 | 1824 - 462 pages
...Where burning Sappho lov*d and sung. Where grew the arts of war and peace. Where Delon rose and Phcebus sprung! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all except their sun is set,' What a theme for contemplation is ancient Greece 1 The cradle of freedom and bravery, where tyrants... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1821 - 460 pages
...burning Sappho loved and sung, Where grew the arts of \var and peace , — Where Delos rose, and Phoebus sprung! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all , except...place 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... | |
 | Scotland - 1821 - 800 pages
...burning Sappho loved and sung, Where grew the arts of war and peace, — Where Delos rose, and Phrebus sprung ! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all, except...place 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... | |
 | England - 1821 - 778 pages
...burning Sappho loved and sung, Where grew the arts of war and peace, — Where Délos rose, and Phœbus sprung ! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all, except...place of birth alone is mute To sounds which echo further west Than your sires' ' Islands of the Blest.' " The mountain» look on .Marathon — And .Marathon... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - Don Juan (Legendary character) - 1821 - 232 pages
...burning Sappho loved and sung, Where grew the arts of war and peace, — Where Delos rose, and Phoebus sprung ! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all, except their sun, is set. LXXXVI. The Scian and the Teian muse, The hero's harp, the lover's lute, Have found the fame your shores... | |
 | 1822 - 440 pages
...burning Sappho loved and sung, Where grew the arts of war and peace,— Where Délos rose, and Phœbus sprung ! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all, except...place of birth alone is mute To sounds which echo further west Ï han your sires' " Islands of the Blest." The mountains look on Marathon— And Marathon... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1823 - 258 pages
...rose, and Phoebus sprung ! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all, excejrt their sun, is set. The Scion and the Teian muse, The hero's harp, the lover's lute,...place 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... | |
 | Cabinet - Literature - 1824 - 440 pages
...burning Sappho loved and sung, Where grew the arts of war and peace, — Where Delos rose, and Phoebus sprung ! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all, except...place 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... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Alfred Howard - 1824 - 226 pages
...burning Sappho loved and sung, Where grew the arts of war and peace, — Where Delos rose, and Phoebus sprung ! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all, except...place 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... | |
 | 1824 - 452 pages
...burning Sappho loved and MMI.', Where grew the arts of war and peace,— Where Delos rose, and Phoebus sprung ! Eternal summer gilds them yet, • But all,...found the fame your shores refuse ; Their place of hirth alone is mute To sounds which echo further west Than your sires' ' Islands of the Blest.' The... | |
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The isles of Greece, the isles of Greece! Where burning Sappho loved and sung, Where grew the arts of war and peace, Where Delos rose, and Phoebus sprung! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all, except their sun, is set. 
