 | Dawson William Turner - 1848 - 488 pages
...ode, " The Isles of Greece" — " A king sate on the rocky brow Which looks o'er sea-born Salamis ; And ships by thousands lay below, And men in nations...break of day — And when the sun set where were they ?" /. »taï тгроо-eßaXtro .... тгпОечч. After the words фьЛос co>v, must be understood... | |
 | David Bates Tower - 1853 - 444 pages
...grave, I could not deem myself a slave. A king sat on the rocky brow Which looks o'er sea-born Salamis ; And ships by thousands lay below, And men in nations...break of day — And when the sun set, where were they 7 And where are they ? and where art thou, My country ? On thy voiceless shore The heroic lay is tuneless... | |
 | George Croly - English poetry - 1849 - 416 pages
...I could not deem myself a slave, A king sate on tne rocKy brow, Which looks o'er sea-born Salamis; And ships by thousands lay below, And men in nations;...break of day — And when the sun set, where were they 1 And where are they ? and where art thou, My country ? On thy voiceless shore The heroic lay is tuneless... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1849 - 390 pages
...could not deem myself a slave. 4. 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 I He counted them at break of day — And when the sun set where were they ? ' 5. And where are they... | |
 | 1850 - 298 pages
...could overlook every part of it. " A monarch sat on the rocky brow That looks o'er sea-born Salamis ; And ships by thousands lay below, And men in nations...break of day ; And, when the sun set, where were they !" Where, indeed ? They were scattered, sunk, burnt, or taken by the brave little fleet they had despised... | |
 | Edward Farr - Iran - 1850 - 346 pages
...mystic lacchus was held by the Greeks. " A kine sate on a rocky brow, Which looks o'er sea-bom Salamis ; And ships by thousands lay below, And men in nations...— all were his ! He counted them at break of day, But when the sun set, where were they V Themistocles, taking advantage of the alarm of Xerxes caused... | |
 | William Sidney Gibson - 1850 - 266 pages
...storm : — " A King sat on the rocky brow Which looks o'er sea-born Salamis ; And ships, by hundreds, lay below, And men in nations ; — all were his ! He counted them at break of day, — But, when the sun set, where were they?" And so, again disappointed, the unhappy exile returned... | |
 | George Croly - English poetry - 1850 - 442 pages
...a slave, A king sate on tne rocny brow, Which looks o'er sea-born Salamis ; And ships by thousand!* lay below, And men in nations ; all were his ! He counted them at break of day — BVRON . And where are they ? and where art tliou, My country ? On thy voiceless shore The heroic... | |
 | English language - 1851 - 278 pages
...I could not deem myself a slave. A King sat on the rocky brow, Which looks o'er sea-born Salamis ; And ships by thousands lay below, And men in nations...And when the sun set, where were they ? And where were they ? and where art thou, My country ? On thy voiceless shore The heroic lay is tuneless now... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1851 - 362 pages
...grave, I could not deem myself a slave. A king sat on the rocky brow Which looks o'er sea-born Salamis ; And ships, by thousands, lay below, And men in nations...day — • And when the sun set — where were they ? SONG OF THE GREEK BARD. 59 And where are they? and where art thou, My country ? — On thy voiceless... | |
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And where are they? and where art thou, My country? On thy voiceless shore The heroic lay is tuneless now, The heroic bosom beats no more ! And must thy lyre, so long divine, Degenerate into hands like mine? 
