 | 1902 - 642 pages
...Salamis. Byron lit his torch at that hearth of freedom when he wrote his noble ' Isles of Greece : ' ' 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 Persian's grave, I could not deem myself... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1821 - 460 pages
...of birth alone is mute To sounds which echo further west Than your sires' ,, Islands of the Blest.'? The mountains look on Marathon — And Marathon looks...that Greece might still be free; 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... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - Don Juan (Legendary character) - 1821 - 232 pages
...place of birth alone is mute To sounds which echo further west Than your sires' "Islands of the Blest." The mountains look on Marathon — And Marathon looks...that Greece might still be free ; 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... | |
 | Scotland - 1821 - 800 pages
...of birth alone is mute To sounds which echo further west Than your sires' ' Islands of the Blest.' " The mountains look on Marathon — And Marathon looks on the sea ; And musing there an hour alone, I drearu'd that Greece might still be free ; For, standing on the Persians' grave, I could not deem myself... | |
 | England - 1821 - 778 pages
...is mute To sounds which echo further west Than your sires' ' Islands of the Blest.' " The mountain» look on .Marathon — And .Marathon looks on the sea; And musing there an hour alone, I dream 'd that Greece might still be free ; For, standing on the Persians' grave, I could not deem myself... | |
 | 1822 - 440 pages
...of birth alone is mute To sounds which echo further west Ï han your sires' " Islands of the Blest." The mountains look on Marathon— And Marathon looks on the sea; And musing there an hour alone, w I dream'd that Greece might still be free ; For standing on the Persians' grave, I could not deem... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1823 - 258 pages
...of birth alone is mute To sounds which echo further west Than your sires' " Islands of the Blest." The mountains look on Marathon — And Marathon looks...that Greece might still be free ; 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... | |
 | 1824 - 452 pages
...of hirth alone is mute To sounds which echo further west Than your sires' ' Islands of the Blest.' The mountains look on Marathon— And Marathon looks on the sea ; And musing there an hour alone, I dream 'd that Greece might still be free ; For standing on the Persian's grave, I could not deem myself... | |
 | Cabinet - Literature - 1824 - 440 pages
...of birth alone is mute To sounds which echo further west Than your sires' " Islands of the Blest." 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 Persian's grave, I could not deem myself... | |
 | 1824 - 312 pages
...alone is mute To sounds which echo further west Than your sires' ' Islands of the Blest.* The mountain* look on .Marathon— And Marathon looks on the sea; And musing there Sri hour along, I dream'd that Greece might, still be free ; For standing1 ofa tne Persian's grave,... | |
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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? 
