 Must we but blush? — Our fathers bled. Earth ! render back from out thy breast A remnant of our Spartan dead ! Of the three hundred grant but three, To make a new Thermopylae 1 What, silent still?  Poetry of Byron: Chosen and Arranged - Page 66by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1892 - 276 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1842 - 480 pages
...feel at least a patriot's shame, Even as I sing, suffuse my face ; For what is left the poet here? For Greeks a blush — for Greece a tear. Must we but weep o'er days more bless'd? Must me but blush? — Our fathers bled. Earth ! render back from out thy breast A remnant... | |
 | John Murray, John Murray (Firm) - 1845 - 510 pages
...feel at least a patriot's shame, Even as I sing, suffuse my face ; For what is left the poet here ? For Greeks a blush — for Greece a tear. Must we...hundred grant but three, To make a new Thermopylae ! I "What, silent still? and silent all. Ah ! no ; — the voices of the dead Sound like a distant... | |
 | William Draper Swan - 1845 - 494 pages
...feel at least a patriot's shame, Even as I sing, suffuse my face ; For what is left the poet here ? For Greeks a blush — for Greece a tear. Must we but weep o'er days more blessed : Must we but blush? — Our fathers bled. Earth ! render back from out thy breast A remnant... | |
 | General reciter - 1845 - 348 pages
...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 we but weep o'er days more bless'd ? Must we but blush ?— Our fathers bind. Earth ! render back from out thy breast A remnant... | |
 | 1846 - 436 pages
...feel at least a patriot's shame, Even as 1 sing, suffuse my face ; For what is left the poet here ? For Greeks a blush, — for Greece a tear. Must we...Spartan dead ! ^/ Of the three hundred grant but three, f To make a new Thermopylae. What, silent still ? and silent all ? Ah ! no ; — the voices of the... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1846 - 540 pages
...feel at least a patriot's shame, Even as I sing, suffuse my face ; For what is left the poet here ? For Greeks a blush — for Greece a tear. Must we but weep o'er days more bless'd ? Must we but blush ? — Our fathers bled. Earth ! render back from out thy breast A remnant... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - 1847 - 366 pages
...sing, suffuse my face ; For what is left the poet here ? For Greeks a blush — for Greece a tear. 7. Must we but weep o'er days more blest ? Must we but...hundred grant but three, To make a new Thermopylae ! 8. What, silent still ? and silent all ? Ah ! no ; — the voices of the dead Sound like a distant... | |
 | James Dunwoody Brownson De Bow, R. G. Barnwell, Edwin Bell, William MacCreary Burwell - 1847 - 464 pages
...the recollections of his country's faded glory upon his heart, and the invocation upon his lips — " Earth ! render back from out thy breast A remnant...Spartan dead : Of the three hundred grant but three Tu make a new Thermopylae." even by that of the highest court of the universe. Our own revolution too... | |
 | Hugh Gawthrop - 1847 - 184 pages
...feel at least a patriot's shame, Even as I sing, suffuse my face ; For what is left the poet here ? For Greeks a blush — for Greece a tear. Must we but weep o'er days more bless'd — Must we but blush ? — our fathers bled. Earth ! render back from out thy breast A remnant... | |
 | David Bates Tower - 1853 - 444 pages
...Greeks a blush — for Greece a tear. Must toe but weep o'er days more blest 1 Must we but blush 1 — Our fathers bled. Earth, render back from out thy...Thermopylae ! What, silent still ! and silent all 7 Ah, no ; the voices of the dead Sound like a distant torrent's fall, And answer, " Let one living... | |
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