 | 1821 - 800 pages
...each glowing maid, My own the burning tear-drop laves, To think such breasts must suckle slaves. " Place me on Sunium's marbled steep — Where nothing,...ne'er be mine — Dash down yon cup of Samian wine !" There is a little confusion in the narrative ; or perhaps it is the hurry in which I am going over... | |
 | 1821 - 778 pages
...each glowing maid, My own the burning tear-drop laves, To think such breasts must suckle slaves. " Place me on Sunium's marbled steep — Where nothing,...ne'er be mine — Dash down yon cup of Samian wine !" There is a little confusion in the narrative ; or perhaps it is the hurry in which I am going over... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 232 pages
...on each glowing maid* My own the burning tear-drop laves, To think such breasts must suckle slaves. Place me on Sunium's marbled steep, Where nothing,...sing and die : A land of slaves shall ne'er be mine — Thus sung, or would, or could, or should have sung, The modern Greek, in tolerable verse ; If not... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1821 - 460 pages
...My own the burning tear - drop laves, To think such breats must suckle slave. . Place me on Suniums marbled steep, Where nothing , save the waves and I, May hear our mutual murmurs sweep ; There , swan - like , let me sing and die : A land of slaves shall ne'er be mine — • LXXXVII. i' Thus... | |
 | 1822 - 440 pages
...on each glowing maid, My own the burning tear-drop laves, To think such breasts must suckle slave«. Place me on Sunium's marbled steep, •Where nothing,...swan-like, let me sing and die : A land of slaves shall near be mine— Da£ h down yua cup of Samian winel ON A VIEW OF THE SEA. -Ocean ! Ï love to view... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1823 - 258 pages
...on each glowing maid, My own the burning tear-drop laves, To think such breasts must suckle slaves. Place me on Sunium's marbled steep — Where nothing,...ne'er be mine — Dash down yon cup of Samian wine 1 LXXXVH. Thus Bung, or would, or could, or should have sung The modern Greek, in tolerable verse ; If... | |
 | Sophocles - 1823 - 228 pages
...from these Hues that Lord Byron took the hint for the last stanza of his ode to the Greek isles :— " Place me on Sunium's marbled steep, Where nothing, save the waves and I, May bear our mutual murmurs weep,— There, swan-like, let me siug and die." " " Shamest thou not, knowing... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1824 - 234 pages
...on each glowing maid, My own the burning tear-drop laves, To think such breasts must suckle slaves. Place me on Sunium's marbled steep— Where nothing,...ne'er be mine— Dash down yon cup of Samian wine ! THE SULTANA OTJLBEYAZ. When he was gone, there was a sudden change: I know not what might be the... | |
 | 1824 - 452 pages
...the burning tear-drop laves, To think such breasts must suckle slaves. Place me on Sunium's marble steep,— Where nothing, save the waves and I, May...A land of slaves shall ne'er be mine — Dash down the cup of Samian wine. With such feelings though no solditr it will not excite surprise that Lord... | |
 | 1824 - 312 pages
...breasts must suckle slaves. Place me on Sunium's marble steep, — Where nothing, save the waves and 1, May hear our mutual murmurs sweep ; There, swan-like,...A land of slaves shall ne'er be mine — Dash down the cup of Samian wine. He devoted himself to the redemption of that lovely and classic land, from... | |
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Place me on Sunium's marbled steep, Where nothing, save the waves and I, May hear our mutual murmurs sweep; There, swan-like, let me sing and die: A land of slaves shall ne'er be mine— Dash down yon cup of Samian wine! 
