 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1824 - 234 pages
...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 o'er sea-born 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 ?... | |
 | John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) - English poetry - 1828 - 600 pages
...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 a slave. A king sat...Salamis ; And ships, 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... | |
 | George Gordon Noël Byron - 1832 - 456 pages
...might still be free; For standing on the Persian's grave, I conld not deem myself a slave. A king sa'e on the rocky brow Which looks o'er sea-born Salamis; And ships by thonsands lay below. And men in nations; — all were his! He connted them at break of day — And... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - Poets, English - 1835 - 376 pages
...still be free; For standing on the Persians' grave, I could not deem myself a slave. 4. 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 them at break of day— And when the sun set where were they ?... | |
 | John William Donaldson - Greek drama - 1838 - 140 pages
...more quotation, and I shall dismiss the subject of retrenchment: A king sat on the rocky brow, That looks o'er sea-born 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 ?... | |
 | John Frost - Elocution - 1845 - 458 pages
...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 a slave. A king sat...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... | |
 | William Peter - English poetry - 1847 - 568 pages
...flood of sacred Strymon : Such as own'd No god till now, awe-struck, with manya prayer * A king »ate on the rocky brow Which looks o'er sea-born Salamis...thousands, lay below. And men in nations ; — all were bis ! He counted them at brenk of day — And when the sun let, where were they 1 74 75 Adored the... | |
 | 1847 - 530 pages
...ancient armies. " Counting (said thu doctor) is a modern invention." " A king sate on the rocky brow That looks o'er sea-born Salamis; And ships by thousands lay below, And men in nations—all were his. And, when the sun set, where were they?" He counted them by break of day; We... | |
 | William Sidney Gibson - 1850 - 266 pages
...spreading fleet of transports intended for their conveyance, was shattered by a violent 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,... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Elocution - 1852 - 570 pages
...musing there an hour alone, I dreamed that Greeee might still be free; For, standing on the Persian's grave, I could not deem myself a slave. A King sat...Salamis ; And ships, by thousands, lay below, And men and Nations — all were his ! He counted them at break of day, — And where are they ? and where... | |
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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 sat on the rocky brow Which looks... 
