 | Moses Aaron Richardson - 1844 - 436 pages
...would be prosaic to insist It has been " married to immortal verse." " A king sate on the rocky Lrow Which looks o'er sea-born Salamis ; And ships, by...— all were his ! He counted them at break of day — 9 And when the sun set where were they ? " BYRON. tower, of which description of border strengths... | |
 | 1844 - 858 pages
...verse." " A king sale on the rocky Lnw Which look-s oYr sea-born Salamii; An,l shipn, by thousandtt, lay below. And men in nations : — all were his ' He counted them at break of day— And when the nun *wt where were they ? '' liVRON. tower, of which description of border strengths many were much... | |
 | General reciter - 1845 - 348 pages
...I could not deem myself a slave. A king sat on the rocky brow, Which looks o'er sea-horn Salanus : And ships, by thousands, lay below, And men in nations...beats no more ! And must thy lyre, so long divine, "Us something in the dearth of fame, Though linlt'tl within a fetter'd race ; To feel at least a patriot's... | |
 | John Murray, John Murray (Firm) - 1845 - 510 pages
...ï For standing on the Persian's i*îr*4*» I could not deem myself a slave. A king sat on the rocky brow Which looks o'er sea-born Salamis ; And ships,...where were they? And where are they ? and where art thouf My country ? On thy voiceless shore The heroic lay is tuneless now — The heroic bosom beats... | |
 | William Draper Swan - 1845 - 482 pages
...no. song. roar. rine. w as in woe. y . . . . yoke. z . . . . zone. z . . . . azure. th (vocal) this. And ships, by thousands, lay below, And men in nations;...And where are they ? and where art thou, My country T On thy voiceless shore The heroic lay is tuneless new — The heroic bosom beats no more ! And must... | |
 | William Draper Swan - 1845 - 494 pages
...ng song. z . . . . zone. j jay. r . . . . roar. z . . . . azure. I fo. v .... vine. th (vocal) this. And ships, by thousands, lay below, And men in nations...where were they '! And where are they ? and where art thoti, My country ? On thy voiceless shore The heroic lay is tuneless now — The heroic bosom beats... | |
 | Anna Maria Hall - 818 pages
...; 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,...below, And men in nations — all were his ! He counted iiiem at break of day — • And when the sun set, tchere were they?" We do not profess to be able... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 pages
...free ; For, standing on the Persians' grave, I could not deem myself a slave. A king pate on the rocky brow Which looks o'er sea-born Salamis ; And ships,...thousands, lay below, And men in nations ; — all were his ! ' Fox— Pitt— Hurke. He counted them at break of day — And when the sun set, where were they... | |
 | John Frost - 1845 - 458 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 when the sun set — where... | |
 | Roger de Flor (fict.name.) - 1845 - 1130 pages
...CHAPTER I. MESSINA. " A king gat on the rocky brow Which looks o'er sea-born Salamis, And ships in thousands lay below, And men in nations. All were his : He counted them at the close of day, But when the sun rose where were they ? " Byron. IT was the close of a splendid day... | |
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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... 
