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? Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Page 941821Full view - About this book
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...at break of day — And when the sun set where were they ? ' 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 ! ' It is a far cry in this region of poetry from Lord Byron to Mr. Alfred Austin. Altogether in civilised... | |
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| 1822 - 440 pages
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...o'er sea-born Salamis ; And ships, by thousands, lay below, And men in nations ;— all were his I He counted them at break of day — And when the sun...like mine ? 'Tis something in the dearth of fame, Thongh liuk'd among a fetter'd race, To feel at least a patriot's shame, Even as I sing, suifuse my... | |
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...at break of day — And when the sun set where were they ? And where are they ! and where art thou, My country ? On thy voiceless shore The heroic lay...— The heroic bosom beats no more ! And must thy lyie, so long divine, Degenerate into hands like mine ? 'Tis something, in the dearth of fame, Though... | |
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