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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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The Moral and Intellectual School Book: Containing Instructions for Reading ...

William Martin - 1838 - 368 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 Persians'...
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The Cambridge University Magazine, Volume 1, Issue 1

1840 - 528 pages
...Delos rose, and Phcebus 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 dream'd that Greece might still be free ; For standing on the Persians'...
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Lord Byron's Select Works: Consisting of Cain ... Hours of Idleness; English ...

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1841 - 380 pages
...place of hirth alone is mute To sounds which echo further west Than your sires' " Islands of the Ble: The mountains look on Marathon — And Marathon looks on the sea ; And musing there an hour alone, f I dream'd that Greece might still he free ; For standing on the Persians'...
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Book of the Poets: The Modern Poets of the Nineteenth Century

1842 - 504 pages
...the fame your shores refuse ; Their place of birth alone is mute To sounds which echo further west 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 Persians'...
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A Hand-book for Travellers in the Ionian Islands, Greece, Turkey, Asia Minor ...

John Murray, John Murray (Firm) - 1845 - 510 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 Persians'...
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The Poets and Poetry of England, in the Nineteenth Century

Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 pages
...of birth alone is mute To sounds which echo further west Than your sires' " Islands of the Bless'd." 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 Persians'...
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The rhetorical reader, consisting of choice specimens of oratorical ...

John Hall Hindmarsh - 1845 - 464 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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The American Speaker: Containing Numerous Rules, Observations, and Exercises ...

John Frost - 1845 - 458 pages
...the fame your shores refuse ; Their place of birth alone is mute To sounds which echo further west 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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Sharpe's London magazine, a journal of entertainment and ..., Volumes 6-7

Anna Maria Hall - 818 pages
...BC Who does not remember the burning lines of Byron in allusion to that said battle of Salamis ? " 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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The District School Reader, Or, Exercises in Reading and Speaking: Designed ...

William Draper Swan - 1845 - 482 pages
...of birth alone is mute To sounds which echo farther west Than your sires' " Islands of the Blessed." 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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