 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?  Recitations at Whitnash rectory - Side 18af Whitnash rectory - 1866 - 15 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1849 - 390 sider
...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 ? and where art thou, My country ? On thy voiceless shore The heroic lay... | |
 | 1850 - 298 sider
...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 ; all were...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 - 1850 - 346 sider
...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... | |
 | George Croly - 1850 - 442 sider
...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... | |
 | William Sidney Gibson - 1850 - 266 sider
...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... | |
 | 1851 - 278 sider
...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 — all were...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 sider
...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 — all were...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... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1851 - 396 sider
...SECOND PERSIAN INVASION. A king eat on the rocky brow That looks o'er sea-girt Salamts, And ships in thousands lay below, And men in nations— all were...break of day, And when the sun set — where were they ? — 1. IN the mean time Xerx'es advanced with his immense! army, the very sight of which, he thought,... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1852 - 570 sider
...o'er sea-born Salamis ; And ships, by thousands, lay below, And men and Nations — all were his ! Ho counted them at break of day, — And when the sun...is tuneless now — The heroic bosom beats no more ! And must thy lyre, so long divine, Degenerate into hands like mine ? You have the Pyrrhic dance as... | |
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