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" 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 Persians' grave, I could not deem myself a slave. "
Nugae Criticae: Occasional Papers Written at the Seaside - Page 246
by Sir John Skelton - 1862 - 492 pages
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North American First Class Reader: The Sixth Book of Tower's Series for ...

David Bates Tower - 1853 - 444 pages
...of birth alone is mute To sounds which echo farther 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...
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Beauties of the British Poets ...

George Croly - 1850 - 442 pages
...place of birth alone is mute To sounds which echo further west Than your sires' 'Islands of the Ulest.' The mountains look on Marathon — And Marathon looks on the sea ; And musing there m hour alone, I dreamt that Greece hiig.it still be free ; For, standing on the Persians'...
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American Monthly Knickerbocker, Volume 38

Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, Timothy Flint, John Holmes Agnew - 1851 - 626 pages
...roso üml I'm» вг** sprung; Eternal summer «¡Ids (hum yel, But all, except their sun, ¡a set. 'The mountains look on Marathon, And Marathon looks on the sea, And 111ЧЧ11 • there an hour atone, I deemed that (¡reece might still be free ; For, standing on the...
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The New American Speaker: A Collection of Oratorical and Dramatical Pieces ...

John Celivergos Zachos - 1851 - 570 pages
...Delos rose, and Phoebus sprung ! Eternal summer gilds them yet ; But all, except their sun, is set. 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 Persians'...
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Select English poetry, with notes by E. Hughes

Edward Hughes - 1851 - 362 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's4...
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The Illustrated London Reading Book

1851 - 278 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 dream'd that Greece might still be free ; For standing on the Persian's...
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Madam Dorrington of the Dene, Volume 605

William Howitt - 1851 - 1040 pages
...spirit — that of the poet of " Childe Harold" — has laid down his life in the cause of Greece. " The mountains look on Marathon, And Marathon looks on the sea ; And musing there an hour alone, I dreamed that Greece might vet be free." " ' You have quoted the words,...
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The Standard Speaker: Containing Exercises in Prose and Poetry for ...

Epes Sargent - 1852 - 570 pages
...Delos rose, and Phoabus sprung ! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all, except their sun, is set. 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...
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The Standard Speaker: Containing Exercises in Prose and Poetry for ...

Epes Sargent - 1852 - 570 pages
...Delos rose, and Phoebus sprung ! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all, except their sun, is set. The mountains look on Marathon, And Marathon looks on the sea ; And, musing there an hour alone, I dreamed that Greeee might still be free; For, standing on the Persian's...
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A Grammar of the English Tongue: Spoken and Written, for Self-teaching and ...

Hyde Clarke - 1853 - 180 pages
...of birth alone is umte To sounds, which echo further west, Than your sires' islands of the bfest. " The mountains look on Marathon, And .Marathon looks on the sea ; And musing there an hour aZone, I dreamed that Greece may still be free ; For, standing on the Persian's...
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