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 dead ! Of the three hundred grant but three, To make a new Thermopylae... The Select Poetical Works - Seite 319von George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1848 - 406 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Great Britain. Parliament - 1838 - 1380 Seiten
...was delivering this strong appeal, that the quotation might not unnaturally have occurred to him, " Of the three hundred grant but three To make a new Thermopylae." He did not see, that there was anything unmanly in not struggling for a principle which was at present... | |
| Ebenezer Bailey - 1840 - 426 Seiten
...here 1 For Greeks, a blush — for Greece, a tear. Must we but weep o'er days more blessed? Must we but blush ? — Our fathers bled. Earth, render back,...new Thermopylae. What, silent still ? and silent all t Ah ! no ; — the voices of the dead Sound like a distant torrent's fall, And answer, " Let one living... | |
| Ebenezer Bailey - 1841 - 416 Seiten
...here 1 For Greeks, a blush — for Greece, a tear. Must we but weep o'er days more blessed ? Must we but blush ? — Our fathers bled. Earth, render back,...three, To make a new Thermopylae. What, silent still 1 and silent all ? Ah ! no ; — the voices of the dead Sound like a distant torrent's fall, And answer,... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1841 - 380 Seiten
...three hundred grant hut three, To make a new Thermopyla ! What, silent still? and silent all? Ah 1 no ; — the voices of the dead Sound like a distant...living head, But one arise— we come, we come !" 'Tis hut the living who are dumh. In vain — in vain : strike other chords ; Fill high the cup with Samian... | |
| 1842 - 504 Seiten
...here? For Greeks a hlush — for Greece a tear. Must roe but weep o'er days more bless'd ? Must me but blush? — Our fathers bled. Earth ! render back...Of the three hundred grant but three, To make a new Thermopyla ! What, silent still? and silent alV? Ah! no; — the voices of the dead Sound like a distant... | |
| John Murray, John Murray (Firm) - 1845 - 510 Seiten
...poet here ? For Greeks a blush — for Greece a tear. Must we but weep o'er days more blest? Must we but blush ?— Our fathers bled. Earth ! render back...hundred grant but three, To make a new Thermopylae ! I "What, silent still? and silent all. Ah ! no ; — the voices of the dead Sound like a distant... | |
| General reciter - 1845 - 348 Seiten
...Greece — a tear ! Must we but weep o'er days more bless'd ? Must we but blush ?— Our fathers bind. Earth ! render back from out thy breast A remnant of our Spartan dead ? Of the tbree hundred grant but tbree, To make a new Thermopylae ! What ! silent still,— and silent all !... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1846 - 540 Seiten
...here ? For Greeks a blush — for Greece a tear. Must we but weep o'er days more bless'd ? Must we but blush ? — Our fathers bled. Earth ! render back...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 ; Fill high the cup... | |
| 1846 - 436 Seiten
...poet here ? For Greeks a blush, — for Greece a tear. Must we but weep o'er days more blest ? Must we but blush ? — Our fathers bled. Earth ! render back...Spartan dead ! ^/ Of the three hundred grant but three, f To make a new Thermopylae. What, silent still ? and silent all ? Ah ! no ; — the voices of the... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - 1847 - 366 Seiten
...here ? For Greeks a blush — for Greece a tear. 7. Must we but weep o'er days more blest ? Must we but blush ? — Our fathers bled. Earth ! render back...hundred grant but three, To make a new Thermopylae ! 8. What, silent still ? and silent all ? Ah ! no ; — the voices of the dead Sound like a distant... | |
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