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... Landscape Painting and Modern Dutch Artists - Página 89por E. B. Greenshields - 1906 - 229 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| 1856 - 286 páginas
...the Isles of Greece ! Where burning Sappho loved and sung, Where grew the arts of war and peace, — Where Delos rose, and Phrebus sprung! Eternal summer...looks on the sea; And 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... | |
| 1856 - 282 páginas
...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...looks on the sea; And 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... | |
| 1867 - 288 páginas
...peace, — Where Delos rose, and Phoebus 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 free; For standing on the Persian's grave," I could not deem myself... | |
| Robert William Browne - 1856 - 464 páginas
...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... | |
| Edward Hughes - 1856 - 474 páginas
...of birth alone is mute To sounds which echo further west Than your sires' " Islands of the Blest."3 The mountains look on Marathon — And Marathon looks on the sea ; And, musing there an hour alone, I dreamed that Greece might still Ve free ; For, standing on the Persian's4 grave, I could not deem myself... | |
| Henry Reed - 1857 - 424 páginas
...associating harmonizing energy of the poetic faculty blends all the elements in perfect union : — " The mountains look on Marathon, And Marathon looks...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... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1857 - 450 páginas
...mountains look on Marathon— And Marathon looks on the sea i And musing there an hour alone, I dream' a that Greece might still be free ; For standing on...Persians' grave, I could not deem myself a slave. 4. A kinf* sate on the rocky brow Which looks o'er sea-born Salamis; And ships, by thousands, lay below,... | |
| Charles William Smith (professor of elocution.) - 1857 - 338 páginas
...place 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... | |
| Barbara Jelavich - 1983 - 436 páginas
...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...looks on the sea; And musing there an hour alone, I'd dream'd that Greece might still be free; For standing on the Persians' grave, I could not deem... | |
| Malcolm Miles Kelsall - 1987 - 234 páginas
...own voice is that of a hero challenging the general corruption of the re-established ancien regime: 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. (st. 3 between III. 86 and 87) Here Byron wars in... | |
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