 ... 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
 | Thomas Shorter - 1861 - 438 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 on...think such breasts must suckle slaves. Place me on Suninm's marbled steep, Where nothing, save the waves and I, May hear our mutual murmurs sweep ; There,... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1861 - 734 pages
...however broad. 15. Fill high the bowl with Samian 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. 16. Place me on Sunium's marbled steep, Where nothing, save the waves and I, May hear our mutual murmurs... | |
 | Scottish school-book assoc - 1863 - 438 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 on...ne'er be mine— Dash down yon cup of Samian wine! Echo, (G.) a reflected soimd. SOUND. Gamut, (from the Greek letter gamma) the musical scale. Medium,... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, sir William Smith - 1864 - 554 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 on...ne'er be mine — Dash down yon cup of Samian wine ! 290. LORD BYRON ON HIS EXILE AND DOMESTIC DIFFERENCES. The man who is exiled by a faction has the... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1865 - 480 pages
...each glowing maid, My own the burning tear-drop laves, To think such breasts must suckle slaves. 16. Place me on Sunium's marbled steep, Where nothing,...ne'er be mine — Dash down yon cup of Samian wine ! LXXXVII. Thus sung, or would, or could, or should have sung, The modern Greek, in tolerable verse... | |
 | John Bartlett - Quotations - 1865 - 504 pages
...have the letters Cadmus gave — Think ye he meant them for a slave ? Canto iii. Stanza 86. v. 10. Place me on Sunium's marbled steep, Where nothing,...murmurs sweep ; There, swan-like, let me sing and die. Canto iii. Stanza 86. v. 16. The precious porcelain of human clay.* Canto 1v. Stanza 2, " Whom the... | |
 | Standard poetry book - 1866 - 300 pages
...shield, however Woad. Fill high the bowl with Samian wine! Our virgins dance beneath the shade— I see their glorious black eyes shine; But gazing on...ne'er be mine— Dash down yon cup of Samian wine! GRATITUDE. Byron. WHEN all thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys; Transported with the view,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1866 - 802 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 on...let me sing and die : A land of slaves shall ne'er bo mine — Dash down yon cup of Samian wiuo ! FAME. flTHAT is the end of Fame ! 'Tis but to fill A... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1866 - 320 pages
...bowl with Samian wine ! Our virgins dance beneath the shade— I see their glorious black eyes shine; Place me on Sunium's marbled steep, Where nothing,...ne'er be mine— Dash down yon cup of Samian wine ! From THE SAME.—CANTO III. T' OUR tale.—The feast was over, the slaves gone, The dwarfs and dancing... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1867 - 740 pages
...tear-drop laves, To think such breasts must suckle slave«. 16. Place me on fiunium'a marbled steep, Whore N. Byron t LXXXVII. Thus sung, or would, or could, or should have sung, The modem Greek, In tolerable verse... | |
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