 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
 | 1856 - 286 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... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1857 - 450 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 ! s. What, silent still ? and silent all ? Ah ! no ; — the voices of the dead Sound like a distant... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1857 - 456 pages
...heroic bosom beats no more ! And must this 'Hyre, so long divine, ^Degenerate into hands like mine? 6. Must we but weep o'er days more blest ? Must we but...from out thy breast A remnant of our Spartan dead 1 Of the three hundred, grant but three, To make a new '•'Thermopylae! 7. What, silent still ? and... | |
 | Charles William Smith (professor of elocution.) - 1857 - 338 pages
...1 Homer. * Anacreon. i These were supposed to have been the Cape de Verd Islands, or the Canaries. Must we but weep o'er days more blest ? Must we but blush 1 — Our fathers bled. Earth ! render back from out thy breast A remnant of our Spartan dead ! Of... | |
 | 1858 - 460 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...Thermopylae. What, silent still ? and silent all ? Ah 1 no ; — Jie voices of the dead Sound like a distant torrent's fall, And answer, " Let one living... | |
 | Aubrey Thomas De Vere - 1858 - 298 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...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 torrent's... | |
 | Lucius Osgood - 1858 - 494 pages
...here ? For Greeks, a blush', — for Greece, a tear*. 7. Must we but weep o'er days more bless'd ? Must we but blush ? Our fathers bled. Earth ! render...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 torrent's... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1859 - 614 pages
...feel at least a patriot's shame, Even as I sing, suffuse my face ; For what is left the poet here 1 For Greeks a blush — for Greece a tear. Must we...hundred grant but three, To make a new Thermopylae 1 What, silent still ? and silent all ? Ah ! no ; — the voices of the dead Sound like a distant torrent's... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1859 - 586 pages
...the C do Verd I-lan*K or the Canasies.— J». Must we but weep o'er days more blest V Must «,e bnt blush ? — our fathers bled. Earth ! render back...our Spartan dead ! Of the three hundred grant but throo, To make a new Thermopylae ! What, silent still ? and silent all ? Ah ! no ; — the voices of... | |
 | Warren P. Edgarton - 1860 - 530 pages
...feel at least a patriot's shame, Even as I sing, suffuse my face ; For what is left the poet here 2 For Greeks a blush — for Greece a tear. Must we...fathers bled. Earth, render back from out thy breast J^ remnant of our Spartan dead ! Of the three hundred grant but three, To make a new Thermopylae !... | |
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