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
| 1855 - 458 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...living head, But one, arise, — we come, we come 1 ' 'T is but the living who are dumb. In vain, — in vain ; strike other chords; Fill high the cup... | |
| Anna Cabot Lowell - 1855 - 452 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...Thermopylae. What, silent still ? and silent all ? Ah ! no j — the voices of the dead Sound like a distant torrent's fall, And answer, " Let one living head,... | |
| Charlotte Phillips - 1855 - 188 Seiten
...days more blest ? Must we but blush ? Our father's bled ! Earth ! render back from out thy breast, What, silent still! and silent all ? Ah! no, the voices...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... | |
| P. A. Fitzgerald - 1855 - 296 Seiten
...here f For Greeks a blush, — for Greece a ten. Must we but weep o'er days more blessed f Must we but blush ? — Our fathers bled; Earth ! render back...from out thy breast A remnant of our Spartan dead I Of the three hundred grant but three To make a new Thermopylae ! Sound like a di&taut torrent's fall,... | |
| 1855 - 592 Seiten
...Davenant, of Toplady and of Wilberforce, from being crushed by the stealthy involutions of Puseyism. " Of the three hundred grant but three, to make a new Thermopylae." But a brave heart, wedded to a competent hand, and a sound head, is not found to save her. If prophecy... | |
| 1856 - 286 Seiten
...here ? 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...Thermopylae ! What ! silent still ? and silent all 1 Ah ! no ; the voices of the dead Sound like a distant torrent's fall, And answer, " Let one living... | |
| 1867 - 288 Seiten
...here ? For Greeks a blush, — for Greece a tear. Must we but weep o'er days more blessed f Must we but blush ? — Our fathers bled; Earth ! render back...hundred grant but three To make a new Thermopylae ! Sound like a distant torrent's fall, And answer, " Let one living head, But one arise — we come,... | |
| 1856 - 282 Seiten
...here ? 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...hundred grant but three To make a new Thermopylae ! Sound like a distant torrent's fall, And answer, " Let one living head, But one arise — we come,... | |
| Edward Hughes - 1856 - 474 Seiten
...Three Hundred grant hut three, To make a new Thermopylae 1 What, silent still ! and silent all I Ah I no — the voices of the dead Sound like a distant...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... | |
| Epes Sargent - 1857 - 444 Seiten
...— 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...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... | |
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