 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 by thousands lay below, And men in nations — all were his...  Exercises for Parsing and Analysis - Page 157by Augusta Choate, Gertrude Hartman - 1912 - 157 pagesFull view - About this book
 | David Charles Bell - 1856 - 466 pages
...of birth alone is mute To sounds, which echo farther west Than your sires' "Islands of the bless'd." The mountains look on Marathon, And Marathon looks...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, by thousands, lay below,... | |
 | 1856 - 282 pages
...Where Delos rose, and Phoebus sprung! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all, except their sun, is set. The mountains look on Marathon, And Marathon looks...Persian's grave, I could not deem myself a slave. A king sat on the rocky brow, Which looks o'er sea-born Salamis; He counted them at break of day, —... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1856 - 474 pages
...of birth alone is mute To sounds which echo further west Than your sires' " Islands of the Blest."3 The mountains look on Marathon — And Marathon looks...there an hour alone, I dreamed that Greece might still Ve free ; For, standing on the Persian's4 grave, I could not deem myself a slave. A king sat on the... | |
 | Robert William Browne - 1856 - 464 pages
...mountains look on Marathon, And Marathon looka on the sea, And musing there an hour alone I dream'd that Greece might still be free ; For, standing on...Persian's grave, I could not deem myself a slave." — BYBON. The glory of Marathon belonged to Athens and Plataea alone, for when the dilatory Spartans... | |
 | 1857 - 336 pages
...associating harmonizing energy of the poetic faculty blends all the elements in perfect union : — "The mountains look on Marathon, And Marathon looks...Persian's grave, I could not deem myself a slave. " A king sat on the roeky brow, Which looks o'er sea-born Salami.'*; And ships by thousands lay below,... | |
 | Charles William Smith (professor of elocution.) - 1857 - 338 pages
...place of birth alone is mute To sounds which echo farther west Than your sires' ' Islands of the Blest" The mountains look on Marathon — And Marathon looks...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 o'er sea-born... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1857 - 444 pages
...To sounds which echo further west Than your sires' " Islands of the blessed." The mountains look ou Marathon, And Marathon looks on the sea : And musing...hour, alone, I dreamed — that Greece might still bo free ! For, standing on the Persian's grave, I could not deem myself a slave. A king sat on the... | |
 | Henry Reed - 1857 - 242 pages
...also vivifies them with the deep emotion of the solitary human being standing in the midst of them : " The mountains look on Marathon, And Marathon looks on the sea; And musing there an hour alone, I thought that Greece might still be free For standing on the Persian's grave, I could not deem myself... | |
 | Henry Reed - 1857 - 424 pages
...associating 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 dream'd that Greece might still be free ; For, standing on the Persian's grave, I could not deem myself... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1857 - 456 pages
...birth alone is mute To sounds that echo further west, Than your sire's " Islands of the Blest." 3. The mountains look on + Marathon, And Marathon looks on the sea: And musing there an hour alone, 4. A king sat on the rocky brow Which looks o'er sea-born + Salamis ; And ships by thousands lay below,... | |
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