 And where are they? and where art thou, My country? On thy voiceless shore The heroic lay is tuneless now, The heroic bosom beats no more ! And must thy lyre, so long divine, Degenerate into hands like mine?  On the Structure of English Verse - Page 97by Charles Witcomb - 1884 - 162 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Jonathan Barber - 1836 - 404 pages
...sea; And nursing there an hour alone, A king sat on the rocky brow And men in nations;—all were his! He counted them at break of day— And when the sun...were they ? And where are they ? and where art thou, Which looks o'er sea-born Salamis, And ships, by thousands, lay below, My country ? On thy voiceless... | |
 | William Graham (teacher of elocution.) - 1837 - 370 pages
...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...is tuneless now — The heroic bosom beats no more I And must thy lyre, so long divine, Degenerate into hands like mine ? Tis something, in the dearth... | |
 | William Martin - 1838 - 368 pages
...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 were they T And where are they ! and where art thou, My country? On thy voiceless shore The heroic lay is tuneless... | |
 | Ebenezer Bailey - 1840 - 426 pages
...o'er sea-born Salamia, And ships, by thousands, lay below, And men in nations ; — all were his ! He counted them at break of day — And when the sun...lyre, so long divine, Degenerate into hands like mine ? 'Tis something, in the dearth of fame, Though linked among a fettered race, To feel, at least, a... | |
 | Celia Levetus, Marion Moss - 1840 - 966 pages
...JEWISH HISTORY BY THE MISSES C. AND M. MOSS, AUTHORESSES OP " EARLY EFFORTS," &C., &C. And where arc they ? and where art thou, My country? On thy voiceless...The heroic lay is tuneless now— The heroic bosom heats no more 1 And must thy lyre, so long divine, Degenerate into hands like mine ? IN THREE VOLUMES.... | |
 | 1840 - 528 pages
...o'er sea-born Salamis ; And ships, by thousands, lay below, And men in nations ; — all were his I He counted them at break of day — And when the sun set where were they? — BYRON. Into LATIN ALCAICS : No war, or battle's sound Was heard the world around : The idle spear... | |
 | Ebenezer Bailey - 1841 - 416 pages
...nations ; — all were his 1 He counted them at break of day — And when the sun set, where were they T And where are they ? and where art thou, My country...lyre, so long divine, Degenerate into hands like mine ? 'Tis something, in the dearth of fame, Though linked among a fettered race, To feel, at least, a... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1841 - 380 pages
...And ships, hy thousands, lay helow, And men in nations ; — all were his ! He counted them at hreak of day — And when the sun set where were they ?...shore The 'heroic lay is tuneless now — The heroic hosom heats no more ! And must thy lyre, so Ipng divine, Degenerate into hands like mine 1 'Tis something,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 498 pages
...looks o'er sea-girt Salamis, And ships in thousands lay below, And men in nations — all were his. He counted them at break of day, And when the sun set — where were they ? BYRON. S. Sar'casms, s. bitter taunts, severe Jests. 7. Ten 'able, a. that may be held or kept. 8.... | |
 | 1841 - 578 pages
...remember having heard of his name ; and as for the fashionable publishers that besieged his doors, " He counted them at break of day ; And when the sun set, where were they 1" It could not be much more than a twelvemonth or so, from the day on which we^niet him cantering,... | |
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