 | 1857 - 336 pages
...associating harmonizing energy of the poetic faculty blends all the elements in perfect union : — "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... | |
 | Charles William Smith (professor of elocution.) - 1857 - 338 pages
...place of birth alone is mute To sounds which echo farther 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 Persians' grave, I could not deem myself... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Readers - 1857 - 456 pages
...birth alone is mute To sounds that echo further west, Than your sire's " Islands of the Blest." 3. The mountains look on + Marathon, And Marathon looks on the sea: And musing there an hour alone, 4. A king sat on the rocky brow Which looks o'er sea-born + Salamis ; And ships by thousands lay below,... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Elocution - 1857 - 444 pages
...To sounds which echo further west Than your sires' " Islands of the blessed." The mountains look ou Marathon, And Marathon looks on the sea : And musing there an hour, alone, I dreamed — that Greece might still bo free ! For, standing on the Persian's grave, I could not deem... | |
 | Edward Young - Pre-Raphaelitism - 1857 - 370 pages
...of discords, the greater the beauty of the single concord. Let me take a noble instance from Byron : "The mountains look on Marathon, And Marathon looks on the sea ; And, gazing there an hour alone, I dreamt that Greece might yet be free." What images ! solid mountains,... | |
 | Lucius Osgood - Elocution - 1858 - 494 pages
...birth alone is mute To sounds which echo farther west Than your sires' "Islands of the Bless'd." 3. The mountains look on Marathon', And Marathon looks...Greece might still be free : For, standing on the Persian's grave, I could not deem myself a slave. 4. A king sat on the rocky brow Which looks o'er... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Recitations - 1858 - 450 pages
...of birth alone is mute To sounds which echo further west Than your sires' " Islands of the blessed." 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... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1858 - 566 pages
...Delos rose, and Phoebus sprung ! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all, except their sun, is set. 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.) - 1859 - 614 pages
...of birth alone is mute To sounds which echo further west Than your sires' " Islands of the Blest."f The mountains look on Marathon — And Marathon looks...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 Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1859 - 586 pages
...of birth alone is mute To sounds which echo further went 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... | |
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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? 
