The isles of Greece, the isles of Greece! Where burning Sappho loved and sung, Where grew the arts of war and peace, Where Delos rose, and Phoebus sprung! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all, except their sun, is set. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Page 1101821Full view - About this book
| Tertius T C. Kendrick - 1825 - 742 pages
...Heaven prosper the wish!" added Alexis. END OF THE INTRODUCTION. CHAP. V. The Isles of Greece! The Isles of Greece! Where burning Sappho loved and sung, Where grew the arts of war and peace, Where Delos rose and Phoebus sprung! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all—except their sun—is set.... | |
| George Clinton - Poets, English - 1825 - 826 pages
...burning Sappho loved and sung, Where grew the hearts of war and peace — Where Delos rose, and Phcebus sprung ! Eternal summer gilds them yet ; But all, except their sun, is set. Have found the fame your shores 'refuse; Their place of hirth alone is mute To sounds which echo further... | |
| John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) - English poetry - 1828 - 600 pages
...rushing wings; oh ! she who was Almighty hail'd ! SONG OP THE GREEK BAUD. THE Isles of Greece, the Isles of Greece ! Where burning Sappho loved and sung, Where grew the arts of war and peace, — Where Delos rose, and Phoebus sprung ! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all, except their sun, is set.... | |
| Christianity - 1828 - 622 pages
...loftiest and purest models of all that is good and great in character : ' The islee of Greece ! The isles of Greece ! Where burning Sappho loved and sung, Where grew the arts of war and peace, Where Delos rose, and Phoebus sprung : Eternal summer gilds them yet — But all — except their sun —... | |
| William Brittainham Lacey - Elocution - 1828 - 308 pages
...lover, Till its green sod our ashes shall cover. ODE ON GREECE.— Byron. The isles of Greece, the isles of Greece, Where burning Sappho loved and sung, Where grew the arts of war and peace, — Where Delos rose and Phrebus sprung ! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all, except their sun, is set. The... | |
| English poetry - 1828 - 814 pages
...Without one selfish wish — to call them back. Anon. THE ISLES OF GREECE. The isles of Greece, the isles of Greece ! Where burning Sappho loved and sung, Where grew the arts of war and peace, — Where Delos rose, and Phoebus sprung ! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all, except their sun, is set.... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1832 - 542 pages
...Trecentisti ;" In Greece, he 'd sing some sort of hymn like this t' ye. The isles of Greece ! the isles of Greece ! Where burning Sappho loved and sung, Where grew the arts of war and peace, Where Delos rose and Phrebus sprung ! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all, except their sun, is set. The... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1832 - 310 pages
...burning Sappho* lov'd and sung, Where grew the art* of war and peace, — Where Delos rose, and Phrebus sprung ! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all, except their sun, is set. The mountains look on Marathon — And Marathon looks on the sea : And musing there, an hour, alone, I... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - 1833 - 358 pages
...Trecentisti;'^1) In Greece, he'd sing some sort of hymn like this t'ye: 1. The isles of Greece, the isles of Greece ! Where burning Sappho loved and sung, Where grew the arts of war and peace, — Where Delos rose, and Phoebus sprung ! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all, except their sun, is set.... | |
| James Hedderwick - Oratory - 1833 - 232 pages
...rank, mingled in promiscuous massacre and ruin! THE ISLES OF GREECE. THE isles of Greece, the isles of Greece ! Where burning Sappho loved and sung, Where grew the arts of war and peace, — Where Delos rose, and Phoebus sprung ! Eternal summer gilds them yet; But all, except their sun, is set.... | |
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