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" What, silent still ? and silent all ? Ah ! no ; — the voices of the dead Sound like a distant torrent's fall, And answer, " Let one living head, But one arise, — we come, we come ! " "Tis but the living who are dumb. "
Specimens of Greek and Latin verse: chiefly translations - Page 8
by Charles Rann Kennedy - 1853 - 154 pages
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The works of lord Byron

George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1826 - 852 pages
...and silent all? »i;-the voices of the dead distant torrent's fall. 'Tit but the living who are dumb. In vain — in vain: strike other chords; Fill high...cup with Samian wine! Leave battles to the Turkish horde«, And shed the blood of Scio's vine! Hark ! rising to the ignoble callHow answers each bold...
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The Works of Lord Byron: Comprising the Suppressed Poems, Volumes 10-11

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1826 - 566 pages
...the hlood of Seio's vine! Hark! rising to the ignohle call — How answers each hold hacchanal ! Yon have the Pyrrhic dance as yet, Where is the Pyrrhic phalanx gone? Of two snch lessons, why forget The nohler and the manlier one ! Yon have the letters Cadmns gave — Think...
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Specimens of the Lyrical, Descriptive, and Narrative Poets of Great Britain ...

John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) - 1828 - 600 pages
...answer, " Let one living head, But one arise, — we come, we come !'* 'Tis but the living who are dumb. In vain — in vain ! — strike other chords ; Fill...Pyrrhic phalanx gone ? Of two such lessons, why forget Fill high the bowl with Samian wine ! We will not think of themes like these ! It made Anacreon's song...
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An Illustration of the Principles of Elocution ...

William Brittainham Lacey - 1828 - 308 pages
...answer, " Let one living head, But one arise, — we come, we come !" 'Tis but the living who are dumb. In vain — in vain : strike other chords : Fill high...Turkish hordes, And shed the blood of Scio's vine I Hark ! rising to the ignoble call — How answers each bold bacchanal ! You have the Pyrrhic dance...
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The Cambridge Book of Poetry and Song

Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pages
...answer, "Let one living head. But one arise. — we come, we come ! " 'Tis but the living who are dumb. In vain — in vain; strike other chords; Fill high...battles to the Turkish hordes, And shed the blood of Solo's vine! Hark ! rising to the ignoble call — How answers each bold Bacchanal ! You have the Pyrrhic...
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The National Orator;: Consisting of Selections, Adapted for Rhetorical ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1832 - 310 pages
...hundred, grant but three ' To make a new Thermopylae. * Sappho was lorn in the island of Lesbos, t XcrxM. You have the Pyrrhic dance as yet, Where is the Pyrrhic Phalanx gone T Of two such lessons, why forget The nobler and the manlier one ? You have the letters Cadmus gave...
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Don Juan: In Sixteen Cantos

George Gordon Noël Byron - 1832 - 456 pages
...— in vain: strike other chords; Fill high the cnp with Samian wine! Leave battles to the Tnrkish hordes, And shed the blood of Scio's vine! Hark! rising to the ignoble eall — How answers each bold bacchanal ! Yoa have the Pyrrhic dance as yet, Where is the Pyrrhic...
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Works of Lord Byron: With His Letters and Journals, and His Life, Volume 15

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - 1833 - 358 pages
..." Let one living head, But one. arise, — we come, we come !" 'Tis but the living who are dumb. 9. In vain — in vain : strike other chords ; Fill high...the ignoble call — How answers each bold Bacchanal ! co in. DON JUAN. 323 10. You have the Pyrrhic dance as yet, Where is the Pyrrhic phalanx gone ? Of...
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Excursions in the Mediterranean

sir Grenville Temple Temple (10th bart.) - 1836 - 628 pages
...was the Chian, and the best of the Chian that called Arvisium ; neither is Byron forgetful of it : " Leave battles to the Turkish hordes, And shed the blood of Scio's vine !" On the morning of the 18th, as we were beating up the channel of Tenedos we observed an English...
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Travels in Greece and Turkey: Being the Second Part of Excursions ..., Volume 1

Sir Grenville Temple (10th bart.) - 1836 - 332 pages
...was the Chian, and the best of the Chian that called Arvisium ; neither is Byron forgetful of it: " Leave battles to the Turkish hordes, And shed the blood of Scio's vine !" On the morning of the 18th, as we were beating up the channel of Tenedos we observed an English...
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