| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1868 - 666 էջ
...country? On thy voiceless shore The heroic lay is tuneless now — The heroic bosom beats no more 1 And must thy lyre, so long divine. Degenerate into...face; For what is left the poet here ? For Greeks a blush — for Greece a tenr. Must ti'e but weep o'er days more blest? Must T« but blush ?— Our fathers... | |
| 1868 - 904 էջ
...into the mouth of a native bard : — " 'Tis something iu the dearth of fame. Though link'd among the fetter'd race, To feel at least a patriot's shame,...face ; For what is 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... | |
| Warren P. Edgarton - 1868 - 522 էջ
...must thy lyre, so long divine, 'Tis something in the dearth of fame, Though linked among a fettered race, To feel at least a patriot's shame, Even as...face ; For what is 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... | |
| Caroline Matilda Kirkland - 1868 - 710 էջ
...Degenerate into hands like mine ? 'Tis something in the dearth of fame, Though linked among a fettered race, To feel at least a patriot's shame, Even as...face ; For what is 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... | |
| sir William Smith - 1869 - 382 էջ
...thou, My country ? On thy voiceless shore The heroic lay is tuneless now — The heroic bosom beats no more ! And must thy lyre, so long divine, Degenerate...face ; For what is 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... | |
| Charles A. Wiley - 1869 - 456 էջ
...could not deem myself a slave. 3. 'Tis something, in the dearth of fame, Though linked among a fettered race, To feel at least a patriot's shame, Even as...face ; For what is left the poet here ? For Greeks a blush — for Greece a tear. 4. Must we but weep o'er days more blessed ? Must we but blush ? — Our... | |
| Kate Kraft - 1869 - 352 էջ
...Degenerate into hands like mine? " 'Tis something in the dearth of fame, Though linked among the fettered race, To feel at least a patriot's shame, Even as...face ; For what is 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... | |
| William Davis (B.A.) - 1869 - 200 էջ
...thou, My country ? On thy voiceless shore The heroic lay is tuneless now — The heroic bosom beats no more ! And must thy lyre, so long divine, Degenerate...mine ? 'Tis something, in the dearth of fame, Though linked among a fettered race, To feel at least a patriot's shame, Even as I sing, suffuse my face ;... | |
| William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1869 - 526 էջ
...thou, My country ? On thy voiceless shore The heroic lay is tuneless now — The heroic bosom beats no more ! And must thy lyre, so long divine, Degenerate...mine ? 'Tis something, in the dearth of fame, Though linked among a fettered race, To feel at least a patriot's shame, Even as I sing, suffuse my face;... | |
| Thomas Budd Shaw, William Smith - 1869 - 420 էջ
...thou, My country? On thy voiceless shore The heroic lay is tuneless now — The heroic bosom beats no more! And must thy lyre, so long divine, Degenerate...mine? Tis something, in the dearth of fame, Though 1inked among a fettered race, To feel at least a patriot's shame, Even as I sing, suffuse my face;... | |
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