And where are they, and where art thou, My country? On thy voiceless shore The heroic lay is tuneless now The heroic bosom beats no more! And must thy lyre, so long divine, Degenerate into hands like mine? ' 'Tis something, in the dearth of fame, Though... DON JUAN - Side 85av LORD BYRON - 1875Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1875 - 444 sider
...On thy voiceless shore The heroic lay is tuneless now — The heroic bosom beats no more ! And must thy lyre, so long divine, Degenerate into hands like mine ? 'Tis something, in the dearth of fame, Though link'd among the fetter'd race, To feel at least a patriot's shame, Even as I sing, suffuse... | |
| 1876 - 508 sider
...On thy voiceless shore The heroic lay is tuneless now — The heroic bosom beats no more ! And must thy lyre, so long divine, Degenerate into hands like mine ? 'Tis something, in the dearth of fame, Though linked among a fettered race, To feel at least a patriot's shame, Ev'n as I sing, suffuse my... | |
| Code poetical reader - 1877 - 168 sider
...heroic lay is tuneless now — The heroic bosom beats no more ! And must thy lyre,* so long divine, 30 Degenerate into hands like mine ? "Tis something, in the dearth of fame, Though linked among a fettered race, To feel at least a patriot's shame, E'en as I sing, suffuse my... | |
| Amelia B. Edwards - 1878 - 376 sider
...On thy voiceless shore The heroic lay is tuneless now — The heroic bosom beats no morel And must thy lyre, so long divine, Degenerate into hands like mine? 'Tis something, in the dearth of fame, Though linked among a fettered race, To feel at least a patriot's shame, Even as I sing, suffuse my... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1878 - 636 sider
...On thy voiceless shore The heroic lay is tuneless now— The heroic bosom beats no more ! And must thy lyre, so long divine, Degenerate into hands like mine? 'Tis something, in the dearth of fame, Though link'd among a fetter'd race, To feel at least a patriot's shame, Even as I sing, suffuse my... | |
| Amelia B. Edwards - 1878 - 358 sider
...country? On thy voiceless shore The heroic lay is tuneless now— The heroic bosom beats no more! And must thy lyre, so long divine, Degenerate into hands like mine? Tis something, hi the dearth of fame, Though linked among a fettered race, To feel at least a patriot's shame, Even... | |
| Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards - 1879 - 390 sider
...On thy voiceless shore The heroic lay is tuneless now — The heroic bosom beats no more! And must thy lyre, so long divine, Degenerate into hands like mine? 'Tis something, in the dearth of fame, Though linked among a fettered race, To feel at least a patriot's shame, Even as I sing, suffuse my... | |
| Henry Cabot Lodge - 1880 - 408 sider
...country? On thy voiceless shore, The heroic lay is tuneless now, The heroic bosom beats no more ! And must thy lyre, so long divine, Degenerate into hands like mine ? 'Tis something, in the dearth of fame, Though link'd among a fetter'd race, For what is left the poet here ? For Greeks a blush, — for Greece... | |
| Laura Valentine - 1880 - 634 sider
...On thy voiceless shore The heroic lay is tuneless now—- The heroic bosom beats no more. And must thy lyre, so long divine, Degenerate into hands like mine? 'Tis something, in the dearth of fame, Though linked among a fettered race, To feel at least a patriot's shame, Even as I sing, suffuse my... | |
| Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - 650 sider
...On thy voiceless shore The heroic lay is tuneless now — The heroic bosom beats no more ! And must thy lyre, so long divine, Degenerate into hands like mine? "Tis something, in the dearth of fame, Though link'd among a fetter"d race, To feel at least a patriot's shame, Even as I sing, suffuse my... | |
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