 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
 | George Croly - 1854 - 426 sider
...could not deem myself a slave, A king sate on tne roctty brow, Which looks o'er sea-born Salamia ; And ships by thousands lay below, And men in nations...break of day — And when the sun set, where were they ? BYRON. And where are they ? and where art thou, My country ? On thy voiceless shore The heroic lay... | |
 | John Murray (Firm) - 1854 - 492 sider
...free ; For, standing on the 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,...thousands, lay below, And men in nations; — all were hisl He counted them at break of day— And when the sun set, where were they? And where are they ?... | |
 | William Smith - 1854 - 748 sider
...scribes, prepared to record the names both of the daring and the backward. " A king «Me on the rocky brow Which looks o'er sea-born Salamis ; And ships, by thousands, lay below, And men in nations ; — .ill were his ! He counted them at break of day — And when the sun set where were they ?" The... | |
 | Rev. H. Musgrave Wilkins, M.A., - 1854 - 262 sider
...; For standing on the 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, And men in nations;—all were his .' He counted them at break of day— And when the Sun set, where were they... | |
 | 1854 - 576 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... | |
 | 1855 - 458 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 - 1855 - 442 sider
...deem myself a slave. A king sat on the rocky brow Which looks o'er sea-born Salamis ; And shipsjjy thousands lay below, And men in nations ; — all...thy voiceless shore The heroic lay is tuneless now — Tis some hing in the dearth of fame. Though linked among a fettered race, To feel at least a patriot's... | |
 | T. R.. Barnes - 1964 - 340 sider
...free; For standing on the Persian's grave, I could not deem myself a slave. A King sate on the rocky brow Which looks o'er sea-born Salamis; And ships,...where were they? And where are they? and where art them, My country? On thy voiceless shore The heroic lay is tuneless now — The heroic bosom beats... | |
 | 1842 - 52 sider
...liberty and her bravery departed; and where now is the lovely isle ? Let the muse of Byron answer : -" On thy voiceless shore The heroic lay is tuneless now, The heroic bosom beats no more." She has passed away; " Fuit Ilium" is engraven indelibly on her time-honored barracks of rock. In lika... | |
 | Malcolm Francis McGregor - 1987 - 248 sider
...the rocky brow Which looks o'er sea-born Salamis," glorying in the sheer numbers of his men below. "He counted them at break of day — And when the sun set, where were they?" By the end of the day the Persians were in full retreat ; the surviving ships sought Phalerum and the... | |
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