Bear witness, Greece, thy living page ! Attest it many a deathless age ! While kings, in dusty darkness hid, Have left a nameless pyramid, Thy heroes, though the general doom Hath swept the column from their tomb, A mightier monument command, The mountains... The Giaour: A Fragment of a Turkish Tale - Page 7de George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1814 - 75 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Joseph Payne - 1859 - 512 pages
...While kings, in dusty darkness hid, Have left a nameless pyramid, Thy heroes, though the general doom Hath swept the column from their tomb, A mightier monument command, The mountains of their native laud ! (1) The transition here to another variation of the same theme, l'ya change of key, as it were,... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1860 - 372 pages
...While kings, in dusty darkness hid, Have left a nameless pyramid, Thy heroes, though the general doom Hath swept the column from their tomb, A mightier monument command, The mountains of their native landl There points thy Muse to stranger's ey The graves of those that cannot die! 'Twere long to tell,... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1861 - 734 pages
...stab, the countenance preserves its traits of feeling or ferocity, and the mind its bias, to the last. Bear witness, Greece, thy living page, Attest it many...nameless pyramid, Thy heroes, though the general doom Hath swept the column from their tomb, A mightier monument command, The mountains of their native land... | |
 | Thomas Shorter - 1861 - 438 pages
...For freedom's battle once begun, Bequeathed by bleeding Sire to Son, Though baffled oft, is ever won. Bear witness, Greece, thy living page, Attest it many...nameless pyramid, Thy heroes, though the general doom Hath swept the column from their tomb, A mightier monument command, The mountains of their native land... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1861 - 1164 pages
...freedom's battle once begun, Bequeath 'd by bleeding sire to son, Though baffled oft, is ever won. Bear witness, Greece, thy living page, Attest it many a deathless age ! While kings, in dusty darkness bid. Have left a nameless pyramid, Thy heroes, though the general doom Hath swept the column from their... | |
 | 1861 - 452 pages
...the champion of fallen Greece, thus truthfully addresses her — MASONIC HONOBS TO THE DEAD. 3 • " Bear witness, Greece, thy living page, Attest it, many a deathless age ! Thy heroes, 'mid the general doom, That swept the column from the tomb, A mighlier monument command,... | |
 | Archibald Hamilton Bryce - 1862 - 344 pages
...For freedom's battle once begun, Bequeathed by bleeding sire to son, Though baffled oft, is ever won. Bear witness, Greece, thy living page, Attest it many...nameless pyramid ; Thy heroes, though the general doom Hath swept the column from their tomb, A mightier monument command— The mountains of their native... | |
 | 1862 - 488 pages
...Though baffled oft is ever woo ! Bear witness, Greece, thy living page, Attest it many a deatbless age ! While kings in dusty darkness hid Have left...nameless pyramid, Thy heroes, though the general doom Hath swept the column from their tomh, A mightier monument command, The mountains of their native land!... | |
 | 1862 - 812 pages
...For Freedom's battle once begun, Bequeathed by bleeding sire to son, Though baffled oft is ever won ! Bear witness, Greece, thy living page, Attest it many...deathless age ! While kings in dusty darkness hid Hare left a nameless pyramid. Thy heroes, though the general doom Hath swept the column from their... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1863 - 614 pages
...Freedom's battle once begun, Bequeathed by bleeding sire to son, Though baffled oft, is ever won. 4. Bear witness, Greece, thy living page! Attest it,...nameless pyramid, Thy heroes, though the general doom Hath swept the column from their tomb, A mightier monument command — The mountains of their native... | |
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