An hour passed on — the Turk awoke; That bright dream was his last; He woke — to hear his sentries shriek, "To arms! they come! the Greek! the Greek! The Fifth Reader - Página 231por Lewis Baxter Monroe - 1871 - 324 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| William Cullen Bryant, Robert Charles Sands, Henry J. Anderson - 1825 - 506 páginas
...There had the Persian's thousands stood, There had the glad earth drunk their blood On old Plataea's day ; And now there breathed that haunted air The...last ; He woke — to hear his sentries shriek, " To aims ! they come ! the Greek ! the Greek !" He woke — to die midst flame, and smoke, And shout, and... | |
| William Cullen Bryant, Robert Charles Sands, Henry J. Anderson - 1825 - 502 páginas
...Platsa's day ; And now there breathed that haunted aii The sons of sires who conquered there, AVith arm to strike, and soul to dare. As quick, as far...last ; He woke — to hear his sentries shriek, " To aims ! they come ! the Greek ! the Greek !" He woke — to die midst flame, and smoke, Aud shout, and... | |
| Janus - 1826 - 568 páginas
...There had the glad earth drunk their blood * Originally published in the New Times. On old Plataea's day ; And now there breathed that haunted air The sons of sires who conquer'd there, With arm to strike, and soul to dare, As quick, as far as they. An hour passed on... | |
| William Brittainham Lacey - 1828 - 308 páginas
...that monarch's throne, a king • As wild his thoughts, and gay of wing, As Eden's garden bird. *~ An hour passed on — the Turk awoke ; That bright dream was his last ; He woke — to hear his sentry's shriek, "To arms! they come ! the Greek ! the Gfteek \» He woke —to die midst flame and... | |
| Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 266 páginas
...pressed that monarch's throne, — a king; As wild his thoughts, and gay of wing, As Eden's garden bird. An hour passed on — the Turk awoke: That bright dream was his last; He woke — to hear his sentry's shriek, "To arras! they come! the Greek! the Greek!" He woke — to die midst flame and smoke,... | |
| Ebenezer Porter - 1828 - 452 páginas
...that monarch's throne, — a king ; As wild his thoughts, and gay of wing, As Eden's garden bird. 2 An hour passed on — the Turk awoke ; That bright dream was his last ; He woke — to hear his sentry's shriek, (°) " To arms ! they come ! the Greek ! the Greek !" He woke — to die midst flame... | |
| 1829 - 436 páginas
...blood On old Platea's day ; And now there breathed that haunted air The sons of sires who conquer'd there, With arm to strike, and soul to dare, As quick, as far as they. An hour pass'd on — The Turk awoke ; That bright dream was his last ; He woke — to hear his sentries shriek,... | |
| Samuel Kettell - 1829 - 432 páginas
...of their tried blades, As Eden's garden bird. At midnight, in the forest shades, On old Platffia's day ; And now there breathed that haunted air The sons of sires who conquer'd there, With arm to strike, and soul to dare, Heroes in heart and hand. There had the Persian's... | |
| Benjamin Dudley Emerson - 1830 - 334 páginas
...pressed that monarch's throne, — a king; As wild his thoughts, and gay of wing, As Eden's garden bird. An hour passed on- — the Turk awoke ; That bright dream was his last ; He woke — to hear his sentry's shriek, 'To arms! they come ! the Greek ! the Greek I' He woke — to die midst flame and... | |
| George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 516 páginas
...pressed that monarch's throne,— a king ; As wild his thoughts, and gay of wing, As Eden's garden bird. An hour passed on — the Turk awoke ; That bright dream was his last; He woke — to hear his sentry's shriek, " To arms ! they come : the Greek ! the Greek ! " He woke — to die midst flame and... | |
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