...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...

...three hundred, grant but three, To make a new Thennopylte. 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 once arise — we come, we come ! 'Tis but the living who are dumb." You will doubtless recollect that...

...three hundred grant but three, To make a new Thermopylae ! " 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, ConiiiiualttM oj i)un Juan, But one arise, — we come, we come !" 'Tis but the living who are dumb....

...three hundred grant but three, To make a new Thermopybe ! « What, silent still ? and silent all ? Ah ! no ; — the voices of the 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...

...make anew Thermopylae! What, silent still! andsilent all ' Ah ' no ;— the voices of the dead. Souud like a distant torrent's fall, And answer, " Let one living head, But оле arise— we come, wecome!" 'Tis but the living who are dumb. In vain — in vain: strike other...

...three hundred grant but three, To make a new Thermopylso ! What, silent still ? and silent all ? Ah ! no ; — the voices of the dead Sound like a distant...other chords ; Fill high the cup with Samian wine f Leave battles to the Turkish hordes, And shed the blood of Scio's vine ! Hark ! rising to the ignoble...

...three hundred grant but three, To make a new Thermopylae ! 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 cue 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;...

...hundred grant but three, To make a new Thermopylae! 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!» 'T is but the living who are dumb. In vain—in vain: strike other chords;...

...hundred grant but three, To make a new Thermopylae ! What, silent still ? and silent all '• Ah ! no ; — the 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...