 And where are they, and where art 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 into hands like mine?  Poems - Sida 670efter George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1872Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | David Bates Tower - 1853 - 444 sidor
...Degenerate into hands like mine ' Tis some.hing in the dearth of fame, Though linked among a fettered race. To feel at least a patriot's shame, Even as...sing, suffuse my face; For what is left the poet here 1 For Greeks a blush — for Greece a tear. Must toe but weep o'er days more blest 1 Must we but blush... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1849 - 390 sidor
...bosom beats no more ! And must thy lyre, so long divine, Degenerate into hands like mine ? 6. 'T is something, in the dearth of fame, Though link'd among...face; For what is left the poet here ? For Greeks a blush — for Greece a tear. •' Deep wore the groans of Xerxes, when he saw This havoc ; for his... | |
 | George Croly - 1850 - 442 sidor
...Degenerate into hands like mine 1 'Tis something, in the dearth of fame, Though linked among a fettered race, To feel at least a patriot's shame, Even as...sing suffuse my face ; For what is left the poet here 1 For Greeks i' blush — for Greece a tear. Must toe but weep o'er days more blest? Must we but blush... | |
 | John Celivergos Zachos - 1851 - 570 sidor
...could not deem myself a slave. 'T is 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 blessed ? Must we but blush ? — Our... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1851 - 362 sidor
...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... | |
 | 1851 - 278 sidor
...Degenerate into hands like mine ? 'Tis something, in the dearth of fame, Though link'd among a fetter' d 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 fethers... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1852 - 570 sidor
...he meant them for a slave ? 'T is 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... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1852 - 568 sidor
...ye he meant them for a slave ? T is 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... | |
 | Beautiful poetry - 1853 - 740 sidor
...The heroic bosom beats no more ! And must thy lyre, so long divine, Degenerate into hands like mine 1 'Tis something, in the dearth of fame, Though link'd...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 Rann Kennedy - 1853 - 168 sidor
...râlcri ка\а irávra, ir\ÍjV àvSpâv yeveâs, rе ßorpvшv èкel yávos, aXtш %pvcrolo yeveffhov, Tis something, in the dearth of fame, Though link'd...face ; For what is left the poet here ? For Greeks a blush — for Greece a tear. Must we but weep o'er days more bless'd ? Must we but blush ? — Our... | |
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