...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 now — The heroic bosom beats no more ! And must thy lyre, so long divine, Degenerate into hands like mine ? 'Tis something, in the dearth...

...liberty and her bravery departed; and where now is the lovely isle ? Let the muse of Byron answer : -" On thy voiceless shore The heroic lay is tuneless now, The heroic bosom beats no more." She has passed away; " Fuit Ilium" is engraven indelibly on her time-honored barracks of rock. In lika...

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...the sun set where were they? 3 630 THE ISLES OF GREECE 5 25 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, 30 Degenerate into hands like mine? 'Tis something, in the dearth...

...drama of his own mind. Consider the ballad's f1fth stanza. 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? An act of poetic ventriloquism...