 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 a slave.  The Poetical Works of Lord Byron - Page 239by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1873Full view - About this book
 | George Croly - 1854 - 426 pages
...of birth alone is mute To sounds which echo further west Than your sires' ' Islands of the Blest.' The mountains look on Marathon — And Marathon looks on the sea; And musing there an hour alone, I dreamt that Greece di'.g.it still be free ; For, standing on the Persians' grave, I could not deem... | |
 | 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 on the sea ; And musing there an hour alone, I dream'd that Greece might still be free." (See Col. Squire on the Valley of Marathon, paper in " Walpole's... | |
 | Randal William McGavock - 1854 - 412 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 th^it Greece might still be free, For standing on the Persians' grave, I could... | |
 | 1854 - 576 pages
...Delos rose, and Phoobus 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, rousing there an hour alone, I dreamed that Greece might still be free; For, standing on the Persian's... | |
 | Charlotte Phillips - 1855 - 188 pages
...place of birth alone is mute To sounds which echo further west Than your sires' " Island of the Blest. The mountains look on Marathon— And Marathon looks on the sea; And, musing there an hour alone, I dream'd that Greece might still be free ; For standing on the Persian's grave, A king sat on the rocky... | |
 | P. A. Fitzgerald - 1855 - 296 pages
...Where Delos rose, and Pkebus sprung! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all, except th«ir sun, is set. The mountains look on Marathon, And Marathon looks on the sea; And musing there an hour alone, I dreamed that Greece might still be frotj For standing on the Persian's grave, I could not deem myself... | |
 | Henry Reed - 1855 - 416 pages
...with the deep emotion of the solitary human being standing in the midst of them : 278 LECTURE NINTH. "The mountains look on Marathon, And Marathon looks on the sea; And musing there an hour alone, I thought that Greece might still be free ; 3?or standing on the Persian's grave, I could not deem myself... | |
 | 1855 - 458 pages
...of birth alone is mute To sounds which echo farther west Than your sires' " Islands of the Blest." 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... | |
 | Henry Reed - 1855 - 404 pages
...also vivifies them with the deep emotion of the solitary human being standing in the midst of them : " The mountains look on Marathon, And Marathon looks on the sea; And musing there an hour alone, I thought that Greece might still be free ; For standing on the Persian's grave, I could not deem myself... | |
 | Anna Cabot Lowell - 1855 - 452 pages
...of birth alone is mute To sounds which echo farther west Than your sires' " Islands of the Blest." 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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