 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.  Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Page 1101821Full view - About this book
 | Jonathan Barber - Oratory - 1836 - 404 pages
...famous victory." CXXXIX. THE ISLES or GREECE.—Byron. The Isles of Greece ! the Isles of Greece 1 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. The... | |
 | William Graham (teacher of elocution.) - 1837 - 370 pages
...thousand odours from his dewy wings. THE ISLES OF GREECE.— Byron. 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.... | |
 | William Martin - Readers - 1838 - 368 pages
...each brow, How had the brave who fell exulted now ! " SONG OF A GREEK. 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 Phcebus sprung ! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all, except their sun, is set. The... | |
 | English literature - 1840 - 528 pages
...JERRARD. Translate into LATIN HEXAMETERS and PENTAMETERS : THE isles of Greece, the isles of Greece 1 Where burning Sappho loved and sung, Where grew the arts of war and peace, — Where Delos rose, and Phcebus sprung ! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all, except their sun, is set.... | |
 | Henry Mayhew, Mark Lemon, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman - Caricatures and cartoons - 1897 - 706 pages
...championing the cause of Crete, hymning in glowing language the griefs of The leles of Greece, the Islee of Greece, Where burning Sappho loved and sung, Where grew the arts of War and Peace, Where Dc'los rose, wht'nce Bo» llEin sprung. Busings done. — Debate on Crete. " Championing the Cauje... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1841 - 380 pages
...again would soon he thine. . Sang of a Greek. The isles of Greece, the isle of Greece ! Where hurning Sappho loved and sung, Where grew the arts of war and peace, — Where Delos rose, and Phoehus sprung ! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all, except their sun, is set.... | |
 | American poetry - 1842 - 504 pages
...languor, which is not repose. From Dun Juan, SONG OF THE GREEK BARD. 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. The... | |
 | 1842 - 682 pages
...wilderness a trifle too dull. But there was Greece — ' The isles of Greece, Where burning Sappho loved end sung, Where grew the arts of war and peace, Where Délos rose, and Phsbus sprung.' And it 'is there, that, after the above-mentioned ' lapse,' -we find our hero located.... | |
 | General reciter - 1845 - 348 pages
...burning Sappho lov'd and sung, Where grew the arts of war and peace,— Where Delos rose, and Phoebus sprung; Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all except...the Teian muse, The hero's harp, the lover's lute, flave found the fame your shores refuse ; Their place of birth alone is mute, To sounds which echo... | |
 | William Draper Swan - American literature - 1845 - 482 pages
...XXXVIII. EXERCISES IN ARTICULATION. b d g j I The Isles of Greece. BYRON. 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. The... | |
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