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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! What, silent still ? and silent all ? Ah, no; — the voices of the dead Sound... "
Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Lord Byron - Page 545
by George Clinton - 1828 - 756 pages
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The American Speaker: Containing Numerous Rules, Observations, and Exercises ...

John Frost - 1855 - 462 pages
...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...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...
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Gleanings from the Poets, for Home and School

1855 - 458 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...living head, But one, arise, — we come, we come 1 ' 'T is but the living who are dumb. In vain, — in vain ; strike other chords; Fill high the cup...
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Gleanings from the Poets: For Home and School

Anna Cabot Lowell - 1855 - 452 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 !...Thermopylae. What, silent still ? and silent all ? Ah ! no j — the voices of the dead Sound like a distant torrent's fall, And answer, " Let one living head,...
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The shower of pearls, a collection of poetry, original and selected, for ...

Charlotte Phillips - 1855 - 188 pages
...days more blest ? Must we but blush ? Our father's bled ! Earth ! render back from out thy breast, What, silent still! and silent all ? Ah! no, the voices...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 other chords...
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The Exhibition Speaker: Containing Farces, Dialogues, and Tableaux, with ...

P. A. Fitzgerald - 1855 - 296 pages
...the poet here f For Greeks a blush, — for Greece a ten. Must we but weep o'er days more blessed f Must we but blush ? — Our fathers bled; Earth !...from out thy breast A remnant of our Spartan dead I Of the three hundred grant but three To make a new Thermopylae ! Sound like a di&taut torrent's fall,...
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The Exhibition Speaker: Containing Farces, Dialogues, and Tableaux : with ...

1856 - 286 pages
...nobler and the manlier one ? You have the letters Cadmus gave ; Think ye he meant them for a slave ? 'Tis something in the dearth of fame, Though linked...Thermopylae ! What ! silent still ? and silent all 1 Ah ! no ; the voices of the dead Sound like a distant torrent's fall, And answer, " Let one living...
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The Exhibition Speaker Containing Farce Dialogue and Tableaux with Exercises ...

1856 - 282 pages
...nobler and the manlier one ? You have the letters Cadmus gave ; Think ye he meant them for a slave ? 'Tis something in the dearth of fame, Though linked...hundred grant but three To make a new Thermopylae ! Sound like a distant torrent's fall, And answer, " Let one living head, But one arise — we come,...
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The Exhibition Speaker: Containing Farces, Dialogues, and Tableaux : with ...

1867 - 288 pages
...the poet here ? For Greeks a blush, — for Greece a tear. Must we but weep o'er days more blessed f Must we but blush ? — Our fathers bled; Earth !...hundred grant but three To make a new Thermopylae ! Sound like a distant torrent's fall, And answer, " Let one living head, But one arise — we come,...
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Select specimens of English poetry

Edward Hughes - 1856 - 474 pages
...Three Hundred grant hut three, To make a new Thermopylae 1 What, silent still ! and silent all I Ah I no — the voices of the dead Sound like a distant...one living head, But one arise — we come, we come !" . Tis hut the living who are dumh. In vain — in vain : strike other chords : Fill high the cup...
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The Intermediate Standard Speaker: Containing Pieces for Declamation in ...

Epes Sargent - 1857 - 444 pages
...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 !...one 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...
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