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" 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 where were they ? THE ISLES OF GREECE And where are they? "
The School of Poetry: An Anthology Chosen for Young Readers - Page 104
by Alice Meynell - 1923 - 241 pages
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 10

Scotland - 1821 - 800 pages
...I drearu'd that Greece might still be free ; For, standing on the Persians' grave, I could not deem myself a slave. " A king sate on the rocky brow Which...where were they? " And where are they ? and where art tliou, My country? On thy voiceless shore The heroic lay is tuneless now — The heroic bosom beats...
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Don Juan: Cantos III, IV, and V.

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - Don Juan (Legendary character) - 1821 - 232 pages
...alone, I dream'd that Greece might still be free ; For standing on the Persian's grave, I could not deem myself a slave. A king sate on the rocky brow Which...were his ! He counted them at break of day — And where are they ? and where art thou, My country ? On thy voiceless shore The heroic lay is tuneless...
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The works of ... lord Byron, Volumes 9-10

George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1821 - 460 pages
...alone, I dream'd that Greece might still be free; For standing on the Persian's grave, I could not deem myself a slave.' A king sate on the rocky brow Which looks o'er sea-born Salami s; And ships, by thousands, lay below, And men in nations ; — all were his ! He counted them...
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The Babbler; or, Weekly literary and scientific intelligencer, Volume 1

1822 - 440 pages
...on the Persians' grave, I could not deem myself a slave. A kin» sate on the rocky brow Which I ooks o'er sea-born Salamis ; And ships, by thousands, lay below, And men in nations all were his 1 He counted them at break of day — And \vhea the aun set where were they ? Ami where are they ?...
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Don Juan. Cantos i. to v. [by lord Byron].

George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1823 - 258 pages
...alone, I dream'd that Greece might still be free ; For standing on the Persian's grave, I could not deem myself a slave. A king sate on the rocky brow Which...the sun set, where were they ? And where are they 1 and where art them, My country 1 On thy voiceless shore The heroic lay is tuneless now — The heroic...
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The Oxford entertaining miscellany, or, weekly magazine

1824 - 56 pages
...might still be free ; For s'anding on the Persian's grave, I could not deem myself a slave. A king sat on the rocky brow Which looks o'er sea-born Salamis...— all were his ! He counted them at break of day — ' Aud when the bun set where were they? And where are they ! and where art thou, My country ? On...
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The Beauties of Byron,: Consisting of Selections from His Works

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1824 - 234 pages
...alone, I dream'd that Greece might still be free ; For standing on the Persians' grave, I could not deem myself a slave. A king sate on the rocky brow Which...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 ?...
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The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Volume 3

1824 - 452 pages
...might still be free ; For standing on the Persian's grave, I could not deem myself a slave. A king sat on the rocky brow Which looks o'er sea-born Salamis...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 ? And where are they ? and...
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The Oxford Entertaining Miscellany, Or, Weekly Magazine ..., Volume 1

1824 - 312 pages
...ofa tne Persian's grave, I could not deem myself a slave. A king sat on the rocky brow Which lobfcs o'er sea-born Salamis ; And ships, by thousands, lay below, And men in nations ; — all were his t He counted Iherti at break of day — And when the SUB set where, were they? And where arc they !...
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Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Lord Byron

George Clinton - Poets, English - 1825 - 826 pages
...be free ; For, standing on the Persians' grave, 1 could not deem myself a slave. A king sale on tlie rocky brow Which looks o'er sea-born Salamis; And...where were they ? And where are they ? and where art Hmn, My country ? On thy voiceless shore The ln.roic lay is tuneless now — The heroic bosom beats...
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