...another magnificent example of Byron's lyrical power in the ' Isles of Greece,' where the two lines, ' Ah, no ! the voices of the dead Sound like a distant torrent's fall,' drop suddenly into the elegiac strain, into a mournful echo that dwells upon the ear, followed by the...

...Greece a tear. Must we but weep o'er days more blest ? Must we but blush ? — Our fathers bled. Earth ! render back from out thy breast A remnant of our Spartan...torrent's fall, And answer, " Let one living head, But one arise, — we come, we come ! " "Tis but the living who are dumb. In vain — in vain : strike...

...a tear. " Must we but weep o'er days more blest ? Must we but blush ? — Our fathers bled. Earth ! render back from out thy breast A remnant of our Spartan...torrent's fall, And answer, " Let one living head, ConiiiiualttM oj i)un Juan, But one arise, — we come, we come !" 'Tis but the living who are dumb....

...A remnant of our Spartan dead ! Of the three hundred grant but three, To make a new Thermopybe ! « What, silent still ? and silent all ? Ah ! no ; —...dead Sound like a distant torrent's fall, And answer, " 1л1 ont living head, But one arise, — we come, we come !" 'Tu but the living who arc dumb. " In...

...Of the three hundred grant but three, " ia new Thermopylae! What, silent still? and silent all? Alt! no;— the voices of the dead Sound like a distant...torrent's fall , And answer, " Let one living head, But one arise, — we come, we come! " Tis but the living who are dumb. In vain — in vain: strike other...

...a tear. Must vie but weep o'er days more blest? Must ice but blush ? — Our fathers bled. Earth ! render back from out thy breast A remnant of our Spartan...torrent's fall, And answer, " Let one living head, But one arise,— we come, we come !" 'Tis but the living who are dumb. In vain — in vain : strike other...

...Greece a tear. Must we but weep o'er days more blest ? Must we but blush ? — Our fathers bled. Earth ! render back from out thy breast A remnant of our Spartan...torrent's fall, And answer, " Let one living head, But cue arise, — we come, we come !" 'Tis but the living who are dumb. In vain — in vain : strike other...

...breast A remnant of our Spartan dead ! Of the three hundred grant but three, To make a new Thermopylso ! What, silent still ? and silent all ? Ah ! no ; —...torrent's fall, And answer, " Let one living head, But one arise — we come, we come ! " 'Tis but the living who are dumb. In vain — in vain : strike other...

...Spartan dead ! Of the three hundred grant but three, What, silent still ? and silent all ? Ah ! no;—the voices of the dead Sound like a distant torrent's fall, And answer, " Let one living head, But one arise—we come, we come !" 'Tis but the living who are dumb. In vain—in vain: strike other chords;...

...tear. Must we but \vi i fi o'er days more blessed ? Must ice but blush ?— Our fathers bled. Earth ! render back from out thy breast A remnant of our Spartan...voices of the dead Sound like a distant torrent's fall, But one arise — we come, we come !' 'Tis but the living who are dumb. In vain — in vain : strike...