 Persians' grave, I could not deem myself a slave. A king sat on the rocky brow Which looks o'er sea-born Salamis; And ships, by thousands, lay below, And men in nations; — all were his! He counted them at break of day — And when the sun set where...  The Poetical Works of Lord Byron - Page 239by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1873Full view - About this book
 | Epes Sargent - 1852 - 570 pages
...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 that Greeee might still be free; For, standing on the Persian's grave, I could not deem myself... | |
 | Charles Rann Kennedy - 1853 - 182 pages
...irpшvos ías dprjvov Svcre'par èфшveС eicXvov $pvfíoi в áx/at re irerpai, r oticry y\vKepS>vd The Mountains look on Marathon — And Marathon looks...there an hour alone, I dream'd that Greece might still bе free ; For standing on the Persians' grave, I could not deem myself a slave. A king sate on the... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1853 - 492 pages
...of birth alone is mute To sounds that echo further west, Than your sire's "Islands of the Blest." 3. The mountains look on + Marathon, And Marathon looks on the sea : And musing there an hour alone, I dreamed that Greece might still be free ; For, standing on the Persian's grave, I could not deem myself... | |
 | 1867 - 746 pages
...means. Sleep well, avenged young duke, and fair boy-long, 194 AN HISTORIC BATTLE-GROUND. The mount ;u us look on Marathon, And Marathon looks on the sea, And musing there an hour alone, I dreamed that Greece might yet be free. DON JUAN. The breakfast party at the Hdtel d'Angleterre, of... | |
 | Hyde Clarke - 1853 - 180 pages
...of birth alone is umte To sounds, which echo further west, Than your sires' islands of the bfest. " The mountains look on Marathon, And .Marathon looks on the sea ; And musing there an hour aZone, I dreamed that Greece may still be free ; For, standing on the Persian's grave, I could not... | |
 | Rev. H. Musgrave Wilkins, M.A., - 1854 - 262 pages
...birth alone is mute To sounds which echo further west Than your sires' "Islands of the Blest." in. The mountains look on Marathon— And Marathon looks...Persians' grave, I could not deem myself a slave. IV. A King sat on the rocky brow Which looks o'er sea-born Salamis ; And ships, by thousands, lay below,... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1854 - 320 pages
...birth alone is mute To sounds which echo further west Than your sires' " Islands of the Blest." 1 3. The mountains look on Marathon — And Marathon looks...Persians' grave, I could not deem myself a slave. * Homer. t Anacreon. t Tho mm puixxfm of the Greek poets were supposed to have been the Cape de Verd... | |
 | Conrad Hume Pinches - 1854 - 460 pages
...sires' " Islands of the blest." The mountains look on Marathon—- And Marathon looks on the sea ; Musing there an hour alone, I dream'd that Greece...Persians' grave, I could not deem myself a slave. A king sat on the rocky brow, Which looks o'er sea-born Salamis : And ships, by thousands, lay below, And... | |
 | Morbida - 1854 - 196 pages
...heaven and of love, thou shalt beam "With the light of her look, who shall then be no dream — « " The mountains look on Marathon — And Marathon looks...alone, I dream'd that Greece might still be free." (See Col. Squire on the Valley of Marathon, paper in " Walpole's Memoirs.") Unlike Tier, the meteor... | |
 | Randal William McGavock - 1854 - 418 pages
...completely hemmed in on all sides by mountains, except the ocean side, and beautifully cultivated. " The mountains look on Marathon— And Marathon looks on the sea; And musing there an hour alone, I dreamed that Greece might still be free, For standing on the Persians' grave, I could not deem myself... | |
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