 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 a slave. A king sate on the rocky brow Which looks...  Masterpieces of the World's Best Literature - Side 163redigert av - 1910Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | Encyclopaedia - 1852 - 482 sider
...driven to the coast of Asia, whence they never ventured to return into Greece. A king sat on a 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, But when the- sun set, where were they... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1852 - 568 sider
...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 Salamis ; And ships, by thousands, lay below, And men and Nations — all were his ! He counted them at break of day, — And where are they ? and where... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1852 - 570 sider
...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 Salamis ; And ships, by thousands, lay below, And men and Nations — all were his ! Ho counted them at break of day, — And when the sun set, where were... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1852 - 570 sider
...the rocky brow Which looks o'er sea-born Salamis ; And ships, by thousands, lay below, And men and Nations — all were his ! He counted them at break of day, — And where are they ? and where art thou, My country ? On thy voiceless shore The heroic lay is tuneless... | |
 | Henry William Herbert - 1852 - 398 sider
...HIS SEA-FIGHT OFF SALAMIS, HIS CAMPAIGNS, CHARACTER, AND CONDUCT. A king sat on the rocky brow, That looks o'er sea-born Salamis ; And ships by thousands lay below, And men by nations — all were his. He counted them at break of day, And when the sun set, where were they... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1853 - 492 sider
...on the rocky brow Which looks o'er sea-born +Salamis; And ships by thousands lay below, And men and nations, all were his ! He counted them at break of day, And when the sun set, where were they ? 5. And where are they? And where art thou, My country ? On thy voiceless shore Th' + heroic lay is... | |
 | 1854 - 456 sider
...free ; For, standing on the Persians' grave, I could not deem myself a slave. A king sat on the rocky brow Which looks o'er sea-born Salamis ; And ships,...where art thou, My country ? On thy voiceless shore And must thy lyre, so long divine, Degenerate into hands like mine ? T is something, in the dearth... | |
 | David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - 1854 - 440 sider
...fre* 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 Salamis ; And ships...the sun set, where were they ? And where are they 1 and where art thou. My country ? On thy voiceless shore The heroic lay is tuneless now — The heroic... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1854 - 320 sider
...supposed to have been the Cape de Verd Islands or the Canaries.— BTKON. 4. A king sate on the rocky brow Which looks o'er sea-born Salamis ; And ships,...break of day — And when the sun set where were they ? 5. And where are they ? and where art thou, My country ? On thy voiceless shore The heroic lay is... | |
 | William Smith - 1854 - 676 sider
...of the daring and the backward. " A king sate on the rocky brow Which looks o'er sea-born Salnmis ; And ships, by thousands, lay below, And men in nations...break of day— And when the sun set where were they ?" The Grecian commanders lost no time in preparing to meet their multitudinous opponents. The Athenians... | |
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