 The mountains look on Marathon, And Marathon looks on the sea. And musing there an hour alone, I dreamed that Greece might still be free, For standing on the Persians' grave, I could not deem myself a slave.  Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Page 1101821Full view - About this book
 | Aubrey Thomas De Vere - 1858 - 298 pages
...alone is mute To sounds which echo further west Than your sire's " Islands of the Blest." The mountains look on Marathon, And Marathon looks on the sea ; And, musing there an hour alone, I dream'd that Greece might still be free ; For, standing on the Persians' grave, I could not deem myself... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Recitations - 1858 - 450 pages
...is mute To sounds which echo further west Than your sires' " Islands of the blessed." The mountains look on Marathon, And Marathon looks on the sea : And musing there an hour, alone, I dreamed — that Greece might still be free ! For, standing on the Persian's grave, I could not deem... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1859 - 586 pages
...is mute To sounds which echo further went Than your sires' " Islands of the blest."* The mountains look on Marathon — And Marathon looks on the sea...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... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1859 - 614 pages
...is mute To sounds which echo further west Than your sires' " Islands of the Blest."f The mountains look on Marathon — And Marathon looks on the sea ; And musing there an hour alone, I dream'd that Greece might still be free ; For standing on the Persians' grave, I could not deem myself... | |
 | Hyde Clarke - English language - 1859 - 200 pages
...alone is mute To sounds, which echo further west, Than your sires' islands of the West. "The mountains look on Marathon, And Marathon looks on the sea ; And musing there an hour aZone, I dreamed that Greece may still be free ; For, standing on the Persian's grave, I could not... | |
 | Henry Reed - English poetry - 1860 - 312 pages
...harmonizing energy of the poetic faculty blends all the elements in perfect union:— "The mountains look on Marathon, And Marathon looks on the sea; And, musing there an hour alone, I dreamed that Greece might still be free ; For, standing on the Persian's grave, I could not deem myself... | |
 | Warren P. Edgarton - Recitations - 1860 - 530 pages
...alone is mute To sounds which echo further west Than your sires' " Islands of the Blest." The mountains look on Marathon — And Marathon looks on the sea; And, musing there an hour alone, I dreamed that Greece might still be free : For, standing on the Persian's grave, I could not deem myself... | |
 | Henry Reed - English literature - 1860 - 414 pages
...emotion of the solitary human being standing in the midst of them : 278 LECTURE NINTH. "The mountains look on Marathon, And Marathon looks on the sea; And musing there an houi alone, I thought that Greece in;ght still be free ; For standing on the Persian's grave, I could... | |
 | James Bell Forsyth - Middle East - 1861 - 216 pages
...were made within a few miles' distance from the spot where I was then standing: — " The mountains look on Marathon, And Marathon looks on the sea, And...Persians' grave, I could not deem myself a slave. A king sat on the rocky brow, Which looks o'er sea-born Salamis ; And ships by thousands lay below, And men... | |
 | Barbara Jelavich - History - 1983 - 436 pages
...and Phoebus sprung! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all, except their sun, is set. The mountains look on Marathon And Marathon looks on the sea; And musing there an hour alone, I'd dream'd that Greece might still be free; For standing on the Persians' grave, I could not deem... | |
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