 | 1840 - 528 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 ; — all were his I He counted them at break of day — And when the sun set where were they? — BYRON. Into LATIN ALCAICS... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1841 - 380 Seiten
...And ships, hy thousands, lay helow, And men in nations ; — all were his ! He counted them at hreak of day — And when the sun set where were they ?...shore The 'heroic lay is tuneless now — The heroic hosom heats no more ! And must thy lyre, so Ipng divine, Degenerate into hands like mine 1 'Tis something,... | |
 | Cam river - 1841 - 318 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...day — And when the sun set — where were they? BYEON. THE RESTLESS OLD LADY. THERE was an old woman, and what do you think? She lived upon nothing... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 498 Seiten
...Second Persian Invasion. A king sat on the rocky brow That looks o'er sea-girt Salamis, And ships in thousands lay below, And men in nations — all were...break of day, And when the sun set — where were they ? BYRON. S. Sar'casms, s. bitter taunts, severe Jests. 7. Ten 'able, a. that may be held or kept. 8.... | |
 | 1841 - 578 Seiten
...remember having heard of his name ; and as for the fashionable publishers that besieged his doors, " He counted them at break of day ; And when the sun set, where were they 1" It could not be much more than a twelvemonth or so, from the day on which we^niet him cantering,... | |
 | Ebenezer Bailey - 1841 - 416 Seiten
...o'er sea-born Salamis, And ships, by thousands, lay below, And men in nations ; — all were his 1 He counted them at break of day — And when the sun set, where were they T And where are they ? and where art thou, My country ? On thy voiceless shore The heroic lay is tuneless... | |
 | 1842 - 504 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 ? 'Tis something, in the dearth of fame, Though link'd among a fetter'd... | |
 | 1842 - 144 Seiten
...mystic lacchus was held by the Greeks. " A king sate on a rocky hrow, Which looks o'er sea-born Salamis; And ships by thousands lay below, And men in nations ; — all were his t He counted them at break of day, But when the sun set, where were they Î" Themistocles, taking advantage... | |
 | Moses Aaron Richardson - 1844 - 436 Seiten
...been " married to immortal verse." " A king sate on the rocky Lrow 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 — 9 And when the sun set where were they ? " BYRON. tower, of which description of border strengths... | |
 | 1844 - 858 Seiten
...verse." " A king sale on the rocky Lnw Which look-s oYr sea-born Salamii; An,l shipn, by thousandtt, lay below. And men in nations : — all were his ' He counted them at break of day— And when the nun *wt where were they ? '' liVRON. tower, of which description of border strengths many were much... | |
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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? 
