Quotes from The Island — Lord Byron
1788–1824 England
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Sublime tobacco! which from east to west
Cheers the tar's labor or the Turkman's rest.
The Island (1823)
Jack was embarrassed — never hero more,
And as he knew not what to say, he swore.
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But Christian, of a higher order, stood
Like an extinct volcano in his mood;
Silent, and sad, and savage, – with the trace
Of passion reeking from his clouded face.
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He who first met the Highlands' swelling blue
Will love each peak that shows a kindred hue,
Hail in each crag a friend's familiar face,
And clasp the mountain in his mind's embrace.
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Divine in hookas, glorious in a pipe
When tipp'd with amber, mellow, rich, and ripe;
Like other charmers, wooing the caress
More dazzlingly when daring in full dress;
Yet thy true lovers more admire by far
Thy naked beauties—give me a cigar!
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Awake, Bold Bligh! The foe is at the gate!
Awake Bold Bligh! Alas! it is too late!
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Their sea-green isle, their guilt-won Paradise,
No more could shield their Virtue or their Vice:
Their better feelings, if such were, were thrown
Back on themselves, – their sins remained alone.
Proscribed even in their second country, they
Were lost.
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Fiercely beside thy cot the mutineer
Stands, and proclaims the reign of rage and fear.
Thy limbs are bound, the bayonet at thy breast;
The hands, which trembled at thy voice, arrest;
Dragged o’er the deck, no more at thy command
The obedient helm shall veer, the sail expand.
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