 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,...  Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Page 941821Full view - About this book
 | John Murray (Firm) - Aegean Islands (Greece and Turkey) - 1854 - 492 pages
...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...thousands, lay below, And men in nations; — all were hisl He counted them at break of day— And when the sun set, where were they? And where are they ?... | |
 | Conrad Hume Pinches - Elocution - 1854 - 460 pages
...mountains look on Marathon—- And Marathon looks on the sea ; Musing there an hour alone, I dream'd that Greece might still be free ; For standing on...Persians' 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... | |
 | American poetry - 1854 - 456 pages
...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...Persians' 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... | |
 | George Croly - English poetry - 1854 - 426 pages
...Marathon — And Marathon looks on the sea; And musing there an hour alone, I dreamt that Greece di'.g.it still be free ; For, standing on the Persians' grave, I could not deem myself a slave, A king sate on tne roctty brow, Which looks o'er sea-born Salamia ; And ships by thousands lay below, And men in nations... | |
 | Rev. H. Musgrave Wilkins, M.A., - 1854 - 262 pages
...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...Persians' grave, I could not deem myself a slave. IV. A King sat on the rocky brow Which looks o'er sea-born Salamis ; And ships, by thousands, lay below,... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1854 - 320 pages
...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...Persians' grave, I could not deem myself a slave. * Homer. t Anacreon. t Tho mm puixxfm of the Greek poets were supposed to have been the Cape de Verd... | |
 | Randal William McGavock - Europe - 1854 - 418 pages
...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." The same party visited Mount Pentelicus the next day. It is situated ten miles from Athens, and is... | |
 | William Smith - Greece - 1854 - 748 pages
...side stood scribes, prepared to record the names both of the daring and the backward. " A king «Me on the rocky brow Which looks o'er sea-born Salamis...ships, by thousands, lay below, And men in nations ; — .ill were his ! He counted them at break of day — And when the sun set where were they ?" The... | |
 | Randal William McGavock - Europe - 1854 - 412 pages
...look on Marathon— And Marathon looks on the sea; And musing there an hour,alone, ' I dreamed th^it Greece might still be free, For standing on the Persians' grave, I could not deem myself a slave." The same party visited Mount Pentelicus the next day. , It is situated ten miles from Athens, and is... | |
 | Elocution - 1854 - 576 pages
...might still be free; For, standing on the Persian's 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 and Nations — all were his ! He counted them at break of day, — And where are they ? and where... | |
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