 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.  Poems - Page 500by George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1859Full view - About this book
 | 1851 - 278 pages
...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 —...the ignoble call — How answers each bold Bacchanal ? CORINTH. You have the Pyrrhic dance as yet ; Where is the Pyrrhic phalanx gone ? Of two such lessons,... | |
 | John Celivergos Zachos - 1851 - 570 pages
...fall, And answer, "Let one living head, But one, arise, — we come, we come ! " 'T is but the living1 who are dumb. In vain — in vain : strike other chords...the ignoble call, How answers each bold bacchanal ! The tyrant of the Chersonese Was freedom's best and bravest friend : That tyrant was Miltiades !... | |
 | 1851 - 498 pages
...Olympus and Athos, one feels the full force of Lord Byron's passionate appeal to the Greeks : — " You have the Pyrrhic dance as yet : Where is the Pyrrhic...lessons why forget The nobler and the manlier one 1 " The hospitable Consul invited me to his house this evening, where I found assembled most of the... | |
 | Sir George Ferguson Bowen - 1852 - 276 pages
...Olympus and Athos, one feels the full force of Lord Byron's passionate appeal to the Greeks : — " You have the Pyrrhic dance as yet : Where is the Pyrrhic...lessons why forget The nobler and the manlier one ? " The kind and hospitable consul (Mr. Blunt) invited me to his house this evening, where I found... | |
 | Beautiful poetry - 1853 - 740 pages
...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...Samian wine ! Leave battles to the Turkish hordes, Hark ! rising to the ignoble call — How answers each bold Bacchanal ! You have the Pyrrhic dance... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1853 - 492 pages
...Let one living head, But one arise, — we come, we come ! " 'T is but the living who are dumb. 8. In vain ! in vain ! — strike other chords ; Fill...Turkish + hordes, And shed the blood of Scio's vine 1 Hark! rising to the + ignoble call, How answers each bold + bacchanal! 9. You have the Pyrrhic dance... | |
 | Conrad Hume Pinches - 1854 - 460 pages
...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...phalanx gone ? Of two such lessons, why forget The noblier and the manlier one. You have the letters Cadmus gave — Think ye he meant them for a slave... | |
 | David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - 1854 - 440 pages
...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...dance as yet — Where is the Pyrrhic phalanx gone 7 Of two such lessons, 'why forget The nobler and the manlier one ? You have the letters Cadmus gave... | |
 | 1854 - 456 pages
...distant torrent's fall, And answer, " Let one living head, But one, arise, — we come, we come ! " 'T is but the living who are dumb. In vain, — in vain...dance as yet, — Where is the Pyrrhic phalanx gone ? You have the letters Cadmus gave, — Think ye he meant them for a slave ? Fill high the bowl with... | |
 | John Murray (Firm) - 1854 - 492 pages
...distant torrent's fall, And answer, '' Let one living head, But one arise, — we come, we come I" 'Tis but the living who are dumb. In vain— in vain...other chords ; Fill high the cup with Samian wine I Leave battles to the Turkish hordesi And shed the blood of Scio's vine Hark I rising to the ignoble... | |
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