 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.  Poetry of Byron, chosen by M. Arnold - Page 59by George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1881Full view - About this book
 | David Charles Bell - 1856 - 466 pages
...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...The hero's harp, the lover's lute, Have found the lame your shores refuse Their place of birth alone is mute To sounds, which echo farther west Than... | |
 | 1856 - 286 pages
...Sappho loved and sung, Where grew the arts of war and peace, — Where Delos rose, and Phrebus sprung! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all, except their sun, is set. The mountains look on Marathon, And Marathon looks on the sea; And musing there an hour alone, I dreamed... | |
 | 1856 - 282 pages
...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 mountains look on Marathon, And Marathon looks on the sea; And musing there an hour alone, I dreamed... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1857 - 450 pages
...and Phcehus sprung! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But Jill, except their sun, is set, 2. The 8cian and the Teian muse, The hero's harp, the lover's lute,...found the fame your shores refuse ; Their place of hirth alone is mute To sounds which echo further west Than your sires' " Islands of the Blest." 3.... | |
 | Charles William Smith (professor of elocution.) - 1857 - 338 pages
...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 Scian1 and the Teian* muse, The hero's harp, the lover's lute, Have found the fame your shores refuse... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1857 - 456 pages
...Sappho lov'd and sung, Where livM the arts of war and peace, Where *Delos rose and tPhoabus sprung I ^Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all, except their sun, is set. 2. The Scian and Teian muse, The hero's heart, the lover's lute, Have found the fame your shores refuse;... | |
 | Edward Young - 1857 - 370 pages
...of discords, the greater the beauty of the single concord. Let me take a noble instance from Byron : "The mountains look on Marathon, And Marathon looks on the sea ; And, gazing there an hour alone, I dreamt that Greece might yet be free." What images ! solid mountains,... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1857 - 444 pages
...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 ! MODERN GREECE. 333 The Scian and the Teian muse, The hero's harp, the lover's lute, Have found the... | |
 | Aubrey Thomas De Vere - 1858 - 298 pages
...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...is mute To sounds which echo further west Than your sire's " Islands of the Blest." The mountains look on Marathon, And Marathon looks on the sea ; And,... | |
 | Isadora Duncan - 1995 - 260 pages
...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. 86 In hiring the smack, Raymond had explained with much pantomime, and some ancient Greek that we wished... | |
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