 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 — she is awake!) Awake, my spirit! Think through whom Thy life-blood tracks its parent lake. And then strike...  The book of birthdays - Page 110by Book - 1872 - 240 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1848 - 428 pages
...thoughts would shake my soul, nor note, Where glory decks the hero's bier, Or binds his brow. " • The sword, the banner, and the field, Glory and Greece...Spartan, borne upon his shield, Was not more free. I Awake, (not Greece — she w awake !) Awake, my spirit ! Think through whom Thy life-blood tracks... | |
 | Cassius Marcellus Clay - History - 1848 - 550 pages
...heads to the tender mercies of relentless tyrants, and yet dare look men in the face and call ourselves free ? " Awake, (not Greece, she is awake ! ) Awake...life-blood tracks its parent lake, And then strike home." Is this the language of a British subject ? Americans from what blood do you track your parent lake... | |
 | 1852 - 394 pages
...will be our own, Tho' clouds and darkness are round the throna. GREECE. " Awake — not Greece, she ii awake — Awake my spirit ! think through whom Thy...life-blood tracks its parent lake, And then strike home." Byron felt the inspiration, either of his pine-apple, or the patriotism of Leonidas, when he apostrophized... | |
 | Isaac William Stuart - Connecticut - 1853 - 350 pages
...consequence, a monkey, or a donkey. We trust, however, they may feel far otherwise. Reader, awake thy spirit ! " Think through whom Thy life-blood tracks its parent lake, And then strike home !" SC.EVA. [artfcri. ITS CIVIL HISTORY — FROM 1650 TO 1665. PERIOD SECOND. No. 19. " Instructed by... | |
 | Benjamin Perley Poore - 1854 - 244 pages
...CHAPTER XV. ' The sword, the banner, and the field, Glorj and Greece, around me see ,. The Spartan, born upon his shield, Was not more free ! , Awake ! (not...tracks its parent lake, And then strike home ! ' Tread thy reviving passions down, Unworthy manhood ! — unto thee Indifferent should the smile or frown... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1854 - 320 pages
...Such thoughts should shake my soul, nor now, Where glory decks the hero's bier, Or binds his brow. The sword, the banner, and the field, Glory and Greece,...Spartan, borne upon his shield, Was not more free. ON THIS DAY I COMPLETE MY THIRTY-SIXTH YEAR. 175 A.wake ! (not Greece — she is awake !) Awake, my... | |
 | John Murray (Firm) - Aegean Islands (Greece and Turkey) - 1854 - 492 pages
...Such thoughts should shake my soul, nor now, Where glory decks the hero's bier, Or binds his brow. The sword, the banner, and the field, Glory and Greece around me see I The Spartan borne upon his shield Was not more free. Awake (not Greece— she is awake !), Awake,... | |
 | John Frost - Elocution - 1855 - 462 pages
...'tis not here — it is not here — The gword, the banner, and the field, Glory and Greece around us see ; The Spartan borne upon his shield Was not more...is awake ! Awake, my spirit, — think through whom My life-blood tastes it parent lake — And then strike home ! I tread reviving passions down, Unworthy... | |
 | Richard Wright Procter - Poetry - 1855 - 490 pages
...nowWhere glory seals the hero's bier, The sword, the banner, and the field, Glory and Greece around us see, The Spartan borne upon his shield Was not more...is awake ! Awake my spirit ' — think through whom My life-blood tastes its parent lake — And then strike home. I tread reviving passions down, Unworthy... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1855 - 584 pages
...thoughts should shake my soul, юr now, Where glory decks the hero's bier, Or binds his brow. 6. " The sword, the banner, and the field, Glory and Greece,...Spartan, borne upon his shield, Was not more free. 7. " Awake ! (not Greece— she ii awake !) Awake, my spirit ! Think through »uom Thy life-blood tracks... | |
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