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" 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 97
by Charles Witcomb - 1884 - 162 pages
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Modern geography simplified, by a member of the society of friends

Modern geography - 1852 - 176 pages
...looks o'er sea-born Salamis, Whilst ships by thousands lay below, Anil men in nations: all were HIS. He counted them at break of day; And when the sun set — where were they?" GROTTO OF ANTIPAROS. — In the Grecian Archipelago you will find the small island of Paros, in former...
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The Captains of the Old World: As Compared with the Great Modern Strategists ...

Henry William Herbert - 1852 - 398 pages
...looks o'er sea-born Salamis ; And ships by thousands lay below, And men by nations — all were his. He counted them at break of day, And when the sun set, where were they ?— THE ISLES OF GREECE. IT cannot, one would imagine, have failed to strike every thoughtful reader...
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Beautiful poetry, selected by the ed. of The Critic, Volume 1

Beautiful poetry - 1853 - 740 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...lyre, so long divine, Degenerate into hands like mine 1 'Tis something, in the dearth of fame, Though link'd among a fetter'd race, To feel at least a patriot's...
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Specimens of Greek and Latin verse: chiefly translations

Charles Rann Kennedy - 1853 - 168 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...lyre, so long divine, Degenerate into hands like mine ? 4 та? Be кщ\1]в ¡lois à OeXyeff v/j,vaTt¡p, /cal apeíov óp/íav /caí repirvals f¿aviai(ri...
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Handbook for Travellers in Greece: Describing the Ionian Islands, the ...

John Murray (Firm) - 1854 - 492 pages
...looks o'er sea-born Salamis ; And ships, by thousands, lay below, And men in nations; — all were hisl 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 link'd among a fetter"d race, To feel at least a patriot's...
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The practical elocutionist

Conrad Hume Pinches - 1854 - 460 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...lyre, so long divine, Degenerate into hands like mine ? 'Tis something in the dearth of fame, Though link'd within a fetter'd race ; To feel at least a patriot's...
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The Standard Speaker: Containing Exercises in Prose and Poetry for ...

1854 - 576 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...more ! And must thy lyre, so long divine, Degenerate iuto hands like mine ? You have the Pyrrhic dance as yet ; Where is the Pyrrhic phalanx gone ? Of two...
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Gleanings from the Poets: For Home and School

1854 - 456 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...where art thou, My country ? On thy voiceless shore And must thy lyre, so long divine, Degenerate into hands like mine ? T is something, in the dearth...
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North American First Class Reader: The Sixth Book of Tower's Series for ...

David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - 1854 - 440 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 are they 1 and where art thou. My country ? On thy voiceless shore The heroic lay is tuneless now — The heroic...
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Notes For Latin Lyrics With A Preface

Rev. H. Musgrave Wilkins, M.A., - 1854 - 262 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 ? I, BYRON. Ye, O isles of the Ionian main, Where Sappho's violent love moved strains, Where (was)...
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