 Trust not for freedom to the Franks — They have a king who buys and sells: In native swords, and native ranks, The only hope of courage dwells ; But Turkish force and Latin fraud Would break your shield, however broad.  The Select Poetical Works - Seite 320von George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1848 - 406 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Rodrigo Lazo - 2006 - 264 Seiten
...published in both English and Spanish the following lines from Lord Byron's poem "The Isles of Greece": Trust not for freedom to the Franks — They have...In native swords and native ranks The only hope of freedom dwells. The insinuation would have been clear to readers: "Franks" could be read as a reference... | |
 | Jacqueline Dickenson - 2006 - 281 Seiten
...overtures without giving the direction of our affairs to 'our superiors?' I answer no! never, never! Trust not for freedom to the Franks, They have a king who buys and sells; In native minds and native ranks The only hope for freedom dwells.15 At a gathering in Gateshead in 1842, the... | |
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