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. Poetry of Byron - Page 65by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1881 - 276 pagesFull view - About this book
| George Gordon Noël Byron - 1826 - 804 pages
...peace, Where Delog rose and Phoebus sprung! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all, except their sun, ia s arise, And the pale crescent sparkles in the glen. Through MI. in i acypresg-grove within each ia mute To Rounds which echo further west Than your sires' "Islands of the Blest." The mountains look... | |
| William Brittainham Lacey - 1828 - 308 pages
...Sappho loved and sung, Where grew the arts of war and peace, — Where Delos rose and Phrebus sprung ! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all, except their...— And Marathon looks on the sea ; And musing there an'hour alone, 1 dream'd that Greece might still be free : For standing on the Persians' grave, \ could... | |
| George Clinton - 1828 - 888 pages
...Sappho loved and sung. Where grew the hearts of war and peace — Where Delos rose, and Phoebus sprung ! Eternal summer gilds them yet ; But all, except their...found the fame your shores refuse ; Their place of hirth alone is mute To sounds which echo further west Than your sires' ' Islands of the Blessed.' The... | |
| 1828 - 814 pages
...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. The Sciau and the Teian muse, The heroe's harp, the lover's lute, Have found the fame your shores refuse... | |
| 1828 - 622 pages
...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 !* But, were this not the case, were Greece no object of delightful retrospection, the bare circumstance... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1832 - 310 pages
...Sappho* lov'd and sung, Where grew the art* of war and peace, — Where Delos rose, and Phrebus sprung ! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all, except their sun, is set. The mountains look on Marathon — And Marathon looks on the sea : And musing there, an hour, alone, I... | |
| Robert Bland - 1833 - 468 pages
...Sappho lov'd 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...further West Than your sires' Islands of the Blest. " Fill high the bowl with Samian wine ! We will not think of themes like these ; It made Anacreon's... | |
| James Hedderwick - 1833 - 232 pages
...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...place of birth alone is mute To sounds which echo farther west Than your sires' " Islands of the Bless'd." The mountains look on Marathon — And Marathon... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - 1833 - 358 pages
...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. 2. The Scian(2) and the Teian muse,(3) The hero's harp, the lover's lute, Have found the fame your... | |
| Jonathan Barber - 1836 - 404 pages
...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...is mute To sounds which echo further west Than your sire's " Islands of the blest." The mountains look on Marathon— I dream'd that Greece might still... | |
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