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" Must we but blush ? — Our fathers bled. Earth ! render back from out thy breast A remnant of our Spartan dead! Of the three hundred grant but three To make a new Thermopylae! "
Specimens of Greek and Latin verse: chiefly translations - Page 6
by Charles Rann Kennedy - 1853 - 154 pages
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The English Orator: a Selection of Pieces for Reading & Recitation

James Hedderwick - 1833 - 232 pages
...the poet here? For Greeks a blush — For Greece a tear. Must we but weep o'er days more bless'dMust we but blush? — Our fathers bled. Earth ! render...torrent's fall, And answer, " Let one living head, But one arise, — we come; we come!" 'Tis but the living who are dumb. In vain — in vain: strike...
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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
...tear. 7. Must we but weep o'er days more blest ? Must we but blush ? — Our fathers bled. Earth 1 render back from out thy breast A remnant of our Spartan...hundred grant but three, To make a new Thermopylae ! 8. What, silent still ? and silent all ? Ah ! no ; — the voices of the dead Sound like a distant...
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The Works of Lord Byron: With His Letters and Journals, and His Life, Volume 15

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - 1835 - 376 pages
...a tear. 7. Must we but weep o'er days more blest ? Must we but blush ?—Our fathers bled. Earth I render back from out thy breast A remnant of our Spartan...hundred grant but three, To make a new Thermopylae ! 8. What, silent still ? and silent all ? Ah I no;—the voices of the dead Sound like a distant torrent's...
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The Elocutionist: Consisting of Declamations and Readings in Prose and ...

Jonathan Barber - 1836 - 404 pages
...left the poet here ! For Greeks a blush—for Greece a tear. Must we but weep o'er days more bless'd ? A remnant of our Spartan dead ! Of the three hundred grant but three, To make a new Thermopylae! Must we but blush ?—Our Father's bled. Earth ! render back from out thy breast What silent still...
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Principles of elocution

William Graham (teacher of elocution.) - 1837 - 370 pages
...left the poet here ? For Greeks a blush — for Greece a tear. Must we but weep o'er days more blest ? Must we but blush ? — Our fathers bled. Earth !...Of the three hundred grant but three, To make a new Thermopylfe ! What, silent still? and silent all? Ah ! no ; the voices of the dead Sound like a distant...
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The Moral and Intellectual School Book: Containing Instructions for Reading ...

William Martin - 1838 - 368 pages
...Greece a tear. Must we but weep o'er days more blest? Must we but blush ? — Our fathers bled. Earth 1 render back from out thy breast A remnant of our Spartan...hundred grant but three, To make a new Thermopylae 1 What, silent still ? and silent all ? Ah ! no ; — the voices of the dead Sound like a distant torrent's...
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Hansard's Parliamentary Debates

Great Britain. Parliament - 1838 - 1380 pages
...was delivering this strong appeal, that the quotation might not unnaturally have occurred to him, " Of the three hundred grant but three To make a new Thermopylae." He did not see, that there was anything unmanly in not struggling for a principle which was at present...
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The Young Ladies' Class Book: A Selection of Lessons for Reading, in Prose ...

Ebenezer Bailey - 1840 - 426 pages
...the poet here 1 For Greeks, a blush — for Greece, a tear. Must we but weep o'er days more blessed? Must we but blush ? — Our fathers bled. Earth, render...new Thermopylae. What, silent still ? and silent all t Ah ! no ; — the voices of the dead Sound like a distant torrent's fall, And answer, " Let one living...
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The Young Ladies' Class Book: A Selection of Lessons for Reading, in Prose ...

Ebenezer Bailey - 1841 - 416 pages
...the poet here 1 For Greeks, a blush — for Greece, a tear. Must we but weep o'er days more blessed ? Must we but blush ? — Our fathers bled. Earth, render...three, To make a new Thermopylae. What, silent still 1 and silent all ? Ah ! no ; — the voices of the dead Sound like a distant torrent's fall, And answer,...
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Lord Byron's Select Works: Consisting of Cain ... Hours of Idleness; English ...

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1841 - 380 pages
...three hundred grant hut three, To make a new Thermopyla ! What, silent still? and silent all? Ah 1 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 hut the living who are dumh. In vain — in vain : strike...
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