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

1842 - 480 pages
...poet here? For Greeks a blush — for Greece a tear. Must we but weep o'er days more bless'd? Must me but blush? — Our fathers bled. Earth ! render back...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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Book of the Poets: The Modern Poets of the Nineteenth Century

1842 - 504 pages
...here? For Greeks a hlush — for Greece a tear. Must roe but weep o'er days more bless'd ? Must me but blush? — Our fathers bled. Earth ! render back...Of the three hundred grant but three, To make a new Thermopyla ! What, silent still? and silent alV? Ah! no; — the voices of the dead Sound like a distant...
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Book of the Poets: The Modern Poets of the Nineteenth Century

1862 - 512 pages
...breast A remnant of our Spartan dead ! Of the three hundred grant but three, To make a new Thermopyle ! What, silent still? and silent all? Ah! no; — the...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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The Poets and Poetry of England, in the Nineteenth Century

Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 pages
...suffuse my face ; For what is left the poet here ? For Greeks a blush — for Greece a tear. Must me but weep o'er days more bless'd ? Must we but blush...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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The rhetorical reader, consisting of choice specimens of oratorical ...

John Hall Hindmarsh - 1845 - 464 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 !...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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The District School Reader, Or, Exercises in Reading and Speaking: Designed ...

William Draper Swan - 1845 - 494 pages
...the poet here ? 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...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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The American Speaker: Containing Numerous Rules, Observations, and Exercises ...

John Frost - 1845 - 458 pages
...lyre, so long divine, Degenerate into hands like mine ? ***** Must we but weep o'er days more blest ? Must 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 ! —...
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The District School Reader, Or, Exercises in Reading and Speaking: Designed ...

William Draper Swan - 1845 - 482 pages
...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 back from out thy breast...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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A Hand-book for Travellers in the Ionian Islands, Greece, Turkey, Asia Minor ...

John Murray, John Murray (Firm) - 1845 - 510 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 ! render...hundred grant but three, To make a new Thermopylae ! I "What, silent still? and silent all. Ah ! no ; — the voices of the dead Sound like a distant...
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The general reciter; a unique selection of the most admired and popular ...

General reciter - 1845 - 348 pages
...Greece — a tear ! Must we but weep o'er days more bless'd ? Must we but blush ?— Our fathers bind. Earth ! render back from out thy breast A remnant of our Spartan dead ? Of the tbree hundred grant but tbree, To make a new Thermopylae ! What ! silent still,— and silent all !...
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