 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
 | George Croly - 1854 - 426 pages
...of birth alone is mute To sounds which echo further 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 dreamt that Greece di'.g.it still be free ; For, standing on the Persians' grave, I could not deem... | |
 | Charlotte Phillips - 1855 - 188 pages
...place of birth alone is mute To sounds which echo further west Than your sires' " Island of the Blest. The mountains look on Marathon— And Marathon looks...that Greece might still be free ; For standing on the Persian's grave, A king sat on the rocky brow Which looks o'er sea-born Salamis ; And ships, by thousands,... | |
 | John Frost - 1855 - 462 pages
...the fame your shores refuse ; Their place of birth alone is mute To sounds which echo further west The mountains look on Marathon — And Marathon looks...that Greece might still be free For standing on the Persian's grave, I could not deem myself a slave. A king sat on the rocky brow Which looks o'er sea-born... | |
 | David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - 1855 - 442 pages
...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 a slave. A king sat...rocky brow Which looks o'er sea-born Salamis ; And shipsjjy thousands lay below, And men in nations ; — all were his ! He counted them at break of day... | |
 | Henry Reed - 1855 - 416 pages
...with the deep emotion of the solitary human being standing in the midst of them : 278 LECTURE NINTH. "The mountains look on Marathon, And Marathon looks on the sea; And musing there an hour alone, I thought that Greece might still be free ; 3?or standing on the Persian's grave, I could not deem myself... | |
 | Henry Reed - 1855 - 404 pages
...also vivifies them with the deep emotion of the solitary human being standing in the midst of them : " The mountains look on Marathon, And Marathon looks on the sea; And musing there an hour alone, I thought that Greece might still be free ; For standing on the Persian's grave, I could not deem myself... | |
 | Anna Cabot Lowell - 1855 - 452 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... | |
 | P. A. Fitzgerald - 1855 - 296 pages
...Where Delos rose, and Pkebus sprung! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all, except th«ir sun, is set. The mountains look on Marathon, And Marathon looks on the sea; And musing there an hour alone, I dreamed that Greece might still be frotj For standing on the Persian's grave, I could not deem myself... | |
 | 1855 - 458 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... | |
 | Robert William Browne - 1856 - 464 pages
...sweeps on the breeze over the warriors' graves. " The mountains look on Marathon, And Marathon looka on the sea, And musing there an hour alone I dream'd...Greece might still be free ; For, standing on the Persian's grave, I could not deem myself a slave." — BYBON. The glory of Marathon belonged to Athens... | |
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