 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1851 - 396 Seiten
...SECOND PERSIAN INVASION. A king eat on the rocky brow That looks o'er sea-girt Salamts, And ships in thousands lay below, And men in nations— all were...break of day, And when the sun set — where were they ? — 1. IN the mean time Xerx'es advanced with his immense! army, the very sight of which, he thought,... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1852 - 570 Seiten
...o'er sea-born Salamis ; And ships, by thousands, lay below, And men and Nations — all were his ! Ho counted them at break of day, — And when the sun...beats no more ! And must thy lyre, so long divine, Degenerate into hands like mine ? You have the Pyrrhic dance as yet ; Where is the Pyrrhic phalanx... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1852 - 568 Seiten
...by thousands, lay below, And men and Nations — all were his ! He counted them at break of day, — And where are they ? and where art thou, My country...beats no more ! And must thy lyre, so long divine, Degenerate into hands like mine ? You have the Pyrrhic dance as yet ; Where is the Pyrrhic phalanx... | |
 | Modern geography - 1852 - 176 Seiten
...king sat on the rocky brow That looks o'er sea-born Salamis, Whilst ships by thousands lay below, Anil men in nations: all were HIS. He counted them at break...of day; And when the sun set — where were they?" GROTTO OF ANTIPAROS. — In the Grecian Archipelago you will find the small island of Paros, in former... | |
 | Henry William Herbert - 1852 - 398 Seiten
...on the rocky brow, That looks o'er sea-born Salamis ; And ships by thousands lay below, And men by nations — all were his. He counted them at break of day, And when the sun set, where were they ?— THE ISLES OF GREECE. IT cannot, one would imagine, have failed to strike every thoughtful reader... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1852 - 570 Seiten
...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 art thou, My country ? On thy voiceless shore The heroic lay is tuneless... | |
 | Beautiful poetry - 1853 - 740 Seiten
...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...beats no more ! And must thy lyre, so long divine, Degenerate into hands like mine 1 'Tis something, in the dearth of fame, Though link'd among a fetter'd... | |
 | Charles Rann Kennedy - 1853 - 168 Seiten
...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...beats no more And must thy lyre, so long -divine, Degenerate into hands like mine ? rаг Se кrj\rjвp,o1s o BeKyeff vfivarrJp, ксй apeiov ôpfiàv... | |
 | T. R.. Barnes - 1964 - 340 Seiten
...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;...where were they? And where are they? and where art them, My country? On thy voiceless shore The heroic lay is tuneless now — The heroic bosom beats... | |
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And where are they? and where art thou, My country? On thy voiceless shore The heroic lay is tuneless now, The heroic bosom beats no more ! And must thy lyre, so long divine, Degenerate into hands like mine? 
