 | Rev. H. Musgrave Wilkins, M.A., - 1854 - 262 Seiten
...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— And when the Sun set, where were they ? I, BYRON. Ye, O isles of the Ionian main, Where Sappho's violent love moved strains, Where (was)... | |
 | John Murray (Firm) - 1854 - 492 Seiten
...looks o'er sea-born Salamis ; And ships, by thousands, lay below, And men in nations; — all were hisl He counted them at break of day— And when the sun set, where were they? And where are they ? and where art thou, My country? On thy voiceless shore The heroic lay is tuneless... | |
 | George Croly - 1854 - 426 Seiten
...looks o'er sea-born Salamia ; And ships by thousands lay below, And men in nations ; all were his ! He counted them at break of day — And when the sun set, where were they ? BYRON. And where are they ? and where art thou, My country ? On thy voiceless shore The heroic lay... | |
 | William Smith - 1854 - 676 Seiten
...looks o'er sea-born Salnmis ; And ships, by thousands, lay below, And men in nations ;—all were his ! He counted them at break of day— And when the sun set where were they ?" The Grecian commanders lost no time in preparing to meet their multitudinous opponents. The Athenians... | |
 | William Smith - 1854 - 748 Seiten
...o'er sea-born Salamis ; And ships, by thousands, lay below, And men in nations ; — .ill were his ! He counted them at break of day — And when the sun set where were they ?" The Grecian commanders lost no time in preparing to meet their multitudinous opponents. The Athenians... | |
 | Conrad Hume Pinches - 1854 - 460 Seiten
...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 — And when the sun set, where were they ? And where are they ? And where art thou, My country ? On thy voiceless shore The heroic lay is tuneless... | |
 | David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - 1855 - 442 Seiten
...nations ; — all were his ! He counted them at break of day — And when the sun set, where were they ? And where are they ? and where art thou. My country...thy voiceless shore The heroic lay is tuneless now — Tis some hing in the dearth of fame. Though linked among a fettered race, To feel at least a patriot's... | |
 | Anna Cabot Lowell - 1855 - 452 Seiten
...nations ; — all were his ! He counted them at^break of day, — And when the sun set, where were they ? And where are they ? and where art thou, My country ? On thy voiceless shore THE ISLES OF GREECE. Aud must thy lyre, so long divine, Degenerate into hands like mine ? 'T is something,... | |
 | Henry Reed - 1855 - 404 Seiten
...looks o'er seaborn Salamis ; And ships, by thousands, lay below, And men in nations ; all were his ! He counted them at break of day; And when the sun set, where were they?" Such passages illustrate the best moods of Byron's genius, and it would be agreeable to unweave more... | |
 | Henry Reed - 1855 - 416 Seiten
...looks o'er seaborn Salamis; And ships, by thousands, lay below, And men in nations ; all were his ! He counted them at break of day ; And when the sun set, where were they ?" Such passages illustrate the best moods of Byron's genius, and it would be agreeable to unweave... | |
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Persians' grave, 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! He counted them at break of day, And when the sun set, where were... 
