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" The isles of Greece ! the isles of Greece ! "Where burning Sappho loved and sung, — Where grew the arts of war and peace, Where Delos rose, and Phoebus sprung ! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all, except their sun, is set. The... "
The poetical works of lord Byron, with illustr. by K. Halswelle - Page 641
by George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1861
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Don Juan: Cantos III, IV, and V.

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 232 pages
...In Italy, he 'd ape the " Trecentist! ;" In Greece, he'd sing some sort of hymn like this t'ye : The isles of Greece, the isles of Greece ! Where burning...gilds them yet, But all, except their sun, is set. LXXXVI. The Scian and the Teian muse, The hero's harp, the lover's lute, Have found the fame your shores...
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Don Juan. Cantos i. to v. [by lord Byron].

George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1823 - 258 pages
...In Italy, he'd ape the " Trecentisti ;" In Greece, he'd sing some sort of hymn like this t'ye : The isles of Greece, the isles of Greece ! Where burning...Phoebus sprung ! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all, excejrt their sun, is set. The Scion and the Teian muse, The hero's harp, the lover's lute, Have found...
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The Beauties of Byron,: Consisting of Selections from His Works

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1824 - 234 pages
...shades of many a distant isle, That frown—where gentler ocean seems to smile. SONG OF A GREEK. The isles of Greece, the isles of Greece ! Where burning...gilds them yet, But all, except their sun, is set. The Scian and the Teian muse, The hero's harp, the lover's lute, Have found the fame your shores refuse;...
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The cabinet; or The selected beauties of literature [ed. by J ..., Volume 1

Cabinet - 1824 - 440 pages
...versatility of the multitude, and of the inconstancy of fortune. THE ISLES OF GREECE. THE isles of Greee, the isles of Greece ! Where burning Sappho loved and...gilds them yet, But all, except their sun, is set. The Scian and the Teian muse, The hero's harp, the lover's lute, Have found the fame your shores refuse...
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The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Volume 3

1824 - 452 pages
...of his poems : — THE isles of Greece, the isles of Greece ! Where burning Sappho loved and MMI.', Where grew the arts of war and peace,— Where Delos...gilds them yet, • But all, except their sun, is set. The Scian and the Teian muse, The hero's harp, the lover's lute, Have found the fame your shores refuse...
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The North American Review, Volume 20

Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1825 - 504 pages
...with unmingled pleasure. * In our last number we were mistaken in ascribing this work to Mr Rose. The isles of Greece, the isles of Greece ! Where burning...gilds them yet, But all, except their sun, is set. The Scian and the Teian muse, The hero's harp, the lover's lute, Have found the fame your shores refuse,...
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The travellers

Tertius T C. Kendrick - 1825 - 742 pages
...ourselves." "And may Heaven prosper the wish!" added Alexis. END OF THE INTRODUCTION. CHAP. V. The Isles of Greece! The Isles of Greece! Where burning...Phoebus sprung! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all—except their sun—is set. The Scian and the Teian muse, The hero's harp, the lover's lute, Have...
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Specimens of the Lyrical, Descriptive, and Narrative Poets of Great Britain ...

John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) - 1828 - 600 pages
...o'ercanopied horizon fail'd, Her rushing wings; oh ! she who was Almighty hail'd ! SONG OP THE GREEK BAUD. THE Isles of Greece, the Isles of Greece ! Where burning...gilds them yet, But all, except their sun, is set. The Scian and the Teian muse, The hero's harp, the lover's lute, Have found the fame your shores refuse...
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The Poetical Melange

1828 - 814 pages
...death's awful tract ! Without one selfish wish — to call them back. Anon. THE ISLES OF GREECE. The isles of Greece, the isles of Greece ! Where burning...gilds them yet, But all, except their sun, is set. The Sciau and the Teian muse, The heroe's harp, the lover's lute, Have found the fame your shores refuse...
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The Oriental Herald, Volume 19

1828 - 622 pages
...sages afford the loftiest and purest models of all that is good and great in character : ' The islee of Greece ! The isles of Greece ! Where burning Sappho...them yet — But all — except their sun — is set !* But, were this not the case, were Greece no object of delightful retrospection, the bare circumstance...
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