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. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Page 1101821Full view - About this book
| Edward Hughes - 1856 - 474 pages
...is mute To sounds which echo further west Than your sires' " Islands of the Blest."3 The mountains look on Marathon — And Marathon looks on the sea ; And, musing there an hour alone, I dreamed that Greece might still Ve free ; For, standing on the Persian's4 grave, I could not deem myself... | |
| Elocution - 1856 - 286 pages
...and Phrebus sprung! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all, except their sun, is set. 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... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1857 - 450 pages
...mountains look on Marathon— And Marathon looks on the sea i And musing there an hour alone, I dream' a that Greece might still be free ; For standing on...Persians' grave, I could not deem myself a slave. 4. A kinf* sate on the rocky brow Which looks o'er sea-born Salamis; And ships, by thousands, lay below,... | |
| Charles William Smith (professor of elocution.) - 1857 - 338 pages
...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 Persians' grave, I could not deem myself... | |
| 1857 - 336 pages
...harmonizing energy of the poetic faculty blends all the elements in perfect union : — "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... | |
| Henry Reed - 1857 - 242 pages
...them with the deep emotion of the solitary human being standing in the midst of them : " The mountains look on Marathon, And Marathon looks on the sea; And musing there an hour alone, I thought that Greece might still be free For standing on the Persian's grave, I could not deem myself... | |
| William Holmes McGuffey - Readers - 1857 - 456 pages
...is mute To sounds that echo further west, Than your sire's " Islands of the Blest." 3. The mountains look on + Marathon, And Marathon looks on the sea: And musing there an hour alone, 4. A king sat on the rocky brow Which looks o'er sea-born + Salamis ; And ships by thousands lay below,... | |
| Epes Sargent - Elocution - 1857 - 444 pages
...To sounds which echo further west Than your sires' " Islands of the blessed." The mountains look ou Marathon, And Marathon looks on the sea : And musing there an hour, alone, I dreamed — that Greece might still bo free ! For, standing on the Persian's grave, I could not deem... | |
| Epes Sargent - 1858 - 566 pages
...and Phoebus sprung ! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all, except their sun, is set. 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... | |
| Lucius Osgood - Elocution - 1858 - 494 pages
...mute To sounds which echo farther west Than your sires' "Islands of the Bless'd." 3. 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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