 | Plantagenet - 1835 - 950 pages
...terrible fate, withered by some superhuman curse. ****** ****** CHAPTER II. You have the Pyrrhic dance aa yet, — Where is the Pyrrhic phalanx gone ? Of two...Cadmus gave — Think ye he meant them for a slave ! Byron. (The following is written in a different hand and evidently by a different person. — ED.... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1836 - 404 pages
...one living head, But one arise,—we come, we come!" 'Tis but the living who are dumb. In vain—in vain: strike other chords; Fill high the cup with...wine! We will not think of themes like these ! It made Anacreon's song divine : He served—but served Polycrates— A tyrant; but our masters then Were still,... | |
 | William Graham (teacher of elocution.) - 1837 - 370 pages
...is the Pyrrhic phalanx gone ? Of two such lessons, why forget The nobler and the manlier one ? < 1 You have the letters Cadmus gave — Think ye he meant.../; We will not think of themes like these ! It made Anacreon's song divine : The tyrant of the Chersonese Was freedom's best and bravest friend ; That... | |
 | William Martin - 1838 - 368 pages
...wine ! Leave battles to the Turkish hordes, And shed the blood of Scio's vine ! Hark ! rising to thf ignoble call — How answers each bold bacchanal !...! We will not think of themes like these, It made Anacreon's song divine : He served — but served Polycrates — A tyrant ; but our masters then Were... | |
 | 1862 - 512 pages
...vain: strike other chords; Fill high the cup with Samian wine ! Leave battles to the Turkish hordes, You have the Pyrrhic dance as yet, Where is the Pyrrhic...wine! We will not think of themes like these ! It made Anacreon's song divine: He served — but served Polycrates — A tyrant ; but our masters then "Were... | |
 | 1842 - 480 pages
...vain: strike other chords; Fill high the cup with Samian wine ! Leave battles to the Turkish hordes, You have the Pyrrhic dance as yet. Where is the Pyrrhic...letters Cadmus gave — Think ye he meant them for a skive? Fill high the bowl with Samian wine! We will not think of themes like these ! It made Anacreon's... | |
 | 1842 - 504 pages
...Pyrrhic dance as yet, Where is the Pyrrhic phalanx gone? Of two such lessons, why forget The nohler and the manlier one? You have the letters Cadmus gave...Samian wine! We will not think of themes like these I It made Anacreon's song divine: He served — but served Polycrates — A tyrant; but our masters... | |
 | John Hall Hindmarsh - 1845 - 464 pages
...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 ; —...! We will not think of themes like these ! It made Anacreon's song divine : He served — but served Polycrates — A tyrant ; but our masters then Were... | |
 | John Murray, John Murray (Firm) - 1845 - 510 pages
...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 ;—...! We will not think of themes like these ! It made Anacreon's song divine: He served — but served Polycrates— A tyrant ; but our masters then "Were... | |
 | William Draper Swan - 1845 - 494 pages
...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...Cadmus gave — Think ye he meant them for a slave? The tyrant of the Chersonese Was freedom's best and bravest friend ; That tyrant was Miltiades ! O... | |
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You have the Pyrrhic dance as yet, Where is the Pyrrhic phalanx gone? Of two such lessons, why forget The nobler and the manlier one? You have the letters Cadmus gave — Think ye he meant them for a slave? Fill high the bowl with Samian wine! We will... 
