 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1861 - 734 pages
...something, in the dearth of fame, Though link'd among a fetter'd race, To feel at least a patriot's shame, Even as I sing, suffuse my face ; For what...poet here? For Greeks a blush — for Greece a tear. t. Must we but weep o'er days more blest? Must we but blush? — Our fathers bled. Earth ! render back... | |
 | Thomas Shorter - 1861 - 438 pages
...something, in the dearth of fame, Though link'd among a fetter'd race, To feel at least a patriot's shame, Even as I sing, suffuse my face ; For what...here ? "For Greeks a blush — for Greece a tear. Must we but weep o'er d«ys more blest 1 Must we but blush 1 — Our fathers bled. Earth ! render back... | |
 | John Connery - 1861 - 416 pages
...something, in the dearth of fame, Though link'd among a fettered race, To feel at least a patriot's shame, Even as I sing, suffuse my face ; For what...poet here ? For Greeks a blush — for Greece a tear. Earth ! render back from out thy breast A remnant of our Spartan dead ! Of the Three Hundred grant... | |
 | Scottish school-book assoc - 1863 - 438 pages
...something, in the dearth of fame, Though linked among a fettered race, To feel at least a patriot's shame, Even as I sing, suffuse my face; For what is left the poet here ? For Greeks a blush—for Greece a tear. Must we but weep o'er days more blest ? Must ice but blush ?—Our fathers... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, sir William Smith - 1864 - 554 pages
...something, in the dearth of fame, Though link'd among a fetter'd race, To feel at least a patriot's shame, Even as I sing, suffuse my face ; For what...poet here ? For Greeks a blush — for Greece a tear. Must we but weep o'er days more blest ? Must we but blush ? — Our fathers bled. Earth ! render back... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1866 - 320 pages
...something, in the dearth of fame, Though link'd among a fetter'd race, To feel at least a patriot's shame, Even as I sing, suffuse my face; For what is left the poet here ? For Greeks a blush—for Greece a tear. Must we but weep o'er days more blest ? Must we but blush ?—Our fathers... | |
 | Standard poetry book - 1866 - 300 pages
...something, in the dearth of fame, Though link'd among a fetter'd race, To feel at least a patriot's shame, Even as I sing, suffuse my face; For what is left the poet here ? For Greeks a blush—for Greece a tear. Must we but weep o'er days more blest ? Must we but blush ?—Our fathers... | |
 | Robert Demaus - 1866 - 240 pages
...something, in the dearth of fame, Though linked among a fettered race, To feel at least a patriot's shame, Even as I sing, suffuse my face ; For what is left a poet here ? For Greeks a blush — for Greece a tear. Must we but weep o'er days more blest ? Must... | |
 | William Pembroke Fetridge - 1870 - 964 pages
...of fame, Thf.'u<rh linked among a fettered race, To feel at least a patriot's shame, Even as I finp, suffuse my face ; For what is left the poet here ? For Greeks a blush— for Greece a tear. "Most we but weep o'er days more blest » Must MM but blush ? Our fathers bled. Earth, render back... | |
 | Warren P. Edgarton - 1868 - 522 pages
...something in the dearth of fame, Though linked among a fettered race, To feel at least a patriot's shame, Even as I sing, suffuse my face ; For what...poet here ? For Greeks a blush — for Greece a tear. Must we but weep o'er days more blest ? Must we but blush ? — Our fathers bled. Earth, render back... | |
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Must we but blush? Our fathers bled. Earth! render back from out thy breast A remnant of our Spartan dead! Of the three hundred grant but three, To make a new Thermopylae! 
