 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1859 - 614 ページ
...Greece might still be free ; For standing on the Persians' grave, I could not deem myself a slave. A king sat on the rocky brow Which looks o'er sea-born Salamis ; And ships, by thousands, lay below, And men in nations ;— all were his ! He counted them at break of day — And when the sun set, where... | |
 | Massachusetts Historical Society - 1918 - 636 ページ
...Boston, and thus making a definite and lasting impression upon his time, and his light was 1 "A king sate on the rocky brow Which looks o'er sea-born Salamis; And ships by thousands lay below, And men in nations; all were his. He counted them at break of day — And when the sun set, where were... | |
 | William Smith - 1860 - 718 ページ
...Salamis, whence he could survey the combat, and stimulate by his presence the courage of his men ; whilst by his side stood scribes, prepared to record the...daring and the backward. " A king sat on the rocky brow AVliich looks o'er sen-horn Salnmis; And ships, by thousands, lily below, And men in nations; — all... | |
 | Warren P. Edgarton - 1860 - 530 ページ
...Greece might still be free : For, standing on the Persian's grave, I could not deem myself a slave. A king sat on the rocky brow Which looks o'er sea-born Salamis ; And ships by thousands lay below, And men in nations ; — all were his ! He counted them at break of day — And when the sun set, where... | |
 | Henry Reed - 1860 - 312 ページ
...Greece might still be free ; For, standing on the Persian's grave, I could not deem myself a slave. " A king sat on the rocky brow, Which looks o'er sea-born Salamis; And ships by thousands lay below, And men in nations : all were his ! He counted them at break of day ; And, when the sun set, where... | |
 | William Smith - 1861 - 760 ページ
...Salamis, whence he could survey the combat, and stimulate by his presence the courage of his men ; whilst by his side stood scribes, prepared to record the...names both of the daring and the backward. " A king sate on the rocky brow Which looka o'er sea-born Sulaniis; And ships, by thousands, lay below, And... | |
 | James Bell Forsyth - 1861 - 216 ページ
...Greece might still be free ; For standing on the Persians' grave, I could not deem myself a slave. A king sat on the rocky brow, Which looks o'er sea-born Salamis ; And ships by thousands lay below, And men in nations, — all were his ! He counted them at break of day, And when the sun set, where... | |
 | John Connery - 1861 - 416 ページ
...Greece might still be free ; For standing on the Persian's grave, I could not deem myself a slave. A King sat on the rocky brow, Which looks o'er sea-born Salamis ; And ships by thousands lay below, And men in nations — all were his ! He counted them at break of day — And when the sun set, where... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1861 - 562 ページ
...Greece migLt still be free ; For, standing on the Persians' grave, I could not deem myself a slave. A king sat on the rocky brow Which looks o'er sea-born Salamis ; * And ships, by thousands, lay below, And men in nations ; — all were his ! He counted them at break of day, — And when the sun set,... | |
 | Robert E. Anderson - 1915 - 424 ページ
...overthrown. The familiar eight-syllable lines must ever recur as we mentally recall this scene, — A king sat on the rocky brow Which looks o'er sea-born Salamis, And men by nations lay below, And ships by thousands — all were his. He counted them at break of day,... | |
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Persians' grave, I could not deem myself a slave. A king sate on the rocky brow Which looks o'er sea-born Salamis ; And ships, by thousands, lay below, And men in nations ; — all were his ! He counted them at break of day — And when the sun set, where... 
