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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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Book of the Poets: The Modern Poets of the Nineteenth Century

1842 - 504 pages
...the fame your shores refuse ; Their place of birth alone is mute To sounds which echo further west The mountains look on Marathon — And Marathon looks...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 deem myself a...
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Book of the Poets: The Modern Poets of the Nineteenth Century

1842 - 480 pages
...the fame your shores refuse ; Their place of birth alone is mute To sounds which echo further west 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 deem myself...
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Book of the Poets: The Modern Poets of the Nineteenth Century

1862 - 512 pages
...refuse; Their place of birth alone is mute To sounds which echo further west Th« mountains look ou 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 deem myself...
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The Poets and Poetry of England, in the Nineteenth Century

Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 pages
...of birth alone is mute To sounds which echo further west Than your sires' " Islands of the Bless'd." 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 deem myself...
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The American Speaker: Containing Numerous Rules, Observations, and Exercises ...

John Frost - 1845 - 458 pages
...the fame your shores refuse ; Their place of birth alone is mute To sounds which echo further west 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...
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The District School Reader, Or, Exercises in Reading and Speaking: Designed ...

William Draper Swan - 1845 - 482 pages
...of birth alone is mute To sounds which echo farther west Than your sires' " Islands of the Blessed." 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...
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Sharpe's London magazine, a journal of entertainment and ..., Volumes 6-7

Anna Maria Hall - 818 pages
...BC Who does not remember the burning lines of Byron in allusion to that said battle of Salamis ? " 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...
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A Hand-book for Travellers in the Ionian Islands, Greece, Turkey, Asia Minor ...

John Murray, John Murray (Firm) - 1845 - 510 pages
...of birth 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 Persians' grave, I could nut deem myself...
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The rhetorical reader, consisting of choice specimens of oratorical ...

John Hall Hindmarsh - 1845 - 464 pages
...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 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 deem myself...
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The general reciter; a unique selection of the most admired and popular ...

General reciter - 1845 - 348 pages
...mountains look on Marathon — And Marathon looks on the sea ; Musing there an hour alone, i I dream'd that Greece might still be 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-horn Salanus :...
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