 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,...  Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Strana 941821Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1859 - Počet stránok 614
...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...Persians' grave, I could not deem myself a slave. A king sat on the rocky brow Which looks o'er sea-born Salamis ; And ships, by thousands, lay below, And men... | |
 | Thomas Shorter - 1861 - Počet stránok 438
...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...rocky brow Which looks o'er sea-born Salamis ; And ahips by thousands lay below, And man in nations ; — all were his ! He counted them at break of day... | |
 | James Bell Forsyth - 1861 - Počet stránok 216
...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...Persians' grave, I could not deem myself a slave. A king sat on the rocky brow, Which looks o'er sea-born Salamis ; And ships by thousands lay below, And men... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1861 - Počet stránok 734
...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' grave, I could not deem myself a slave. 4. A king sate on the rocky brow Which looks o'er sea-born Salamis ; And ships, by thousands, lay below,... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1861 - Počet stránok 562
...were called the islands of the blessed. And musing there an hour alone, I dreamed that Greece migLt still be free ; For, standing on the Persians' grave, I could not deem myself a slave. A king sat on the rocky brow Which looks o'er sea-born Salamis ; * And ships, by thousands, lay below, And... | |
 | Sir Dominic John Corrigan - 1862 - Počet stránok 250
...the right, we were shown a rock, called Xerxes' seat — a large rock where it is said he sat — " On the rocky brow Which looks o'er sea-born Salamis....lay below ; And men in nations, — all were his." and witnessed the disastrous naval engagements in which he lost all, defeated by the Athenian fleet,... | |
 | Scottish school-book assoc - 1863 - Počet stránok 438
...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 a slave. A king sate...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 they ?... | |
 | William Smith - 1863 - Počet stránok 780
...whilst by his side stood scribes, prepared to record the names both of the daring and the backward. " A king sate on the rocky brow Which looks o'er sea-born...thousands, lay below, And men in nations; — all were his I He counted them at break of day — And when the sun set where were they?" The Grecian commanders... | |
 | Philip Smith - 1865 - Počet stránok 612
...whole scene, with the royal scribes beside him to record the behaviour of the combatants.* "A king sat on the rocky brow, Which looks o'er sea-born Salamis...thousands lay below, And men in nations — all were his. lie counted them at break of day, And when the sun set, where were they ? " His discontent with their... | |
 | 1865 - Počet stránok 826
...what we call profane history, are the triumphs of the Greeks, \> hen A king sat on the rocky brow That looks o'er sea-born Salamis, And ships by thousands lay below, And men and nations all were his. And nearer our own times the defeat of the Spanish Armada, and the great... | |
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