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 ! What, silent still? and silent all? Ah ! no : the voices of the dead Sound like... The works of ... lord Byron - Page 53by George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1821Full view - About this book
| Alexander Kennedy Isbister - 1870 - 420 pages
...hundred grant but three To make a new Thermopylse ! What! silent still ? and silent all ? Ah ! no;—the voices of the dead Sound like a distant torrent's fall, And answer, ' Let one living head, But one arise,—we come, we come ! ' 'Tis but the living who are dumb. In vain—in vain ; strike other chords... | |
| 1871 - 476 pages
...three hundred grant but three. To make a new Thermopylae ! What ! silent still? and silent all? Ah no ! — the voices of the dead Sound like a distant...come, we come !" 'Tis but the living who are dumb. SONG OF THE GREEK POET. 51 In vain — in vain ; strike other chords ; Fill high the cup with Samian... | |
| Henry Llewellyn Williams - 1872 - 218 pages
...three hundred grant buf three, To make a new Thermopylae ! What ! silent still ? and silent all f Ah ! no ; — the voices of the dead Sound like a distant...— in vain : strike other chords, Fill high the cup of Samian wine I Leave battles to the Turkish hordes, And shed the blood of Scio's vine I Hark 1 rising... | |
| John Murray (Firm) - 1872 - 596 pages
...three, To make a new ТпегшоруЬв ! What, silent still ? and silent all. Ah ! ni» ; — ihe voices of the dead Sound like a distant torrent's fall, And answer, " Let one living head, But une arbf , — we come, we come !" TU but the living who art; dumb. In vain— !n vain: strike other... | |
| John Murray (Firm) - 1872 - 608 pages
...distant torrent's fall, And answer, " Let one living head. But one arise, — we come, we come !" ' J'ls but the living who are dumb. In vain— in vain : strike other chords ; Fill high the bowl with Samian wine ! Leave battle to the Turkish hordes. And shed the blood of Scio's vine, Hark... | |
| 1872 - 900 pages
...three hundred, grant but three To make a new Thermopylae I What, silent still ? and silent all f Ah nst read) the lay Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn." THE EPITAPH. Here rests Jiving head, But one, arise, — we come, we come ! " 'T is but the living who are dumb. In vain, —... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1873 - 906 pages
...three hundred, grant but three To make a new Thermopylae ! WThat, silent still ? and silent all ? Ah r vows of love, and that great vow Which did incorporate and make ! " 'T is but the living who are dumb. In vain, — in vain ; strike other chords ; Fill high the cup... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1873 - 404 pages
...three hundred grant but three, To make a new Thermopylae ! What, silent still? and silent all ? Ah ! no ; — the voices of the dead Sound like a distant..." Let one living head, But one arise, — we come, wo come ! " 'Tis but the living who are dumb. In rain — in vain : strike other chords ; Fill high... | |
| 1901 - 872 pages
...another magnificent example of Byron's lyrical power in the "Isles of Greece," where the two lines, Ah, no! the voices of the dead Sound like a distant torrent's fall, drop suddenly into the elegiac strain, Into a mournful echo that dwells upon the ear, followed by the... | |
| Benjamin Bradford - 1979 - 44 pages
...GUESS IT IS MY BEST PART." (He opens a book and reads aloud.) What, silent still? and silent all? Ah! no; — the voices of the dead Sound like a distant...we come, we come!" Tis but the living who are dumb. (As he closes the book.) In vain, in vain ; strike other chords . . . (A beat.) "THAT LIVING HEAD.... | |
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