 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
 | Warren P. Edgarton - 1868 - 522 sidor
...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 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... | |
 | sir William Smith - 1869 - 382 sidor
...The heroic bosom beats no more ! And must thy lyre, so long divine, Degenerate into hands like mine ? '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... | |
 | Scottish school-book assoc - 1869 - 438 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... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1869 - 264 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 ive but blush ? — Our fathers... | |
 | William Davis (B.A.) - 1869 - 200 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... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, William Smith - 1869 - 420 sidor
...Degenerate into hands like mine? Tis something, in the dearth of fame, Though 1inked 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 ive but weep o'er days more blest? Must ive bu f Llush? — Our fathers... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1869 - 526 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... | |
 | Kate Kraft - 1869 - 352 sidor
...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... | |
 | Charles A. Wiley - 1869 - 456 sidor
...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... | |
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