 The isles of Greece ! the isles of Greece ! "Where burning Sappho loved and sung, — Where grew the arts of war and peace, Where Delos rose, and Phoebus sprung ! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all, except their sun, is set.  Don Juan: Cantos III, IV, and V. - Page 46by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 218 pagesFull view - About this book
 | General reciter - 1845 - 348 pages
...cleared. THE ISLES OF GREECE, THE Isles of Greece, the Isles of Greece ! Where burning Sappho lov'd and sung, Where grew the arts of war and peace,—...gilds them yet, But all except their sun, is set. The Scian and the Teian muse, The hero's harp, the lover's lute, flave found the fame your shores refuse... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 pages
...Nature form'd but one such man, And broke the dk. — in moulding Sheridan ! THE ISLES OF GREECE. / TRE isles of Greece ! the isles of Greece ! Where burning...grew the arts of war and peace, Where Delos rose and Phcebus sprung ! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all, except their sun, is set. The Scian and the... | |
 | John Frost - 1845 - 458 pages
...shook, The blue-eyed German changed his sword to pruning-hook. CAMPBELL. 80. SONG OF THE GREEK BARD. THE Isles of Greece, the Isles of Greece ! Where burning...the arts of war and peace, — Where Delos rose, and Phoabus sprung ! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all, except their sun, is set. The Scian and the... | |
 | John Murray, John Murray (Firm) - 1845 - 510 pages
...place of pilgrimage. Its inhabitants are industrious, but very superstitious. THE ISLES OF GREECE. THE isles of Greece, the isles of Greece ! Where burning...sung, Where grew the arts of war and peace, — Where Délos rose and Phœbus sprung ! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all, except their sun, is set.... | |
 | G. A. Perdicaris - 1845 - 326 pages
...the third day after leaving the capital of Macedon, we found ourselves among " the isles of Greece, Where grew the arts of war and peace, Where Delos rose, and Phoebus sprung." The islands of Greece, though generally sterile, and at first sight even repulsive to the unaccustomed... | |
 | G. A. Perdicaris - 1845 - 316 pages
...the third day after leaving the capital of Macedon, we found ourselves among " the isles of Greece, Where grew the arts of war and peace, Where Delos rose, and Phoebus sprung." The islands of Greece, though generally sterile, and at first sight even repulsive to the unaccustomed... | |
 | William Dobson - 1845 - 204 pages
...Prometheus Unbound. — A Drama. WEDNESDAY, August 13. Subject for Latin Alcaics. The Cyclades. " The isles of Greece, the isles of Greece, Where burning Sappho loved and sung." FRIDAY, August 15. Into Latin Prose. When a government flourishes in conquests, and is * These references... | |
 | Harriet Maria Gordon Smythies - 1845 - 332 pages
...the best of it. I say, my beautiful 'Delia,' are you willing to visit the Isles of Greece ?" " The Isles of Greece ! the Isles of Greece, where burning Sappho loved and sung," sighed the lady ; " nothing would delight me more ; but is it maidenly? You are not my Tomkins !" "... | |
 | Edinburgh tales - 1846 - 426 pages
...their VOL. 1П. luxuriance. Those grassy banks and hillocks, and desolated toune and hamlets, — " Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all except their sun is set: " and Lochnaveen, with all its pastoral softness and romance, and wild grandeur, is to the stranger... | |
 | William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - 1845 - 824 pages
...human eye to note their luxuriance. Those grassy banks and hillocks, and desolated touns and hamlets, Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all except their sun is set : and Lochnaveen, with all its pastoral softness and romance, and wild grandeur, is to the stranger... | |
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