 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! What, silent still ? and silent all ? Ah, no; — the voices of the dead Sound...  Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Lord Byron - Page 545by George Clinton - 1828 - 756 pagesFull view - About this book
 | General reciter - 1845 - 348 pages
...render back from out thy breast A remnant of our Spartan dead ? Of the tbree hundred grant but tbree, To make a new Thermopylae ! What ! silent still,—...one living head, But one arise, — we come, we come ! 'Tis but the living who are dumb.' In vain — in vain ! strike other chords ; Fill high the cup... | |
 | John Murray, John Murray (Firm) - 1845 - 510 pages
...left the poet here ? For Greeks a blush — for Greece a tear. Must we but weep o'er days more blest? Must we but blush ?— Our fathers bled. Earth ! render...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... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1846 - 540 pages
...the poet here ? For Greeks a blush — for Greece a tear. Must we but weep o'er days more bless'd ? Must we but blush ? — Our fathers bled. Earth !...one living head, But one arise, — we come, we come !" 'T is but the living who are dumb. In vain — in vain : strike other chords ; Fill high the cup... | |
 | 1846 - 436 pages
...the poet here ? For Greeks a blush, — for Greece a tear. Must we but weep o'er days more blest ? Must we but blush ? — Our fathers bled. Earth !...Spartan dead ! ^/ Of the three hundred grant but three, f To make a new Thermopylae. What, silent still ? and silent all ? Ah ! no ; — the voices of the... | |
 | Hugh Gawthrop - 1847 - 184 pages
...the poet here ? For Greeks a blush — for Greece a tear. Must we but weep o'er days more bless'd — Must we but blush ? — our fathers bled. Earth !...living head, But one arise, — we come ; we come ! " 'Tis but the living who are dumb. In vain— in vain : strike other chords ; Fill high the cup... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - 1847 - 366 pages
...the poet here ? For Greeks a blush — for Greece a tear. 7. Must we but weep o'er days more blest ? Must we but blush ? — Our fathers bled. Earth !...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... | |
 | James Dunwoody Brownson De Bow, R. G. Barnwell, Edwin Bell, William MacCreary Burwell - 1847 - 464 pages
...the recollections of his country's faded glory upon his heart, and the invocation upon his lips — " Earth ! render back from out thy breast A remnant...Spartan dead : Of the three hundred grant but three Tu make a new Thermopylae." even by that of the highest court of the universe. Our own revolution too... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1848 - 428 pages
...here ? For Greeks a blush — for Greece a tear. Must we but weep o'er days more blessed ? Must toe but blush ? — Our fathers bled. Earth ! render back...one living head, But one arise, — we come, we come !" Tis but the living who are dumb. In vain — in vain : strike other chords , Fill high the cup with... | |
 | David Bates Tower - 1853 - 444 pages
...Greeks a blush — for Greece a tear. Must toe but weep o'er days more blest 1 Must we but blush 1 — Our fathers bled. Earth, render back from out thy...Thermopylae ! What, silent still ! and silent all 7 Ah, no ; the voices of the dead Sound like a distant torrent's fall, And answer, " Let one living... | |
 | George Croly - 1849 - 416 pages
...left the poet here 1 For Greeks P. blush — for Greece a tear. Must we but weep o'er days more blest? Must we but blush ? — Our fathers bled. Earth !...three, To make a new Thermopylae ! What, silent still 1 and silent all ? Ah ! no ; — the voices of the dead Sound like a distant torrent's fall, And answer,... | |
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