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" 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. "
A Handbook for Travellers in Greece: Describing the Ionian Islands ... - Page 325
by John Murray (Firm) - 1872 - 505 pages
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 196

1902 - 642 pages
...Salamis. Byron lit his torch at that hearth of freedom when he wrote his noble ' Isles of Greece : ' ' 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...
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 10

1821 - 800 pages
...refuse ; Their place of birth alone is mute To sounds which echo further west Than your sires' ' Islands of the Blest.' " The mountains look on Marathon —...Marathon looks on the sea ; And musing there an hour alone, I drearu'd that Greece might still be free ; For, standing on the Persians' grave, I could not...
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Don Juan: Cantos III, IV, and V.

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 232 pages
...refuse ; Their place of birth alone is mute To sounds which echo further west Than your sires' "Islands of the Blest." The mountains look on Marathon —...Marathon looks on the sea ; And musing there an hour alone, I dream'd that Greece might still be free ; For standing on the Persian's grave, I could not...
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 10

1821 - 778 pages
...is mute To sounds which echo further west Than your sires' ' Islands of the Blest.' " The mountain» 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...
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The Babbler; or, Weekly literary and scientific intelligencer, Volume 1

1822 - 440 pages
...; Their place of birth alone is mute To sounds which echo further west Ï han your sires' " Islands of the Blest." The mountains look on Marathon— And...Marathon looks on the sea; And musing there an hour alone, w I dream'd that Greece might still be free ; For standing on the Persians' grave, I could not...
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Don Juan. Cantos i. to v. [by lord Byron].

George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1823 - 258 pages
...refuse ; Their place of birth alone is mute To sounds which echo further west Than your sires' " Islands of the Blest." The mountains look on Marathon —...Marathon looks on the sea ; And musing there an hour alone, I dream'd that Greece might still be free ; For standing on the Persian's grave, I could not...
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The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Volume 3

1824 - 452 pages
...refuse ; Their place of hirth 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 dream 'd that Greece might still be free ; For standing on the Persian's grave, I could not...
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The Beauties of Byron,: Consisting of Selections from His Works

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1824 - 234 pages
...Have found the fame your shores refuse; 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 dream'd that Greece might still be free ; For standing on the Persians' grave, I could not...
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The cabinet; or The selected beauties of literature [ed. by J ..., Volume 1

Cabinet - 1824 - 440 pages
...refuse ; Their place of birth alone is mute To sounds which echo further west Than your sires' " Islands of the Blest." The mountains look on Marathon —...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...
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The Oxford Entertaining Miscellany, Or, Weekly Magazine ..., Volume 1

1824 - 312 pages
...alone is mute To sounds which echo further west Than your sires' ' Islands of the Blest.* The mountain* look on .Marathon— And Marathon looks on the sea; And musing there Sri hour along, I dream'd that Greece might, still be free ; For standing1 ofa tne Persian's grave,...
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