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
| David Bates Tower - 1853 - 444 pages
...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 were they 7 And where are they ? and where art thou, My country ? On thy voiceless shore The heroic lay is tuneless... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1849 - 390 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 ? ' 5. And where are they ? and where art thou, My country ? On thy voiceless shore The heroic lay... | |
| George Croly - 1849 - 416 pages
...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 were they 1 And where are they ? and where art thou, My country ? On thy voiceless shore The heroic lay is tuneless... | |
| George Croly - 1850 - 442 pages
...all were his ! He counted them at break of day — BVRON . And where are they ? and where art tliou, My country ? On thy voiceless shore The heroic lay...lyre, so long divine, Degenerate into hands like mine 1 'Tis something, in the dearth of fame, Though linked among a fettered race, To feel at least a patriot's... | |
| 1850 - 298 pages
...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 were they !" Where, indeed ? They were scattered, sunk, burnt, or taken by the brave little fleet they had despised... | |
| 1851 - 278 pages
...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 were they ? And where were they ? and where art thou, My country ? On thy voiceless shore The heroic lay is tuneless now... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1851 - 396 pages
...looks o'er sea-girt Salamts, 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 ? — 1. IN the mean time Xerx'es advanced with his immense! army, the very sight of which, he thought,... | |
| Edward Hughes - 1851 - 362 pages
...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 were they ? SONG OF THE GREEK BARD. 59 And where are they? and where art thou, My country ? — On thy voiceless... | |
| Epes Sargent - 1852 - 570 pages
...o'er sea-born Salamis ; And ships, by thousands, lay below, And men and Nations — all were his ! Ho counted them at break of day, — And when the sun...lyre, so long divine, Degenerate into hands like mine ? You have the Pyrrhic dance as yet ; Where is the Pyrrhic phalanx gone ? Of two such lessons, why... | |
| Epes Sargent - 1852 - 568 pages
...by thousands, lay below, And men and Nations — all were his ! He counted them at break of day, — And where are they ? and where art thou, My country...lyre, so long divine, Degenerate into hands like mine ? You have the Pyrrhic dance as yet ; Where is the Pyrrhic phalanx gone ? Of two such lessons, why... | |
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