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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, Cornelius Walker - 1854 - 440 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 fre* For, standing on the Persian's...
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The Standard Speaker: Containing Exercises in Prose and Poetry for ...

1854 - 576 pages
...Delos rose, and Phoobus 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, rousing there an hour alone, I dreamed that Greece might still be free; For, standing on the Persian's...
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A Tennessean Abroad: Or, Letters from Europe, Africa, and Asia

Randal William McGavock - 1854 - 412 pages
...completely hemmed in on all sides by mountains, except the ocean side, and beautifully cultivated. " The mountains look on Marathon— And Marathon looks on the sea; And musing there an hour,alone, ' I dreamed th^it Greece might still be free, For standing on the Persians'...
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The Beauties of the British Poets, with a Few Introductory Observations

George Croly - 1854 - 426 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 dreamt that Greece di'.g.it still be free ; For, standing on the Persians'...
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Morbida, or, Passion past, and other poems, from the Cymric and other sources

Morbida - 1854 - 196 pages
...heaven and of love, thou shalt beam "With the light of her look, who shall then be no dream — « " 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." (See Col. Squire on the Valley...
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Selections from the writings of lord Byron, by a clergyman [W. Elwin].

George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1854 - 320 pages
...birth alone is mute To sounds which echo further west Than your sires' " Islands of the Blest." 1 3. 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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Notes For Latin Lyrics With A Preface

Rev. H. Musgrave Wilkins, M.A., - 1854 - 262 pages
...birth alone is mute To sounds which echo further west Than your sires' "Islands of the Blest." in. 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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Gleanings from the Poets: For Home and School

1854 - 456 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 Persians'...
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Handbook for Travellers in Greece: Describing the Ionian Islands, the ...

John Murray (Firm) - 1854 - 492 pages
...tomb of the 192 Athenians who fell in the battle. No monument marks the graves of the Persian dead. The mountains look on Marathon — And Marathon looks on the sea; — And musing there an hour alone, I drcam'd that Greece might still be free ; For, standing on the Persian's...
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Lectures on English Literature: From Chaucer to Tennyson

Henry Reed - 1855 - 416 pages
...with the deep emotion of the solitary human being standing in the midst of them : 278 LECTURE NINTH. "The mountains look on Marathon, And Marathon looks on the sea; And musing there an hour alone, I thought that Greece might still be free ; 3?or standing on the Persian's...
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