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" Persians' grave, I could not deem myself a slave. 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! He counted them at break of day And when the sun set where were... "
Poems - Page 499
by George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1859
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 196

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...
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The works of ... lord Byron, Volumes 9-10

George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1821 - 460 pages
...of birth alone is mute To sounds which echo further west Than your sires' ,, Islands of the Blest.'? The mountains look on Marathon — And Marathon looks...that Greece might still be free; For standing on the Persian's grave, I could not deem myself a slave.' A king sate on the rocky brow Which looks o'er sea-born...
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Don Juan: Cantos III, IV, and V.

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 232 pages
...place of birth alone is mute To sounds which echo further west Than your sires' "Islands of the Blest." The mountains look on Marathon — And Marathon looks...that Greece might still be free ; For standing on the Persian's grave, I could not deem myself a slave. A king sate on the rocky brow Which looks o'er sea-born...
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 10

1821 - 778 pages
...mountain» look on .Marathon — And .Marathon looks on the sea; And musing there an hour alone, I dream 'd that Greece might still be free ; For, standing on...Persians' grave, I could not deem myself a slave. " A king sate on the rocky brow Which looks o'er sea-born Salamis ; And ships, by thousands, lay below, And...
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 10

1821 - 800 pages
...of birth alone is mute To sounds which echo further west Than your sires' ' Islands of the Blest.' " The mountains look on Marathon — And Marathon 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...
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The Babbler; or, Weekly literary and scientific intelligencer, Volume 1

1822 - 440 pages
...The mountains look on Marathon— And Marathon looks on the sea; And musing there an hour alone, w I dream'd that Greece might still be free ; For standing...Persians' grave, I could not deem myself a slave. A kin» sate on the rocky brow Which I ooks o'er sea-born Salamis ; And ships, by thousands, lay below,...
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Don Juan. Cantos i. to v. [by lord Byron].

George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1823 - 258 pages
...of birth alone is mute To sounds which echo further west Than your sires' " Islands of the Blest." The mountains look on Marathon — And Marathon looks...that Greece might still be free ; For standing on the Persian's grave, I could not deem myself a slave. A king sate on the rocky brow Which looks o'er sea-born...
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The Beauties of Byron,: Consisting of Selections from His Works

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1824 - 234 pages
...fame your shores refuse; To sounds which echo further west Than your sires' " Islands of the Blest." The mountains look on Marathon— And Marathon looks...Persians' grave, I could not deem myself a slave. A king sate on the rocky brow Which looks o'er sea-born Salamis; And ships, by thousands, lay below, And men...
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The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Volume 3

1824 - 452 pages
...of hirth alone is mute To sounds which echo further west Than your sires' ' Islands of the Blest.' The mountains look on Marathon— And Marathon looks on the sea ; And musing there an hour alone, I dream 'd that Greece might still be free ; For standing on the Persian's grave, I could not deem myself...
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The cabinet; or The selected beauties of literature [ed. by J ..., Volume 1

Cabinet - 1824 - 440 pages
...of birth alone is mute To sounds which echo further west Than your sires' " Islands of the Blest." 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...
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