 | 1824 - 312 pages
...ofa tne Persian's grave, I could not deem myself a slave. A king sat on the rocky brow Which lobfcs o'er sea-born Salamis ; And ships, by thousands, lay below, And men in nations ; — all were his t He counted Iherti at break of day — And when the SUB set where, were they? And where arc they !... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1824 - 234 pages
...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, 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 ?... | |
 | George Clinton - 1825 - 826 pages
...; For, standing on the Persians' grave, 1 could not deem myself a slave. A king sale on tlie rocky brow Which looks o'er sea-born Salamis; And ships,...where were they ? And where are they ? and where art Hmn, My country ? On thy voiceless shore The ln.roic lay is tuneless now — The heroic bosom beats... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1825 - 906 pages
...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,...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 now—... | |
 | George Gordon Noël Byron - 1826 - 804 pages
...deem myself a slave. A Ling sate on the rocky brow Which looks o'er sea-horn Salamis ; And ships, hy thousands, lay below, And men in nations; — all...The heroic lay is tuneless now — The heroic bosom beaU no more ! , And must thy lyre, no long dh ine, Degenerate into hands like mine? Tig something,... | |
 | Ambrose Marten - 1826 - 926 pages
...and the lofty eloquence of our own Plato himself, and who is a Greek in feeling, if not in country, And where are they ? And where art thou, My country?...lay is tuneless now, The heroic bosom beats no more ! Must "we but weep o'er days more blest ? Must we but blush ? Our fathers bled ! Earth 1 render back... | |
 | George Clinton - 1828 - 888 pages
...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,...them at break of day — And when the sun set where w»re they ? And where are they ? and where art thou. My country ? On thy voiceless shore The heroic... | |
 | John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) - 1828 - 600 pages
...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 art... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1832 - 542 pages
...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,...lyre, so long divine, Degenerate into hands like mine? T is something, in the dearth of fame, Though link'd among a fetter'd race, To feel at least a patriot's... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1832 - 310 pages
...fire* For, standing on the Persian's grave, I could not deem myself a slave. A kingf sat on the rocky brow Which looks o'er sea-born Salamis, And ships,...thousands, lay below, And men in nations ; — all were his ! Ha counted them, at break of day — And, when the sun set, where were they ? And where are they... | |
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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... 
