...neighborhood. He chose Byron's salute to Greece's lesbian poet laureate, Sappho, and declaimed, " 'The isles of Greece, the isles of Greece! Where burning Sappho loved and sung.' " Charles Jarvis was present that night, and recalled that the boys began to heckle Sammy, one yelling...

...aettos—Pentelikon—-Pikermi—Marathon—JEgina—The Oros—Laurion— Sunion—Cape Colonna. THE IONIAN ISLES. The isles of Greece, the isles of Greece! Where burning Sappho loved and sung, 4 THE MEDITERRANEAN Where grew the arts of war and peace, Where Delos rose and Phoebus sprung! Eternal...

...used to train them in clear enunciation at the Convent School and contained lovely things like The Isles of Greece, the Isles of Greece Where burning Sappho loved and sung 53 and sweet mournful poems such as He who hath bent him o'er the dead Ere the first day of death is...

...Sp and E, guerrilla. Gc, war, worse, worst. "War doesn't prove who is right, only who is left." The isles of Greece, the isles of Greece! Where burning...sung, Where grew the arts of war and peace, Where Délos rose, and Phoebus sprung! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all, except their sun, is set....

...Athens celebrating the XXV1H Olympiad in 2004. Few will accept the view expressed by Byron in 1819: The isles of Greece, the isles of Greece! Where burning...Phoebus sprung! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all, except their sun, is set. Most will accept the view expressed by Shelley in 1822: Another Athens...

...said Evelyn, "but I know you can't buck Lord Byron. He's the one who put it into immortal poetry. The isles of Greece, the isles of Greece, Where burning...war and peace, Where Delos rose and Phoebus sprung. That's it you see. That's what all the Philhellenes are crazy for." (38-39) Lord Byron is that with...

...hunting. Delos, a Greek island in the Cyclades and her birthplace, is sung by Byron in his Don Juan: "The isles of Greece! The isles of Greece! / Where burning...and peace, / Where Delos rose and Phoebus sprung!" 31 Parabami: It seems safe to say that this is the Spanish—or in any event, Valera's—spelling of...

...and mumsy in Liberty print. Anai's, as usual, was in many colours, and her stockings were green. The Isles of Greece, the Isles of Greece, Where burning Sappho loved and sung intoned Mrs Jerrold, as she dusted crumbs of pastry from her bosom. One can make anything happen, if...

...was just the way it was. And he wanted to see the sun rise over the isles one more time. . . . "The isles of Greece, the isles of Greece! Where burning Sappho loved and sung ..." With a wrench, Ria cut the connection to his thoughts. More proof that eavesdroppers never hear...

...it. MARY goes off.) CLAIRE: Little hypocrite! BYRON: (Looking off into the distance HE recites.) "The isles of Greece, the isles of Greece! Where burning...and sung, Where grew the arts of war and peace..." (HE writes.) And now it's off to war and the fight for freedom! On board ship we were like schoolboys...