 | Jonathan Barber - 1836 - 404 pages
...on the sea; And nursing there an hour alone, A king sat on the rocky brow And men in nations;—all were his! He counted them at break of day— And when...were they ? And where are they ? and where art thou, Which looks o'er sea-born Salamis, And ships, by thousands, lay below, My country ? On thy voiceless... | |
 | Sir Grenville Temple (10th bart.) - 1836 - 332 pages
...his fleet and that of the Greeks.' A king sate on the rocky brow Which looks o'er sea-born Salamis ; And ships, by thousands, lay below, And men, in nations ; — all were his. Off the cynosure point of Salamis is the island of Lipso-Kalaat, ( Psyttalia,) and to the west the... | |
 | sir Grenville Temple Temple (10th bart.) - 1836 - 628 pages
...his fleet and that of the Greeks. A king sate on the rocky brow Which looks o'er sea-born Salamis ; And ships, by thousands, lay below, And men, in nations ; — all were his. Off the cynosure point of Salamis is the island of Lipso-Kalaat, ( Psyttalia,) and to the west the... | |
 | William Graham (teacher of elocution.) - 1837 - 370 pages
...I could not deem myself a slave. A king sate on the rocky brow Which looks o'er sea-born Salamis ; And ships, by thousands, lay below, And men in nations...were they ? And where are they ? and where art thou, My country ? On thy voiceless shore The heroic lay is tuneless now — The heroic bosom beats no more... | |
 | William Martin - 1838 - 368 pages
...grave, I could not deem myself a slave. A king sat on the rocky brow Which looks o'er sea-born Salamis ; And ships by thousands, lay below, And men in nations...break of day, — And when the sun set where were they T And where are they ! and where art thou, My country? On thy voiceless shore The heroic lay is tuneless... | |
 | John William Donaldson - 1838 - 140 pages
...brow, That looks o'er sea-born Salamis; And ships by thousands lay below, % And men in nations,—all were his: He counted them at break of day, And when the sun set—where were they ? Where were they? Brief interrogative ! But how strikingly does it announce... | |
 | Ebenezer Bailey - 1840 - 426 pages
...grave, I could not deem myself a slave. A king sat on the rocky brow, Which looks o'er sea-born Salamia, And ships, by thousands, lay below, And men in nations...were they ? And where are they ? and where art thou, My country ? On thy voiceless shore The heroic lay is tuneless now ; The heroic bosom beats no more... | |
 | Celia Levetus, Marion Moss - 1840 - 966 pages
...C. AND M. MOSS, AUTHORESSES OP " EARLY EFFORTS," &C., &C. And where arc they ? and where art thou, My country? On thy voiceless shore The heroic lay is tuneless now— The heroic bosom heats no more 1 And must thy lyre, so long divine, Degenerate into hands like mine ? IN THREE VOLUMES.... | |
 | 1840 - 528 pages
...I could not deem myself a slave. A king sate on the rocky brow Which looks o'er sea-born Salamis ; And ships, by thousands, lay below, And men in nations ; — all were his I He counted them at break of day — And when the sun set where were they? — BYRON. Into LATIN ALCAICS... | |
 | Cam river - 1841 - 318 pages
...I could not deem myself a slave. A king sate on the rocky brow Which looks o'er sea-born Salamis ; And ships by thousands lay below, And men in nations...day — And when the sun set — where were they? BYEON. THE RESTLESS OLD LADY. THERE was an old woman, and what do you think? She lived upon nothing... | |
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Persians' grave, I could not deem myself a slave. A king sate on the rocky brow Which looks o'er sea-born Salamis; And ships by thousands lay below, And men in nations; — all were his! He counted them at break of day, And when the sun set, where were... 
