 | Greek tragic theatre - 1809 - 526 pages
...Fix'd to secure the passes. Night advanc'd, But not by secret flight did Greece attempt T' escape. The morn, all beauteous to behold, Drawn by white steeds bounds o'er th'-enlighteu'd earth ; At Orice from ev'ry Greek with glad acclaim Burst forth the song of war, whose... | |
 | Aeschylus - 1831 - 352 pages
...the following is a specimen. " Night advanced, But not by secret flight did Greece attempt T'escape ; the morn, all beauteous to behold, Drawn by white steeds, bounds o'er the enlightened earth ; At once from every Greek with glad acclaim Burst forth the song of war, whose lofty... | |
 | Aeschylus - 1831 - 332 pages
...that memorable day. Potter has translated it with spirit, and the following is a specimen. T'escape ; the morn, all beauteous to behold, Drawn by white steeds, bounds o'er the enlightened earth ; At once from every Greek with glad acclaim Burst forth the song of war, whose lofty... | |
 | Aeschylus - 1833 - 394 pages
...But not by secret flight did Greece attempt To escape. The morn, all beauteous to behold, .ESCH. * Drawn by white steeds bounds o'er the enlighten'd...acclaim Burst forth the song of war, whose lofty notes 406 The echo of the island rocks return'd, Spreading dismay through Persia's hosts thus fallen From... | |
 | Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - 1850 - 678 pages
...the leader of their fleet, when, in the words of a warrior-poet who fought that day— 'from every Greek with glad acclaim Burst forth the song of war, whose lofty notes The echo of the rocks of Salamis return'd, Spreading dismay through Persia's hosts.'" — pp. 106-108. This surely... | |
 | 1850 - 676 pages
...the leader of their fleet, when, in the words of a warrior-poet who fought that day — ' from every Greek with glad acclaim Burst forth the song of war, whose lofty notes The echo of the rocks of Salamis return'd, Spreading dismay through Persia's hosts.' " — pp. 106-108. This surely... | |
 | William Peter - 1847 - 562 pages
...Fix'd to secure the passes. Night advanced, But not by secret flight did Greece attempt To escape. The morn, all beauteous to behold, Drawn by white...echo of the island rocks return'd, Spreading dismay through Persia's hosts, thus fallen From their high hopes ; no flight this solemn strain Portended,... | |
 | William Ingraham Kip - 1850 - 306 pages
...the leader of their fleet, when, in the words of a warrior-poet who fought that day — " from every Greek with glad acclaim Burst forth the song of war, whose lofty notes The echo of the rocks of Salamis return'd, Spreading dismay through Persia's hosts."* Such was life at Athens, and... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1858 - 498 pages
...Fix'd to secure the passes. Night advanced, But not by secret flight did Greece attempt To escape. The morn, all beauteous to behold, Drawn by white steeds bounds o'er the enlightened earth; At once from every Greek with glad acclaim Burst forth the song of war, whose lofty... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1861 - 634 pages
...all beanteons to behold, Drawn by white steeds bonnds o'er the eniighten'd earth ; At once from every Greek, with glad acclaim, Burst forth the song of...echo of the island rocks return'd, Spreading dismay throngh Persia's host, thus fallen From their high hopes: no flight this solemu strain Portended, but... | |
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Each to the appointed station steers his course; And through the night his naval force each chief Fix'd to secure the passes. Night advanced, But not by secret flight did Greece attempt To escape. The morn, all beauteous to behold, Drawn by white steeds... 
