 Bequeathed 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 Hath swept...  The works of lord Byron - Page 226by George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1820Full view - About this book
 | 1862 - 488 pages
...left a nameless pyramid, Thy heroes, though the general doom Hath swept the column from their tomh, A mightier monument command, The mountains of their...stranger's eye The graves of those that cannot die!'' War, when viewed in this light, as waged in defence of liberty and Fatherland, as in ancient Greece,... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1863 - 614 pages
...While kings, in dusty darkness hid, Have left a nameless pyramid, Thy heroes, though the general doom Hath swept the column from their tomb, A mightier...Muse, to stranger's eye, The graves of those that can not die ! 'Twere long to tell, and sad to trace, Each step from splendor to disgrace: Enough, no... | |
 | Scottish school-book assoc - 1863 - 438 pages
...While kings, in dusky darkness hid, Have left a nameless pyramid, Thy heroes, though the general doom Hath swept the column from their tomb, A mightier...There points thy muse to stranger's eye The graves of those1 that caunot die ! 'Twere long to tell, and sad to trace, Each step from splendour to disgrace... | |
 | Joseph A. Nunes - 1863 - 146 pages
..."While kings in dusky darkness hid, Have left a nameless pyramid, Thy heroes, though the general doom Hath swept the column from their tomb, A mightier...mountains of their native land! There points thy muse, to stranger eye, The graves of those who cannot die." — BYRON. YES, kings may fall, and dynasties may... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, sir William Smith - 1864 - 554 pages
...While kings, hi dusty darkness hid, Have left a nameless pyramid, Thy heroes, though the general doom Hath swept the column from their tomb, A mightier...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... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1865 - 252 pages
...While kings in dusty darkness hid, Have left a nameless pyramid, Thy heroes, though the general doom Hath swept the column from their tomb, A mightier...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... | |
 | Penny readings - 1866 - 256 pages
...While kings, in dusty darkness hid, Have left a nameless pyramid, Thy heroes, though the general doom Hath swept the column from their tomb, A mightier...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... | |
 | Frances Martin - 1866 - 506 pages
...While kings, in dusty darkness hid, Have left a nameless pyramid, Thy heroes, though the general doom Hath swept the column from their tomb, A mightier...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... | |
 | Standard poetry book - 1866 - 300 pages
...While kings, in dusty darkness hid, Have left a nameless pyramid ; Thy heroes, though the general doom Hath swept the column from their tomb, A mightier...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... | |
 | 1866 - 408 pages
...While kings, in dusty darkness hid, Have left a nameless pyramid; Thy heroes, though the general doom Hath swept the column from their tomb, A mightier...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... | |
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