 | 1902 - 642 pages
...Salamis. Byron lit his torch at that hearth of freedom when he wrote his noble ' Isles of Greece : ' ' The mountains look on Marathon — And Marathon looks on the sea ; And musing there an hour alone, I dreamed that Greece might still be free ; For, standing on the Persian's grave, I could not deem myself... | |
 | 1821 - 800 pages
...and Phrebus sprung ! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all, except their sun, is set. " The Scian and the Teian muse, The hero's harp, the lover's lute,...looks on the sea ; And musing there an hour alone, I drearu'd that Greece might still be free ; For, standing on the Persians' grave, I could not deem myself... | |
 | 1821 - 778 pages
...rose, and Phœbus sprung ! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all, except their sun, is set " The Scian and the Teian muse, The hero's harp, the lover's lute,...west Than your sires' ' Islands of the Blest.' " The mountain» look on .Marathon — And .Marathon looks on the sea; And musing there an hour alone, I... | |
 | 1822 - 440 pages
...rose, and Phœbus sprung ! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all, except their sun, is set. The Scian and the Teian muse, The hero's harp, the lover's lute....birth alone is mute To sounds which echo further west Ï han your sires' " Islands of the Blest." The mountains look on Marathon— And Marathon looks on... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Alfred Howard - 1824 - 226 pages
...rose, and Phoebus sprung ! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all, except their sun, is set. The Scian and the Teian muse, The hero's harp, the lover's lute,...that Greece might still be free ; For standing on the Persians' grave, I could not deem myself a slave. A king sate on the rocky brow Which looks o'er sea-born... | |
 | Cabinet - 1824 - 440 pages
...rose, and Phoebus sprung ! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all, except their sun, is set. The Scian and the Teian muse, The hero's harp, the lover's lute,...looks on the sea ; And musing there an hour alone, I dreamed that Greece might still be free ; For standing on the Persian's grave, I could not deem myself... | |
 | 1824 - 312 pages
...sun, Is set. The Scian and the Teiah muse, The hero's harp, the lofrer's lute, Hive found the feme your shores refuse; Their place of birth alone is...west Than your sires' ' Islands of the Blest.* The mountain* look on .Marathon— And Marathon looks on the sea; And musing there Sri hour along, I dream'd... | |
 | 1824 - 452 pages
...and Phoebus sprung ! Eternal summer gilds them yet, • But all, except their sun, is set. The Scian and the Teian muse, The hero's harp, the lover's lute,...found the fame your shores refuse ; Their place of hirth alone is mute To sounds which echo further west Than your sires' ' Islands of the Blest.' The... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1824 - 234 pages
...rose, and Phoebus sprung ! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all, except their sun, is set. The Scian and the Teian muse, The hero's harp, the lover's lute, Have found the fame your shores refuse; To sounds which echo further west Than your sires' " Islands of the Blest." The mountains look on Marathon—... | |
 | 1824 - 56 pages
...rose, and Phoebus sprung ! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all, except their sun, Is set. The Scian and the Teian muse, The hero's harp, the lover's lute, Have found the tame your shores refuse ; Their place of birth alone is mute To sounds which echo further west Than... | |
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The isles of Greece, the isles of Greece! Where burning Sappho loved and sung, Where grew the arts of war and peace, Where Delos rose, and Phoebus sprung! 
