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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 king sate on the rocky brow Which looks... "
The cabinet; or The selected beauties of literature [ed. by J. Aitken]. - Page 72
by Cabinet - 1824 - 420 pages
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 196

1902 - 642 pages
...; For, standing on the Persian's grave, I could not deem myself a slave. ' A king sat on the rocky brow Which looks o'er sea-born Salamis ; And ships...is tuneless now — The heroic bosom beats no more ! ' It is a far cry in this region of poetry from Lord Byron to Mr. Alfred Austin. Altogether in civilised...
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 10

1821 - 800 pages
...; For, standing on the Persians' grave, I could not deem myself a slave. " A king sate on the rocky brow Which looks o'er sea-born Salamis ; And ships,...where were they? " And where are they ? and where art tliou, My country? On thy voiceless shore The heroic lay is tuneless now — The heroic bosom beats...
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Don Juan: Cantos III, IV, and V.

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 232 pages
...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 Salamis ; And ships,...were his ! He counted them at break of day — And where are they ? and where art thou, My country ? On thy voiceless shore The heroic lay is tuneless...
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The works of ... lord Byron, Volumes 9-10

George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1821 - 460 pages
...I could not deem myself a slave.' A king sate on the rocky brow Which looks o'er sea-born Salami s; And ships, by thousands, lay below, And men in nations...— all were his ! He counted them at break of day — I And when the sun set where were they ? D a And where are they? ajid where art thon, My country...
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The Edinburgh Magazine and Literary Miscellany, Volume 88

1821 - 676 pages
...« quenco of our own Plato himself, and who is a Greek in feeling, if not in country, And where ore they? And where art thou, My country ? On thy voiceless shore The heroic lay is túneles« now, The heroic bosom beats no more ! Must rcc but weep o'er days more blest ? Must we but...
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The Babbler; or, Weekly literary and scientific intelligencer, Volume 1

1822 - 440 pages
...on the Persians' grave, I could not deem myself a slave. A kin» sate on the rocky brow Which I ooks o'er sea-born Salamis ; And ships, by thousands, lay below, And men in nations all were his 1 He counted them at break of day — And \vhea the aun set where were they ? Ami where are they ?...
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Don Juan. Cantos i. to v. [by lord Byron].

George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1823 - 258 pages
...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 Salamis ; And ships,...the sun set, where were they ? And where are they 1 and where art them, My country 1 On thy voiceless shore The heroic lay is tuneless now — The heroic...
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The Beauties of Byron,: Consisting of Selections from His Works

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Alfred Howard - 1824 - 226 pages
...free ; For standing on the Persians' grave, I could not deem myself a slave. A king sate on the rocky brow Which looks o'er sea-born Salamis ; And ships,...— The heroic bosom beats no more ! And must thy lyie, so long divine, Degenerate into hands like mine ? 'Tis something, in the dearth of fame, Though...
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The Oxford entertaining miscellany, or, weekly magazine

1824 - 56 pages
...free ; For s'anding on the Persian's grave, I could not deem myself a slave. A king sat on the rocky brow Which looks o'er sea-born Salamis ; And ships,...— all were his ! He counted them at break of day — ' Aud when the bun set where were they? And where are they ! and where art thou, My country ? On...
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The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Volume 3

1824 - 452 pages
...free ; For standing on the Persian's grave, I could not deem myself a slave. A king sat on the rocky brow Which looks o'er sea-born Salamis ; And ships,...thousands, lay below, And men in nations ;— all were his I He counted them at break of day — And when the sun set where were they ? And where are they ? and...
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