 | Edmund Burke - 1814 - 830 strani
...native land ! There points thy Muse to stranger's ejre, The graves of those that cannot die ! Twere long to tell, and sad to trace. Each step from splendour...foe could quell Thy soul, till from itself it fell, And Self-abasement pav'd the way To villain-bonds and despot-sway. What can he tell who treads thy... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1814 - 378 strani
...nameless pyramid, Thy heroes — though the general doom 130 Hath swept the column from their tomb, A mightier monument command, The mountains of their...stranger's eye, The graves of those that cannot die ! 1 35 'Twere long to tell, and sad to trace, Each step from splendour to disgrace, Enough — no foreign... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1815 - 222 strani
...nameless pyramid, Thy. heroes — though the general doom 130 Hath swept the column from their tomb, A mightier monument command, The mountains of their...stranger's eye, The graves of those that cannot die ! 134 'Twere long to tell, and sad to trace, Each step from splendour to disgrace, Enough— no foreign... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1816 - 228 strani
...native land! There points thy Muse to stranger's- eye The graves of those that cannot die! 135 Twere long to tell, and sad to trace, Each step from splendour...itself it fell ; Yes ! Self-abasement paved the way 140 To vilain-bonds and despot- sway. What can he tell who treads thy shore ? No legend of thine olden... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1817 - 226 strani
...a nameless pyramid, Thy heroes, though the general doom ISO Hath swept the column from their tomb, A mightier monument command, The mountains of their...stranger's eye The graves of those that cannot die! 135 Twere long to tell, and sad to trace, Each step from splendour to disgrace ; Enough — no foreign... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1819 - 448 strani
...left a nameless pyramid, Thy heroes — though the general doom Hath swept the column from their tomb, A mightier monument command, The mountains of their...stranger's eye The graves of those that cannot die ! 'Twere long to tell, and sad to trace, Each step from splendour to disgrace, Enough — no foreign... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1820 - 308 strani
...a nameless pyramid, Thy heroes, though the general doom 130 Hath swept the column from their tomb, A mightier monument command, The mountains of their...stranger's eye The graves of those that cannot die ! 135 Twere long to tell, and sad to trace, Each step from splendour to disgrace; Enough — no foreign... | |
 | British melodies - 1820 - 280 strani
...nameless pyramid, Thy heroes, though the general doom Hath swept the column from their tomb, A mfghtier monument command, The mountains of their native land...stranger's eye The graves of those that cannot die ! Twere long to tell, and1 sad to trace, Each step from splendour to disgrace ; Enough— no foreign... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 486 strani
...native land ! There points the Muse to stranger's eye The graves of those that cannot die ! 'Twere long to tell, and sad to trace, Each step from splendour...itself it fell, Yes ! self-abasement paved the way To vilain-bonds and despot-sway. What can he tell who treads thy shore ? No legend of thine olden time,... | |
| |
Bequeath'd by bleeding sire to son, Though baffled oft, is ever won. -; Bear witness, Greece, thy living page Attest it many a deathless age! While kings, in dusty darkness hid, Have left a nameless pyramid, Thy heroes, though the general doom... 
