And where are they, and where art thou, My country? On thy voiceless shore The heroic lay is tuneless now The heroic bosom beats no more! And must thy lyre, so long divine, Degenerate into hands like mine? Poems - Page 670by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1872Full view - About this book
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 232 pages
...The heroic bosom beats no more ! And must thy lyre, so long divine, Degenerate into hands like mine ? 'Tis something, in the dearth of fame, Though link'd...face ; For what is left the poet here ? For Greeks a blush — for Greece a tear. Must we but weep o'er days more blest ? Must we but blush ? — Our fathers... | |
| 1821 - 778 pages
...heroic bosom beats no more ! And must thy lyre, so long divine, Degenerate into hands like mine ? " 'Tis something, in the dearth of fame, Though link'd...face ; For what is left the poet here ? For Greeks a blush — for Greece a tear. " Must we but weep o'er days more blest ? Must we but blush ? — Our... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1821 - 460 pages
...The heroic bosom beats no more! And must thy lyre, so long divine, Degenerate into hands like mine ? 'Tis something , in the dearth of fame, Though link'd...face; For what is left the poet here ? For Greeks a blush — for Greece a tear. Must we but weep o'er days more blest ? Must u>e but blush ? — Our fathers... | |
| 1821 - 800 pages
...long divine, Degenerate into hands like mine ? " 'Tis something, in the dearth of fame, Though Hnk'd among a fetter'd race, To feel at least a patriot's...face ; For what is left the poet here ? For Greeks a blush — for Greece a tear. " Must we but weep o'er days more blest ? Must we but blush ? — Our... | |
| 1822 - 440 pages
...into hands like mine ? 'Tis something:, in the dearth of fame, Though liuk'd among: a fettered laoe, To feel at least a patriot's shame, Even as I sing, suffuse my face ; For what is left the poet hero? For Greeks a blush— for Greece a tear. Must w» but weep o'er days more blest? Must me but... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1823 - 258 pages
...long divine. Degenerate into hands like mine ? 'Tis something, in the dearth of fame. Though Imk'il among a fetter'd race, To feel at least a patriot's...face ; For what is left the poet here ? For Greeks a blush — for Greece a tear. Must vie but weep o'er days more blest? Must ice but blush ? — Our fathers... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1824 - 234 pages
...The heroic bosom beats no more ! And must thy lyre, so long divine, Degenerate into hands like mine ? 'Tis something, in the dearth of fame, Though link'd...Greece a tear. Must we but weep o'er days more blest ? Must vie but blush ?—Our fathers bled. Earth ! render back from out thy breast A remnant of our... | |
| Cabinet - 1824 - 440 pages
...Degenerate into hands like mine ? 'Tis something in the dearth of fame, Though link d among a fettered race, To feel at least a patriot's shame, Even as...face ; For what is left the poet here ? For Greeks a blush — for Greece a tear. Must we but weep o'er days more blest ? Must we but blush ? — Our fathers... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Alfred Howard - 1824 - 226 pages
...The heroic bosom beats no more ! And must thy lyie, so long divine, Degenerate into hands like mine ? 'Tis something, in the dearth of fame, Though link'd...To feel at least a patriot's shame, Even as I sing, suifuse my face ; For what is left the poet here ? For Greeks a blush — for Greece a tear. Must ice... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1825 - 906 pages
...heroic bosom beats no more! And must thy lyre, so long divine, Degenerate into hands like mine ? 'T is something in the dearth of fame, Though link'd among...Greece a tear. Must we but weep o'er days more blest? Must we but blush?—Our lathers bled. Earth ! render back from out thy breast A remnant of our Spartan... | |
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