 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! What, silent still ? and silent all ? Ah, no; — the voices of the dead Sound...  Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Lord Byron - Page 545by George Clinton - 1828 - 756 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charles Rann Kennedy - 1853 - 168 pages
...the poet here ? For Greeks a blush — for Greece a tear. Must we but weep o'er days more bless'd ? Must we but blush ? — Our fathers bled. Earth !...torrent's fall, And answer, " Let one living head, Bxit one arise — we come, we come ! " 'Tis but the living who are dumb. 6 7Top<l>vp£>v priyvvffi... | |
 | Charles Rann Kennedy - 1853 - 168 pages
...the poet here ? For Greeks a blush — for Greece a tear. Must we but weep o'er days more bless'd ? Must we but blush ? — Our fathers bled. Earth !...Of the three hundred grant but three, To make a new Thermopylœ ! What, silent stiU? and silent all? Ah ! no ; — the voices of the dead Sound like a... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1853 - 492 pages
...+lyre, so long divine, Degenerate into hands like mine ? 6. Must we but weep o'er days more blest ? Must we but blush ? Our fathers bled. Earth ! render...from out thy breast A remnant of our Spartan dead 1 Of the three hundred, grant but three, To make a new + Thermopylse ! 7. What, silent still ? and... | |
 | Conrad Hume Pinches - 1854 - 460 pages
...poet here ? For Greeks — a blush ; for Greece — a tear ! Must we but weep o'er days more bless'd ? Must we but blush ? — Our fathers bled. Earth !...living head, " But one arise, — we come, we come ! •' 'Tis but the living who are dumb." In vain — in vain ! strike other chords ; Fill high the... | |
 | 1854 - 456 pages
...-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...living head, But one, arise, — we come, we come ! " 'T is but the living who are dumb. In vain, — in vain ; strike other chords ; Fill high the cup... | |
 | David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - 1854 - 440 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...one living head, But one, arise — we come, we come ! " Tis but the living who are dumb. In vain — in vain : strike other chords ; Fill high the cup... | |
 | 1854 - 576 pages
...fathers bled. Earth ! render back from out thy breast A remnint of our Spartan dead ! Of the tLrre hundred grant but three, To make a new Thermopylae...one living head, But one arise, — we come, we come ! " 'T is but the living who are dumb. 84. THE DESTRUCTION OF SENNACHERIR.— Lori Ryron. THE Assyrian... | |
 | John Murray (Firm) - 1854 - 492 pages
...breast A remnant of our Spartan dead I Of the three hundred grant but three, To make a new Thermopylae 1 What, silent still ? and silent all. Ah ! no ; —...one living head, But one arise, — we come, we come I" 'Tis but the living who are dumb. In vain— in vain : strike other chords ; Fill high the cup with... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1854 - 320 pages
...the poet here ? For Greeks a blush — for Greece a tear. r. 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 Thermopylse ! 8. What, silent still ? and silent all ? Ah ! no ; — the voices of the dead Sound like... | |
 | George Croly - 1854 - 426 pages
...Greeks a. blush — for Greece a tear. Must we but weep o'er days more blest ? Must we but blush I — Our fathers bled. Earth ! render back from out thy...but three, To make a new Thermopylae ! What, silent Etill ''. and silent nil 1 Ah ! no ; — the voices of the dead Sound like a distant torrent's fall,... | |
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