 | Fitz-Greene Halleck - 1836 - 114 pages
...thousands stood, There had the glad earth drunk their blood On old Platsea's day ; And now there breathed that haunted air The sons of sires who conquered there,...to dare, As quick, as far as they. An hour passed on—the Turk awoke ; That bright dream was his last; He woke—to hear his sentries shriek, "To arms... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1836 - 404 pages
...thousands stood, There had the glad earth drunk their blood On old Piatsea's day : And now there breathed that haunted air The sons of sires who conquered there,...to dare, As quick, as far as they. An hour passed on—the Turk awoke : Bozzaris cheer his band; " Strike—till the last armed foe expires, Strike—for... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - 1836 - 504 pages
...king ; As wild his thoughts, and gay of wing, As Eden's garden bird. He woke — to hear his sentry's shriek, "To arms! they come! the Greek! the Greek!"...smoke, And shout, and groan, and sabre stroke, And death-shots falling thick and fast As lightnings ifrom the mountain cloud ; And heard, with voice as... | |
 | Samuel Putnam - 1836 - 234 pages
...hour passed on — the Turk awoke ; That bright dream was his last ; He woke — to hear his sentry's shriek, " To arms ! they come ! the Greek ! the Greek...smoke, And shout, and groan, and sabre stroke, And death shots falling thick and fast As lightnings from the mountain cloud ; And heard, with voice as... | |
 | 1838 - 320 pages
...hour pass'd on — the Turk awoke ; That bright dream was his last ; He woke — to hear his sentry's shriek, " To arms! they come : the Greek ! the Greek...'midst flame and smoke, And shout, and groan, and sabre-stroke, And death-shots falling thick and fast As lightnings from the mountain cloud . And heard,... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1839 - 316 pages
...hour passed on — the Turk awoke; That bright dream was his last; He woke — to hear his sentry's shriek, ' (°) " To arms! they come! the Greek! the...smoke, And shout, and groan and sabre stroke, And death shots falling thick and fast As lightnings from the mountain cloud; And heard, with voice as... | |
 | John Keese - 1840 - 304 pages
...the glad earth drunk their blood 140 MARCO BOZZARIS. On old Plataea's day ; And now there breathed that haunted air The sons of sires who conquered there,...smoke, And shout, and groan, and sabre stroke, And death-shots falling thick and fast As lightnings from the mountain-cloud ; And heard, with voice as... | |
 | John Keese - 1840 - 302 pages
...Suliote band, True as the steel of their tried blades, On old Plataea's day ; And now there breathed that haunted air The sons of sires who conquered there,...smoke, And shout, and groan, and sabre stroke, And death-shots falling thick and fast As lightnings from the mountain-cloud ; And heard, with voice as... | |
 | 1840 - 452 pages
...thousands stood, There had the glad earth drunk their blood On old Plataea's day; And now there breathed that haunted air The sons of sires who conquered there,...die 'midst flame and smoke, And shout and groan and sabre-stroke, And death-shots falling thick and fast As lightnings from the mountain cloud ; And heard,... | |
 | Ebenezer Bailey - 1840 - 424 pages
...thousands stood, There had the glad earth drunk their blood On old Platsa's day ; And now there breathed that haunted air The sons of sires, who conquered...last ; He woke — to hear his sentries shriek, " To arras ! they come ! the Greek ! the Greek !" He woke — to die midst flame and smoke, And shout, and... | |
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An hour passed on — the Turk awoke; That bright dream was his last; He woke — to hear his sentries shriek, "To arms! they come! the Greek! the Greek! 
