| 1859 - 748 páginas
...from the grey stone,' and reverently read how our forefathers believed, and sp^oke, and suffered. ' Of the three hundred grant but three To make a new Thermopylae.' ' Let us take the oldest epitaph we have been able to find. M'Crie, in his vindication of the Scottish... | |
| Epes Sargent - 1852 - 568 páginas
...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 !...torrent's fall, And answer, " Let one living head, But one arise, — we come, we come ! " 'T is but the living who are dumb. 34. THE DESTRUCTION OF SENNACHERIB.... | |
| Epes Sargent - 1852 - 570 páginas
...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 !...torrent's fall, And answer, " Let one living head, But one arise, — we come, we come ! " 'T is but the living who are dumb. 34. THE DESTRUCTION OF SENNACHERIB.... | |
| Epes Sargent - 1852 - 570 páginas
...the poet here ? For Greeks, a blush, — for Greeee, a tear ! Must wo but weep o'er days more blest ? Must we but blush ? — Our fathers bled. Earth !...Ah ! no : — the voices of the dead Sound like a distent torrent's fall, And answer, " Let one living head, But one arise, — we come, we come ! "... | |
| Beautiful poetry - 1853 - 740 páginas
...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...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... | |
| William Holmes McGuffey - 1853 - 492 páginas
...+lyre, so long divine, Degenerate into hands like mine ? 6. Must we but weep o'er days more blest ? Must we but blush ? Our fathers bled. Earth ! render...from out thy breast A remnant of our Spartan dead 1 Of the three hundred, grant but three, To make a new + Thermopylse ! 7. What, silent still ? and... | |
| Conrad Hume Pinches - 1854 - 460 páginas
...the dearth of fame, Though link'd within a fetter'd race ; To feel at least a patriot's shame, E'en as I sing, suffuse my face ; For what is left the...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... | |
| 1854 - 456 páginas
...-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...torrent's fall, And answer, " Let one living head, But one, arise, — we come, we come ! " 'T is but the living who are dumb. In vain, — in vain ;... | |
| David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - 1854 - 440 páginas
...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...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... | |
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