| G. A. Perdicaris - 1845 - 316 pages
...bride with her long flowing hair, And many a maid from her mother shall tear." When Lord Byron said, " On Suli's rock and Parga's shore, Exists the remnant of a line Such as the Doric mothers bore," he little thought that the creations of his fancy were so soon to be the realities of history. But... | |
| John Frost - 1845 - 458 pages
...served — but served Polycrates — A tyrant : but our masters then Were still at least our countrymen. The tyrant of the Chersonese Was freedom's best and bravest friend: That tyrant was Miltiades ! O ! that the present hour would lend Another despot of the kind ! Such chains as his were sure to... | |
| William Draper Swan - 1845 - 482 pages
...nobler and the manlier one ? You have the letters Cadmus gave — Think ye he meant them for a slave? The tyrant of the Chersonese Was freedom's best and bravest friend ; That tyrant was Miltiades ! O that the present hour would lend Another despot of the kind ! Such chains as his were sure to bind.... | |
| William Draper Swan - 1845 - 494 pages
...Was freedom's best and bravest friend ; That tyrant was Miltiades ! O that the present hour v/ould lend Another despot of the kind ! Such chains as his were sure to bind. Trust not for freedom to the Franks — They have a king who buys and sells. In native swords and native... | |
| 1846 - 436 pages
...— but served Polycrates — A tyrant ; but our masters then Were still, at least, our countrymen. The tyrant of the Chersonese Was freedom's best and bravest friend ; That tyrant was Miltiades ! O, that the present hour would lend Another despot of the kind ! Such chains as his were sure to... | |
| 1847 - 810 pages
...formal term, SitnroTr,; the accidental equivalent, exactly as Lord Byron uses the English terms : " The tyrant of the Chersonese Was freedom's best and...the kind ; Such chains as his were sure to bind." This use we cannot but consider superior to Mr. Grote's. Besides we do not think that Despot in its... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1848 - 428 pages
...— but served Polycrates — A tyrant ; but our masters then Were still, at least, our countrymea The tyrant of the Chersonese Was freedom's best and...Parga's shore, Exists the remnant of a line Such as the Duric mothers bore : And there, perhaps, some seed is sown, The Heracleidan blood might own. Trust... | |
| David Bates Tower - 1853 - 444 pages
...slavet The tyrant of the Chersonese Was freedom's best and bravest frianJ ; tyrant was Miltiades ! O that the present hour would lend Another despot of the kind ! Such chains as his were sure to bind. Trust not for freedom to the Franks — They have a king who buys and sells In native swords and native... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1849 - 390 pages
...but served Polycrates — A tyrant ; but our masters then Were still, at least, our countrymen. 12. The tyrant of the Chersonese Was freedom's best and...present hour would lend Another despot of the kind I Such chains as his were sure to bind. 13. Fill high the bowl with Samian wine ! On Suli's rock, and... | |
| George Croly - 1850 - 442 pages
...— but served Polycrates — A tyrant : but our masters then Were still, at least, our countrymen. The tyrant of the Chersonese Was freedom's best and bravest friend ' That tyrant was Miltiades ! Fill high the bowl with Samian wine ! On Suli's rock and Parga's shore, Exists the remnant of a line... | |
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