 ... not for freedom to the Franks— They have a king who buys and sells; In native swords, and native ranks, The only hope of courage dwells: But Turkish force, and Latin fraud, Would break your shield, however broad. Fill high the bowl with Samian wine!...  The Poetical Works of Lord Byron: With Lifeby George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1857 - 576 pagesSnippet view - About this book
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1845 - 558 pages
...shield, however broad. Fill high the bowl with Samian wine ! Our virgins dance beneath the shade— I see their glorious black eyes shine ; But, gazing...slaves shall ne'er be mine — Dash down yon cup of Sainian wine ! SOLILOQUY OF MANFRED. TRE stars are forth, the moon above the tops Of the snow-shining... | |
 | John Murray, John Murray (Firm) - Greece - 1845 - 510 pages
...shield, however broad. Fill high the bowl with Samian wine ! Our virgins dance beneath the shade — I see their glorious black eyes shine ; But gazing on...the waves and I» May hear our mutual murmurs sweep ; 1 here, swan-like, let me sing and die : A land of slaves shall ne'er be mine — Dash down yon cup... | |
 | William Draper Swan - American literature - 1845 - 482 pages
...hope of courage dwells ; But Turkish force and Latin fraud Would break your shield, however broad. Place me on Sunium's marbled steep, Where nothing,...ne'er be mine: — Dash down yon cup of Samian wine! LESSON XXXIX. EXERCISES IN ARTICULATION. Cn: — chide, chime, chain, chair, chin, chid, churl, birch,... | |
 | General reciter - 1845 - 348 pages
...shield, however broad. Fill high the bowl with Samian wine ! Our virgins dance beneath the shade — I see their glorious black eyes shine : But gazing on...think such breasts must suckle slaves, Place me on Sunmm's marbled steep — Where nothing, save the waves and I, May hear our mutual murmurs sweep ;... | |
 | Elbridge Gerry Paige - American essays - 1845 - 182 pages
...SLAVERY. TEXT. — Fill high the bowl with Samian wine ! Our virgins dance beneath the shade — I see their glorious black eyes shine ; But, gazing...tear-drop laves To think such breasts must suckle slaves. Mr HEARERS — these are the words of my friend Lord Byron, whom ' a few gin' and a too hasty pursuit... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1846 - 540 pages
...shield, however broad. Fill high the bowl with Samian wine ! Our virgins dance beneath the shade— I see their glorious black eyes shine ; But, gazing...ne'er be mine — Dash down yon cup of Samian wine ! SOLILOQUY OF MANFRED. TRE stars are forth, the moon above the tops Of the snow-shining mountains.... | |
 | 1846 - 436 pages
...shield, however broad. Fill high the bowl with Samian wine ! Our virgins dance beneath the shade, — I see their glorious black eyes shine ; But, gazing...tear-drop laves, To think such breasts must suckle slaves. 28 EXPOSTULATION AND REPLY. Place me on Sunium's marbled steep, — Where nothing, save the waves and... | |
 | Hugh Gawthrop - Recitations - 1847 - 184 pages
...shield, however broad. Fill high the bowl with Samiaii wine ! Our virgins dance beneath the shade — I see their glorious black eyes shine ; But gazing on...and I, May hear our mutual murmurs sweep ; There, swan- like, let me sing and die : A land of slaves shall ne'er be mine — Dash down yon cup of Samian... | |
 | David Bates Tower - 1853 - 444 pages
...hope of courage dwells ; But Turkish force and Latin fraud Would break your shield, however broad. Place me on Sunium's marbled steep, Where nothing,...ne'er be mine — Dash down yon cup of Samian wine I BYBOH 99. Genius. WHAT is genius ? 'Tis a flame Kindlipg all the human frame ; 'Tis a ray that lights... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1848 - 428 pages
...virgins dance beneath the shade — I see their glorious black eyes shine ; But, gazing on each glpwing maid, My own the burning tear-drop laves, To think...marbled steep — Where nothing, save the waves and 1, May hear our mutual murmurs sweep ; There, swan-like, let me sing and die ; A land of slaves shall... | |
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