 Bequeathed by bleeding sire to son, Though baffled oft is ever won. Bear witness, Greece, thy living page, Attest it many a deathless age ! While kings, in dusty darkness hid, Have left a nameless pyramid, Thy heroes, though the general doom Hath swept...  The Works of Lord Byron: With His Letters and Journals, and His Life, by ... - Page 153by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - 1832Full view - About this book
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1814 - 378 pages
...kings in dusty darkness hid, Have left a nameless pyramid, Thy heroes — though the general doom 130 Hath swept the column from their tomb, A mightier...stranger's eye, The graves of those that cannot die ! 1 35 'Twere long to tell, and sad to trace, Each step from splendour to disgrace, Enough — no foreign... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1814 - 830 pages
...Have left a nameless pyramid, Thy heroes — though the general doom Hath sVept the column from thdr tomb, A mightier monument command, The mountains of...native land ! There points thy Muse to stranger's ejre, The graves of those that cannot die ! Twere long to tell, and sad to trace. Each step from splendour... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1817 - 226 pages
...kings, in dusty darkness hid, Have left a nameless pyramid, Thy heroes, though the general doom ISO Hath swept the column from their tomb, A mightier...stranger's eye The graves of those that cannot die! 135 Twere long to tell, and sad to trace, Each step from splendour to disgrace ; Enough — no foreign... | |
 | John Kennedy - 1818 - 152 pages
...sweet, so deadly fair, "Tis Greece—but living Greece no more! We start—for soul is wanting there," " "Twere long to tell, and sad to trace, Each step from splendour to disgrace, Enough—no foreign foe could quell Thy soul, till from itself it fell; And self abasement paved the... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1820 - 308 pages
...kings, in dusty darkness hid, Have left a nameless pyramid, Thy heroes, though the general doom 130 Hath swept the column from their tomb, A mightier...stranger's eye The graves of those that cannot die ! 135 Twere long to tell, and sad to trace, Each step from splendour to disgrace; Enough — no foreign... | |
 | British melodies - 1820 - 280 pages
...Greece, thy living page, Attest it many a deathless age ! While kings, in dusty darkness hid, Have left a nameless pyramid, Thy heroes, though the general doom Hath swept the column from their tomb, A mfghtier monument command, The mountains of their native land ! There points thy Muse to stranger's... | |
 | Art and literature - 1820 - 624 pages
...kmgs, in dusty darkness hid , Have left a nameless pyramid , Thy heroes though the general doom Had swept the column from their tomb , A mightier monument command , The mountains of their native Land! The points the muse to stranger's eye, The graves of those that cannot die! ( THE GIAOUB. ) » Celui... | |
 | Friedrich Johann Jacobsen - English poetry - 1820 - 796 pages
...Greece, thy living page, Attest it many a deathless age! While kings, in dusty darkness hid, Have left a nameless pyramid, Thy heroes — though the general doom Hath swept the column from tlieir tomb, A mightier monument command, i The mountains of their native landl ii TJiere points thy... | |
 | 1820 - 656 pages
...Hâve li i! a nameless pyramid , Thy heroes though thé général dooiu Had swept thé column froin their tomb, A mightier monument command , \ The mountains of their native Land! The points thé musc to stranger's eye, The graves oi those that cannot die! ( THE GIAODB. 1 » Celui... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English literature - 1821 - 486 pages
...Greece, thy living page, Attest it many a deathless age ! While kings, in dusty darkness hid, Have left a nameless pyramid, Thy heroes, though the general...The mountains of their native land ! There points the Muse to stranger's eye The graves of those that cannot die ! 'Twere long to tell, and sad to trace,... | |
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