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Page 263 - 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 Persians' grave, I could not deem myself a slave.
Page 203 - Darius was at his wits' end ; hereon the Scythian princes, understanding how matters stood, despatched a herald to the Persian camp with presents for the king : these were, a bird, a mouse, a frog, and five arrows. The Persians asked the bearer to tell them what these gifts might mean, but he made answer that he had no orders except to deliver them, and return again with all speed.
Page 245 - ... of the man to whom the mother had " intrusted it. He was seized with an emotion " of pity, and found himself unable to destroy it ; " with these feelings, he gave the child to the per...