 The isles of Greece, the isles of Greece ! Where burning Sappho loved and sung, Where grew the arts of war and peace, Where Delos rose, and Phoebus sprung ! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all, except their sun, is set.  The North American Review - Page 37edited by - 1825Full view - About this book
 | 1850 - 112 pages
...monuments of former glory, ti bril- . liant successes of another age and the degeneracy vi- the present. "Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all except their sun is set." As I gazed upon the shores of Scio, I could not but think of the appalling events which had but recently... | |
 | John Celivergos Zachos - 1851 - 570 pages
...Sappho loved and sung, — Where grew the arts of war and peace, — Where Delos rose, 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... | |
 | 1851 - 794 pages
...burning Sappho loved and sung ; Where grew the arts of war and peace ; Where Delos rose, and Phoebus sprung : Eternal Summer gilds them yet, But all, except their Sun, is set." — BYRON. " O suavis anima ! qualem te dicam bonara Autchac fuisse, tales cum sint reliquite." —... | |
 | William Chauncey Fowler - 1851 - 1502 pages
...Where burning Sappho loved and sung, Where grew the arts of war and peace, Where Delos rose and Phoebus sprung — Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all except their sun is set.— BYROM. O thou queen ! • Thou delegated Deity of Earth ; O dear, dear England ! how my longing eyes... | |
 | Samuel Sullivan Cox - 1852 - 510 pages
...classical antiquity, " Where grew the arts of war and peace ; Where Delos rose and Phoebus sprung. The Scian and the Teian Muse. The hero's harp, the...is mute To sounds which echo further west Than your sire's islands of the blest." Never did bard sing more truly. Our boat is full of Greeks. I have just... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1852 - 568 pages
...burning Sappho loved and sung, Where grew the arts of war and peace, — Where Delos rose, 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... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1852 - 570 pages
...burning Sappho loved and sung, Where grew the arts of war and peace, — Where Delos rose, and Phoabus 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... | |
 | Charles Rann Kennedy - 1853 - 168 pages
...burning Sappho loved and sung, Where grew the arts of war and peace, — Where Délos rose, and Phoebus sprung ! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all, except...echo further west Than your sires' ' Islands of the Bless'd.' THE ISLES OF GKEECE. [This Ode obtained the Gold Medal in the University of Cambridge. A... | |
 | Charles Rann Kennedy - 1853 - 168 pages
...burning Sappho loved and sung, Where grew the arts of war and peace, — Where Delos rose, and Phoebus sprung ! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all, except...the Teian muse, The hero's harp, the lover's lute, ч Have found the fame your shores refuse ; Their place of birth alone is mute To sounds which echo... | |
 | Beautiful poetry - 1853 - 740 pages
...burning Sappho loved and sung, Where grew the arts of war and peace, — Where Delos rose, and Phoebus sprung ! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all, except...The Scian and the Teian muse, The hero's harp, the lovers lute, Have found the fame your shores refuse ; The mountains look on Marathon — And Marathon... | |
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