 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.  Poetry of Byron: Chosen and Arranged - Page 65de George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1892 - 276 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1872 - 522 pages
...every stone breathes an epic, every running brook gurgles a poem, every mound unearths a sculptor, " Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all, except their sun, is set." It was in Greece that all means adapted to develop the body, and to train the mind to warlike enterprise,... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1854 - 320 pages
...Sappho loved and sung, Where grew the arts of war and peace, Where Delos rose, and Phosbus sprung ! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all, except their sun, is set. t, The Scian* and the Teian muse,t The hero's harp, the lover's lute, Have found the fame your shores... | |
 | Rev. H. Musgrave Wilkins, M.A., - 1854 - 262 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. n. The Scian and the Teian muse, The hero's harp, the lover's lute, Have found the fame your shores... | |
 | Charlotte Phillips - 1855 - 188 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...To sounds which echo further west Than your sires' " Island of the Blest. The mountains look on Marathon— And Marathon looks on the sea; And, musing... | |
 | Anna Cabot Lowell - 1855 - 452 pages
...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...place of birth alone is mute To sounds which echo farther west Than your sires' " Islands of the Blest." The mountains look on Marathon,— And Marathon... | |
 | Archibald Alison - 1855 - 506 pages
...Sappho loved and sung, Where grew the arts of war and peace, Where Délos rose and Phœbus sprung ! Eternal summer gilds them yet. But all except their sun is set."* The Turkish pachas never set their feet in these blessed abodes of industry and freedom. Secretly afraid... | |
 | John Frost - 1855 - 462 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 Seian and the Teian muse, The hero's harp, the, lover's lute, Have found the fame your shores refuse... | |
 | 1855 - 458 pages
...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-Scian and the Teian Muse, The hero's harp, the lover's lute, Have found the fame your shores refuse... | |
 | 1833 - 632 pages
...Sappho loved and sung; Where grew the arts of war and peace ; Whence Delos rose, and Phcebus sprung! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all except their sun is set." Shall I he forgiven if I quote a few lines descriptive of this celebrated spot, written by the same... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1856 - 474 pages
...Sappho loved and sung, Where grew the arts of war and peace,— Where Delos rose and Phosbus sprung !' Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all, except their...echo further west Than your sires' " Islands of the Blest."3 The mountains look on Marathon — And Marathon looks on the sea ; And, musing there an hour... | |
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