
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Speaker 6: an unsuspected sword fame, peace and hope and all the
47:53
Speaker 6: better life, which, but for this cold treason of thy heart,
47:57
Speaker 6: might still have risen from out the grave of life,
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Speaker 6: and found a nobler duty than to part. But of
48:05
Speaker 6: thy virtues didst thou make a vice, trafficking with them
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Speaker 6: in a purpose cold the present anger and for future gold,
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Speaker 6: and buying others grief at any price. And thus once
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Speaker 6: entered into crooked ways. The early truth, which was thy
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Speaker 6: proper praise, did not still walk beside thee, but at
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Speaker 6: times and with a breast unknowing its own crimes, deceit
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Speaker 6: a vermence incompatible equivocations, and the thoughts which dwell in
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Speaker 6: janice spirits the significant eye which learns to lie with silence.
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Speaker 6: The pretext of prudence with advantages annexed. The acquiescence in
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Speaker 6: all things which tend, no matter how to the desired end,
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Speaker 6: all found a place in thy philosophy. The means were worthy,
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Speaker 6: and the end is won. I would not do by
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Speaker 6: thee as thou hast done. End of poem. This recording
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Speaker 13: Lines on hearing that Lady Byron was ill by George Gordon,
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Speaker 13: Lord Byron readfully vauxtotalk by taversh and thou wert sad.
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Speaker 13: Yet I was not with thee, and thou wert sick,
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Speaker 13: And yet I was not near methought that the joy
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Speaker 13: and health alone could be where I was not, and
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Speaker 13: pain and sorrow here? And is it? Thus it is
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Speaker 13: as I foretold, and shall be more so. For the
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Speaker 13: mind recoils upon itself, and the wrecked heart lies cold,
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Speaker 13: while Heaveness collects the shatter's spoils. It is not in
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Speaker 13: the storm, nor in the strife we feel ben arm'd
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Speaker 13: and wish to be no more. But in the after
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Speaker 13: silence on the shore, when all is lost except a
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Speaker 13: little life, I am too well avenged. But twas my right,
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Speaker 13: whate'er my sins might be. Thou wert not sent to
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Speaker 13: be the nemesis who should requite, nor did Heaven choose
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Speaker 13: so near an instrument. Mercy is for the merciful. If
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Speaker 13: thou hast been of such, twill be accorded. Now thy
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Speaker 13: knights are banished from the realms of sleep. Yes they
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Speaker 13: may flatter THEE, but thou shalt feel a hollow agony
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Speaker 13: which will not heal, For thou art pillowed on a
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Speaker 13: curse too deep. Thou hast sown in my sorrow and
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Speaker 13: must reap the bitter harvest in a woe as real.
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Speaker 13: I have had many foes, but none like THEE. For
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Speaker 13: gainst the rest myself I could defend and be avenged,
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Speaker 13: or turn them into friend. But thou, in safe implacability,
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Speaker 13: hadst not to dread. In thy own weakness shielded, and
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Speaker 13: in my love, which hath but too much yielded and
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Speaker 13: spared for thy sake, some I should not spare, And
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Speaker 13: thus upon the world trust in thy truth and the
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Speaker 13: wild fame of my ungoverned youth, on things that were
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Speaker 13: not and on things that are. Even upon such a basis,
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Speaker 13: hast thou built a monument whose cement hath been guilt,
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Speaker 13: the moral clayton nestra of thy lord, and hewed down
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Speaker 13: with an unsuspected sword fame, peace and hope, and all
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Speaker 13: the better life, which, but for this called treason of
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Speaker 13: thy heart, might still have risen from out the grave
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Speaker 13: of strife and found a nobler duty then to part.
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Speaker 13: But of thy virtues didst thou make a vice, trafficking
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Speaker 13: with them in a purpose called for present anger and
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Speaker 13: for future gold, and buying others grief at any price.
52:40
Speaker 13: And thus, once entered into crooked ways, the early truth,
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Speaker 13: which was thy proper praise, did not still walk beside thee,
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Speaker 13: but at times, and with the breast unknowing its own crimes,
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Speaker 13: deceit a vermence incompatible equivocations, and the thoughts which dwell
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Speaker 13: in Janus spirits the significant eye which learns to lie
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Speaker 13: with silence the pretext of prudence with advantages annexed the
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Speaker 13: acquiescence in all things which tend no matter how to
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Speaker 13: the desired end all found a place in thy philosophy.
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Speaker 13: The means were worthy, and the end is one I
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Speaker 13: would not do by thee as thou hast done. End
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Speaker 13: of poems. This recording is in the pub domain.
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Speaker 14: Lines on Hearing that Lady Byron was ill by George
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Speaker 14: Gordon Lord Byron read for LibriVox dot Org by Bill Jones,
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Speaker 14: and thou wert sad. Yet I was not with thee,
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Speaker 14: and thou wert sick, and yet I was not near
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Speaker 14: methought that joy and health alone could be where I
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Speaker 14: was not, and pained and sorrow here.
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Speaker 10: And is it?
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Speaker 14: Thus? It is as I foretold, and shall be more so.
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Speaker 14: For the mind recoils upon itself, and the wrecked heart
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Speaker 14: lies cold, while heaviness collects in the shatter'd spoils. It
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Speaker 14: is not in the storm, nor in the strife we
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Speaker 14: feel benumbed and wish to be no more, but in
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Speaker 14: the after silence on the shore, when all is lost
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Speaker 14: except a little life. I am too well avenged. But
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Speaker 14: twas my right what e'er my sins might be. Thou
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Speaker 14: wert not sent to be the nemesis who should requite,
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Speaker 14: Nor did Heaven choose so.
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Speaker 10: Near an instrument.
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Speaker 14: Mercy is for the merciful. If thou hast been of such,
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Speaker 14: twill be accorded. Now thy knights are banished from the
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Speaker 14: realms of sleep. Yes, they may flatter thee, but thou
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Speaker 14: shalt feel a hollow agony which will not heal. For
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Speaker 14: thou art pillowed on a curse too deep. Thou hast
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Speaker 14: sown in my sorrow, and must reap the bitter harvest
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Speaker 14: in a woe as real. I have had many foes,
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Speaker 14: but none like THEE. For against the rest myself I
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Speaker 14: could defend and be avenged, or turn them into friend.
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Speaker 14: But Thou, in safe implacability, hadst not to dread, in
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Speaker 14: thy own weakness shielded, and in my love, which hath
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Speaker 14: but too much yielded and spared for thy sake, so
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Speaker 14: I should not spare. And thus upon the world trust
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Speaker 14: in my true and the wild fame of my ungoverned youth,
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Speaker 14: on things that were not and on things that are.
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Speaker 14: Even upon such a basis, hast thou built a monument
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Speaker 14: whose cement hath been guilt the moral clytemnestra of thy lord,
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Speaker 14: and hew down with an unsuspected sword, Fame, peace and hope,
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Speaker 14: and all the better life, which but for this cold
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Speaker 14: treason of thy heart, might still have risen from out
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Speaker 14: the grave of strife, and found a nobler duty than
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Speaker 14: to part. But of thy virtues didst thou make a vice,
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Speaker 14: trafficking with them in purpose cold, for present anger and
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Speaker 14: for future gold, and bind others grief at any price,
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Speaker 14: And thus once entered into crooked ways. The early truth,
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Speaker 14: which was thy proper praise, did not still walk beside thee,
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Speaker 14: but at times and with a breast unknowing its own crimes,
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Speaker 14: deceit of verments, incompatible equivocations, and the thoughts which dwell
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Speaker 14: in janous spirits, the significant eye which learns to lie
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Speaker 14: with silence, the pretext of prudence with advantages annexed, the
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Speaker 14: acquiescence in all things which tend, no matter how to
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Speaker 14: thee desired end, all found a place in thy philosophy.
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Speaker 14: The means were worthy, and the end is one I
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Speaker 14: would not do by THEE as thou hast done. End
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Speaker 14: of poem. This poem is in the public domain.