 | John Frost - 1845 - 458 Seiten
...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...where art thou, My country ? On thy voiceless shore Th' heroic lay is tuneless now — Th' heroic bosom beats no more ! And must thy lyre, so long divine,... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 Seiten
...And ships, by thousands, lay below, And men in nations ; — all were his ! ' Fox— Pitt— Hurke. He counted them at break of day — And when the sun...were they ? And where are they ? — and where art tin m, My country ? On thy voiceless shore The heroic lay is tuneless now — The heroic bosom beats... | |
 | Anna Maria Hall - 818 Seiten
...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 iiiem at break of day — • And when the sun set, tchere were they?" We do not profess to be able... | |
 | Roger de Flor (fict.name.) - 1845 - 1130 Seiten
...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... | |
 | William Linwood - 1846 - 372 Seiten
...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,...tuneless now The heroic bosom beats no more ! And must thy lyre, so long divine, Degenerate into hands like mine ? Eyron. LIX. O MARIS lonii crcbris freta... | |
 | William Linwood - 1846 - 342 Seiten
...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,...now — The heroic bosom beats no more ! And must thy lyre, so long divine, Degenerate into hands like mine ? 101 O MAKIS Ionii crebris freta consita... | |
 | 1846 - 436 Seiten
...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 in nations...is tuneless now, — The heroic bosom beats no more ! 26 THE ISLES OF GREECE. And must thy lyre, so long divine, Degenerate into hands like mine ? 'T is... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1846 - 540 Seiten
...ships, by thousands, lay below, And men in nations ; — all were his ! * Fox— Pitt— Burke. 2120 227 He counted them at break of day — And when the sun...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,... | |
 | Miles Gerald Keon - 1846 - 608 Seiten
...grave, I could not deem myself a slave. A king sate on the rocky brow Which lookso'ersea-bornSalamis; And ships by thousands lay below. And men in nations,...break of day, And when the sun set where were they? Anthol. Oxon. p. 100. INSI I..K IN Plurima in JEgeo nitet insula plurima Grsecia erat somnis libera... | |
 | Laman Blanchard - 1846 - 416 Seiten
...remember having heard of his name ; and as for the fashionable publishers that besieged his doors, " He counted them at break of day ; And when the sun set, where were they 1 " It could not be much more than a twelvemonth or so from the day on which we met him cantering,... | |
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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? 
