Persians' grave, I could not deem myself a slave. A king sate on the rocky brow 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... Poems - Page 499by George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1859Full view - About this book
| Charles Rann Kennedy - 1853 - 182 pages
...irpшvos ías dprjvov Svcre'par èфшveС eicXvov $pvfíoi в áx/at re irerpai, r oticry y\vKepS>vd The Mountains look on Marathon — And Marathon looks...there an hour alone, I dream'd that Greece might still bе free ; For standing on the Persians' grave, I could not deem myself a slave. A king sate on the... | |
| William Holmes McGuffey - 1853 - 492 pages
...of birth alone is mute To sounds that echo further west, Than your sire's "Islands of the Blest." 3. The mountains look on + Marathon, And Marathon looks on the sea : And musing there an hour alone, I dreamed that Greece might still be free ; For, standing on the Persian's grave, I could not deem myself... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1854 - 320 pages
...birth alone is mute To sounds which echo further west Than your sires' " Islands of the Blest." 1 3. The mountains look on Marathon — And Marathon looks...Persians' grave, I could not deem myself a slave. * Homer. t Anacreon. t Tho mm puixxfm of the Greek poets were supposed to have been the Cape de Verd... | |
| Rev. H. Musgrave Wilkins, M.A., - 1854 - 262 pages
...birth alone is mute To sounds which echo further west Than your sires' "Islands of the Blest." in. The mountains look on Marathon— And Marathon looks...Persians' grave, I could not deem myself a slave. IV. A King sat on the rocky brow Which looks o'er sea-born Salamis ; And ships, by thousands, lay below,... | |
| Morbida - 1854 - 196 pages
...heaven and of love, thou shalt beam "With the light of her look, who shall then be no dream — « " The mountains look on Marathon — And Marathon looks...alone, I dream'd that Greece might still be free." (See Col. Squire on the Valley of Marathon, paper in " Walpole's Memoirs.") Unlike Tier, the meteor... | |
| Randal William McGavock - 1854 - 412 pages
...look on Marathon— And Marathon looks on the sea; And musing there an hour,alone, ' I dreamed th^it Greece might still be free, For standing on the Persians' grave, I could not deem myself a slave." The same party visited Mount Pentelicus the next day. , It is situated ten miles from Athens, and is... | |
| Randal William McGavock - 1854 - 418 pages
...completely hemmed in on all sides by mountains, except the ocean side, and beautifully cultivated. " The mountains look on Marathon— And Marathon looks on the sea; And musing there an hour alone, I dreamed that Greece might still be free, For standing on the Persians' grave, I could not deem myself... | |
| John Murray (Firm) - 1854 - 492 pages
...tomb of the 192 Athenians who fell in the battle. No monument marks the graves of the Persian dead. The mountains look on Marathon — And Marathon looks...on the sea; — And musing there an hour alone, I drcam'd that Greece might still be free ; For, standing on the Persian's grave. 1 could not deem myself... | |
| David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - 1854 - 440 pages
...of birth alone is mute To sounds which echo farther west Than your sires' " Islands of the Blest." The mountains look on Marathon — And Marathon looks on the sea; And musing there an hour alone, I dreamed that Greece might still be fre* For, standing on the Persian's grave, I could not deem myself... | |
| 1854 - 456 pages
...of birth alone is mute To sounds which echo farther west Than your sires' " Islands of the Blest." The mountains look on Marathon, — And Marathon looks on the sea ; And musing there an hour alone, I dreamed that Greece might still be free ; For, standing on the Persians' grave, I could not deem myself... | |
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