 Must we but blush? — Our fathers bled. Earth! render back from out thy breast A remnant of our Spartan dead ! Of the three hundred grant but three, To make a new Thermopylae!  Poems - Page 500by George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1859Full view - About this book
 | Aubrey Thomas De Vere - 1858 - 298 pages
...feel at least a patriot's shame, Even as I sing, suffuse my face ; For what is left the poet here ! For Greeks a blush ; for Greece a tear. Must we but...hundred grant but three, To make a new Thermopylae I What, silent still ? And silent all ? Ah ! no ; — the voices of the dead Sound like a distant torrent's... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1858 - 566 pages
...feel, at least, a patriot's shame, Even as I sing, suffuse my face ; For what is left the poet here ? For Greeks, a blush, — for Greece, a tear ! Must...hundred grant but three, To make a new Thermopylae ! What ! silent still ? and silent all ? Ah ! no : — the voices of the dead Sound like a distant... | |
 | Lucius Osgood - 1858 - 494 pages
...here ? For Greeks, a blush', — for Greece, a tear*. 7. Must we but weep o'er days more bless'd ? Must we but blush ? Our fathers bled. Earth ! render...hundred grant but three To make a new Thermopylae. 8. What ! silent still ? And silent all ? Ah, no ! the voices of the dead Sound like a distant torrent's... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1859 - 586 pages
...the C do Verd I-lan*K or the Canasies.— J». Must we but weep o'er days more blest V Must «,e bnt blush ? — our fathers bled. Earth ! render back...our Spartan dead ! Of the three hundred grant but throo, To make a new Thermopylae ! What, silent still ? and silent all ? Ah ! no ; — the voices of... | |
 | Warren P. Edgarton - 1860 - 530 pages
...feel at least a patriot's shame, Even as I sing, suffuse my face ; For what is left the poet here 2 For Greeks a blush — for Greece a tear. Must we...fathers bled. Earth, render back from out thy breast J^ remnant of our Spartan dead ! Of the three hundred grant but three, To make a new Thermopylae !... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1861 - 734 pages
...sing, suffuse my face ; For what is left the poet here? For Greeks a blush — for Greece a tear. t. Must we but weep o'er days more blest? Must we but...Of the three hundred grant but three, To make a new Thermopylse ! 8. What, silent still? and silent all? Ah ! no ; — the voices of the dead Sound like... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1861 - 562 pages
...the poet here ? For Greeks a blush — for Greece a tear. Must we but weep o'er days more blessed ? Must we but blush ? Our fathers bled. Earth, render...hundred grant but three, To make a new Thermopylae, f • Salamis is an island off the coast of Attica, near which the Persian fleet, during the invasion... | |
 | Thomas Shorter - 1861 - 438 pages
...Greeks a blush — for Greece a tear. Must we but weep o'er d«ys more blest 1 Must we but blush 1 — Our fathers bled. Earth ! render back from out thy...hundred grant but three, To make a new Thermopylae ! What, silent still 1 and silent all 1 Ah i no ; — the voices of the dead Sound like a distant torrent's... | |
 | John Connery - 1861 - 416 pages
...sing, suffuse my face ; For what is left the poet here ? For Greeks a blush — for Greece a tear. Earth ! render back from out thy breast A remnant...Hundred grant but three, To make a new Thermopylae ! What ! silent still ? and silent all ? Ah, no ! — the voices of the dead Sound like a distant torrent's... | |
 | Scottish school-book assoc - 1863 - 438 pages
...poet here ? For Greeks a blush—for Greece a tear. Must we but weep o'er days more blest ? Must ice but blush ?—Our fathers bled. Earth! render back...hundred grant but three, To make a new Thermopylae I What, silent still ? and silent all ? Ah! no; the voices of the dead Sound like a distant torrent's... | |
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