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" 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 Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction - Page 343
1824
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The practical elocutionist

Conrad Hume Pinches - 1854 - 460 pages
...! peace around ye dwell ! Lyre, sword, and flower, farewell ! MRS. HEMANS. THE ISLES OF GREECE. 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...
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The American Speaker: Containing Numerous Rules, Observations, and Exercises ...

John Frost - 1855 - 462 pages
...shook, The blue-eyed German changed his sword to pruning-hook. CAMPBELL. 80. SONO OF THE GREEK BARD. 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...
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History of Europe: From the Fall of Napoleon, in MDCCCXV to the ..., Volume 2

Archibald Alison - 1855 - 506 pages
...Hungary, and all the centre of Europe, which had come to exceed £3,000,000 of riporn from Britain. " The Isles of Greece, the Isles of Greece, Where burning Sappho loved and sung, Where grew the arts of war and peace, Where Délos rose and Phœbus sprung ! Eternal summer gilds...
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The Age of Fable, Or, Stories of Gods and Heroes

Thomas Bulfinch - 1855 - 508 pages
...might be a secure resting-place for his beloved. Byron alludes to Delos in his Don Juan : — " 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 ! " Phaeton. CHAPTER...
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Gleanings from the Poets, for Home and School

1855 - 458 pages
...Lord, place me in thy concert, give one strain To my poor reed. •THE ISLES OF GREECE. — Byron. 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...
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The shower of pearls, a collection of poetry, original and selected, for ...

Charlotte Phillips - 1855 - 188 pages
...will that sad, still face of thine, Look on me till I die !" MRS. REMANS. SONG OF THE GREEK BARD. 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...
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The English Language in Its Elements and Forms: With a History of Its Origin ...

William Chauncey Fowler - 1855 - 768 pages
...the same word or words emphatically. 1. " Restore him, restore him if you can, from the dead." 8. 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 Phcebus sprung — Eternal summer...
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Gleanings from the Poets: For Home and School

Anna Cabot Lowell - 1855 - 452 pages
...Lord, place me in thy concert, give one strain To my poor reed. THE ISLES OF GREECE. — Byron. 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...
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Youth's Instructor and Guardian, Volume 17

1833 - 632 pages
...from anarchy and confusion ; hut in regard to the others, the traveller is ready to exclaim, " The Isles of Greece, the Isles of Greece ! Where burning Sappho loved and sung; Where grew the arts of war and peace ; Whence Delos rose, and Phcebus sprung! Eternal summer...
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Select specimens of English poetry

Edward Hughes - 1856 - 474 pages
...Fettered. Gone. Syntax. Hour, v. 3, 1. 3. Torrent's fall, lilush and tear. Exists, v. 13, 1. S. 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 Phosbus sprung !' Eternal summer...
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