 ... not for freedom to the Franks— They have a king who buys and sells; In native swords, and native ranks, The only hope of courage dwells: But Turkish force, and Latin fraud, Would break your shield, however broad. Fill high the bowl with Samian wine!...  The Poetical Works of Lord Byron: With Lifeby George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1857 - 576 pagesSnippet view - About this book
 | Epes Sargent - Elocution - 1857 - 444 pages
...Turkish force, and Latin fraud, Would break your shield, however broad. Place me on Sunium's marble steep, Where nothing, save the waves and I, May hear...ne'er be mine — Dash down yon cup of Samian wine ! BYRON. XXXV. — THE CRUCIFIXION. I ASKED the heavens ; — " What foe to God had done This unexampled... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1857 - 450 pages
...however broad. 16. Fill high the bowl with Samian wine ! Our virgins dance beneath the shade— I' see their glorious black eyes shine ; But, gazing...tear-drop laves, To think such breasts must suckle slaves. 16. Place me on Sunium's marbled steep, Where nothing, save the waves and I, May hear our mutual murmurs... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Readers - 1857 - 456 pages
...were sure to bind. 12. Fill high the bowl with Saurian wine! Our virgins dance beneath the shade; I see their glorious, black eyes shine; But gazing on...tear-drop laves, To think such breasts must suckle slaves. 13. Place me on Sunium's marble steep, Where nothing, save the waves and I, May hear our mutual murmurs... | |
 | 1858 - 460 pages
...shield, however broad. Fill high the bowl with Samian wine ! Our virgins dance beneath the shade,— I see their glorious black eyes shine ; But, gazing...ne'er be mine, — Dash down yon cup of Samian wine I EXPOSTULATION AND REPLY. — Wordsworth. " WHY, William, on that old gray stone, Thus for the length... | |
 | Aubrey Thomas De Vere - 1858 - 298 pages
...shield, however broad. Fill high the bowl with Samian wine ! Our virgins dance beneath the shade— I see their glorious black eyes shine ; But, gazing...such breasts must suckle slaves. Place me on Sunium's marble steep, Where nothing save the waves and I May hear our mutual murmurs sweep : There, swan-like,... | |
 | Lucius Osgood - Elocution - 1858 - 494 pages
...was Miltiades* ! 13. Fill high the bowl with Samian wine ! Our virgins dance beneath the shade ; I see their glorious black eyes shine : But, gazing...tear-drop laves, To think such breasts must suckle slaves. 14. Place me on Sunium's marbled steep, Where nothing, save the waves and I, May hear our mutual murmurs... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1859 - 614 pages
...your shield, however broad. Fill high the bowl with Samian wine ! Our virgins dance beneath the shadeI see their glorious black eyes shine ; But gazing on...ne'er be mine — Dash down yon cup of Samian wine ! FAME. WHAT is the end of Fame ! 'Tis but to fill A certain portion of uncertain paper : Some liken... | |
 | Warren P. Edgarton - Recitations - 1860 - 530 pages
...— But Turkish force and Latin fraud Would break your shield, however broad. Place me on Suniura's marbled steep, Where nothing, save the waves and I...ne'er be mine — Dash down yon cup of Samian wine ! Ex. CXIII.— NA POLE ON. i. PIERPONT. His falchion flashed along the Nile ; His hosts he led through... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - Readers (Secondary) - 1861 - 562 pages
...Turkish force and Latin \ fraud Would break your shield, however broad. Place me on Sunium's § marble steep, Where nothing, save the waves and I, May hear...ne'er be mine — Dash down yon cup of Samian wine ! tiadeo exercised a sovereign power over it, as the heir and successor of nil uncle, of the same name,... | |
 | John Connery - Elocution - 1861 - 416 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 hear...land of slaves shall ne'er be mine — Dash down yon cOp of Satnian wine ! BYRON. THE NEW SPEAKER. 255 MISCELLANEOUS PROSE PIECES. THE ADVANTAGES OF A GOOD... | |
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