Awake ! (Not Greece, — she is awake !) Awake my spirit ! think through whom Thy life-blood tracks its parent lake, And then strike home ! Tread those reviving passions down, Unworthy manhood ! unto thee, Indifferent should the smile or frown Of beauty... Songs - Page 205by George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1872Full view - About this book
| England - 1825 - 806 pages
...around me see ! The Spartan, borne upon his shield, Was not more free. Awake ! (not Greece— she it awake !) Awake, my spirit ! Think through whom Thy...Indifferent should the smile or frown Of beauty be. If thou regret'st thy youth, why live T The land of honourable death Is here : — up to the field, and give... | |
| English literature - 1837 - 588 pages
...around me see : The Spartan borne upon his shield Was not more free. Awake !— (not Greece— she w awake !) — Awake, my spirit ! — think through...reviving passions down, '' Unworthy manhood ! Unto thee IndifTrent should the smile or frown Of beauty be. If thou regret'st thy youth, why live 9 The land... | |
| Thomas Medwin - England - 1824 - 496 pages
...tastes its parent lake, And then strike home! I tread reviving passions down, Unworthy manhood—unto thee Indifferent should the smile or frown Of beauty be. If thou regret thy youth, why live? The land of honourable death Is liere—-up to the field and give Away... | |
| England - 1825 - 848 pages
...The sword, the banner, and the field, Glory and Greece, around me see ! The Spartan, borne upon his shield, Was not more free. Awake ! (not Greece —...Indifferent should the smile or frown Of beauty be. If thou regret'st thy youth, why live ? The land of honourable death Is here: — up to the field, and give... | |
| William Parry - British - 1825 - 400 pages
...The sword, the banner, and the field, Glory and Greece around me see ! The Spartan, borne upon his shield, Was not more free. " Awake! (not Greece, —...Indifferent should the smile or frown Of beauty be. ''If His Lordship had already placed funds at my command, for the payment of the brigade, the repairs of... | |
| Scotland - 1825 - 810 pages
...• Glory and Greece, around me see ! Tlie Spartan, borne upon his shield, Was not more freeAwake ! (not Greece — she is awake !) Awake, my spirit !...Indifferent should the smile or frown Of beauty be. If thou regrel'st thy youth, why live f The land of honourable death Is here : — up to the field, and give... | |
| William Parry - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY - 1825 - 286 pages
...arrrival at Zante, " Awake ! (not Greece, — she is awake !) Awake, my spirit ! Think through -tohom Thy life-blood tracks its parent lake, And then strike...should the smile or frown, Of beauty be. " If thou regret'st thy youth, -why live ~ The land of honourable death Is here : — up to the field, and give... | |
| George Clinton - Poets, English - 1825 - 826 pages
...The sword, the banner, and the field, Glory and Greece, around me see ! The Spartan, borne upon his shield, Was not more free. Awake ! (not Greece —...lake, And then strike home ! Tread those reviving f assions down, Unworthy manhood ! unto thee Indifferent should the smile or frown Of Beauty be. 702... | |
| William Parry - British - 1825 - 404 pages
...Greece around me see! The Spartan, borne upon his shield, Was not more free. " Awake! (not Greece,—she is awake !) Awake, my spirit! Think through whom Thy...tracks its parent lake, And then strike home ! " Tread these reviving passions down, Unworthy manhood ! Unto thee, Indifferent should the smile or frown Of... | |
| Poets, English - 1825 - 454 pages
...whom My life-blood tastes its parent lake — And then strike home ! 220 BYRON'S LAST VERSES. I tread reviving passions down ; Unworthy Manhood— unto...Indifferent should the smile or frown Of Beauty be. If thou regret thy youth — why live ? The land of honourable death Is here — up to the field and give Away... | |
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