 | William Sidney Gibson - 1850 - 266 Seiten
...storm : — " A King sat on the rocky brow Which looks o'er sea-born Salamis ; And ships, by hundreds, lay below, And men in nations ; — all were his ! He counted them at break of day, — But, when the sun set, where were they?" And so, again disappointed, the unhappy exile returned... | |
 | George Croly - 1850 - 442 Seiten
...a slave, A king sate on tne rocny brow, Which looks o'er sea-born Salamis ; And ships by thousand!* lay below, And men in nations ; all were his ! He counted them at break of day — BVRON . And where are they ? and where art tliou, My country ? On thy voiceless shore The heroic... | |
 | 1851 - 278 Seiten
...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...And when the sun set, where were they ? And where were they ? and where art thou, My country ? On thy voiceless shore The heroic lay is tuneless now... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1851 - 362 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...day — • And when the sun set — where were they ? SONG OF THE GREEK BARD. 59 And where are they? and where art thou, My country ? — On thy voiceless... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1851 - 396 Seiten
...SECOND PERSIAN INVASION. A king eat on the rocky brow That looks o'er sea-girt Salamts, And ships in thousands lay below, And men in nations— all were...break of day, And when the sun set — where were they ? — 1. IN the mean time Xerx'es advanced with his immense! army, the very sight of which, he thought,... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1852 - 570 Seiten
...o'er sea-born Salamis ; And ships, by thousands, lay below, And men and Nations — all were his ! Ho 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 ? You have the Pyrrhic dance as yet ; Where... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1852 - 568 Seiten
...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 thou, My country...now — The heroic bosom beats no more ! And must thy lyre, so long divine, Degenerate into hands like mine ? You have the Pyrrhic dance as yet ; Where... | |
 | Modern geography - 1852 - 176 Seiten
...king sat on the rocky brow That looks o'er sea-born Salamis, Whilst ships by thousands lay below, Anil men in nations: all were HIS. He counted them at break...of day; And when the sun set — where were they?" GROTTO OF ANTIPAROS. — In the Grecian Archipelago you will find the small island of Paros, in former... | |
 | Henry William Herbert - 1852 - 398 Seiten
...on the rocky brow, That looks o'er sea-born Salamis ; And ships by thousands lay below, And men by nations — all were his. He counted them at break of day, And when the sun set, where were they ?— THE ISLES OF GREECE. IT cannot, one would imagine, have failed to strike every thoughtful reader... | |
 | Beautiful poetry - 1853 - 740 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 1 'Tis something, in the dearth of fame,... | |
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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? 
