 | Randal William McGavock - 1854 - 412 psl.
...completely hemmed in on all sides by mountains, except the ocean side, and beautifully cultivated. " The mountains look on Marathon— And Marathon looks on the sea; And musing there an hour,alone, ' I dreamed th^it Greece might still be free, For standing on the Persians' grave, I could... | |
 | Charlotte Phillips - 1855 - 188 psl.
...place of birth alone is mute To sounds which echo further west Than your sires' " Island of the Blest. The mountains look on Marathon— And Marathon looks...that Greece might still be free ; For standing on the Persian's grave, A king sat on the rocky brow Which looks o'er sea-born Salamis ; And ships, by thousands,... | |
 | John Frost - 1855 - 462 psl.
...the fame your shores refuse ; Their place of birth alone is mute To sounds which echo further west The mountains look on Marathon — And Marathon looks...that Greece might still be free For standing on the Persian's grave, I could not deem myself a slave. A king sat on the rocky brow Which looks o'er sea-born... | |
 | P. A. Fitzgerald - 1855 - 296 psl.
...Where Delos rose, and Pkebus sprung! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all, except th«ir sun, is set. The mountains look on Marathon, And Marathon looks on the sea; And musing there an hour alone, I dreamed that Greece might still be frotj For standing on the Persian's grave, I could not deem myself... | |
 | Anna Cabot Lowell - 1855 - 452 psl.
...of birth alone is mute To sounds which echo farther west Than your sires' " Islands of the Blest." The mountains look on Marathon,— And Marathon looks on the sea ; And musing there an hour alone, I dreamed that Greece might still be free ; For, standing on the Persians' grave, I could not deem myself... | |
 | 1855 - 458 psl.
...of birth alone is mute To sounds which echo farther west Than your sires' " Islands of the Blest." The mountains look on Marathon, — And Marathon looks on the sea ; And musing there an hour alone, I dreamed that Greece might still be free ; For, standing on the Persians' grave, I could not deem myself... | |
 | Henry Reed - 1855 - 416 psl.
...with the deep emotion of the solitary human being standing in the midst of them : 278 LECTURE NINTH. "The mountains look on Marathon, And Marathon looks on the sea; And musing there an hour alone, I thought that Greece might still be free ; 3?or standing on the Persian's grave, I could not deem myself... | |
 | Henry Reed - 1855 - 404 psl.
...also vivifies them with the deep emotion of the solitary human being standing in the midst of them : " The mountains look on Marathon, And Marathon looks on the sea; And musing there an hour alone, I thought that Greece might still be free ; For standing on the Persian's grave, I could not deem myself... | |
 | David Charles Bell - 1856 - 466 psl.
...sun, is set ! The Scian and the Teian muse, The hero's harp, the lover's lute, Have found the lame your shores refuse Their place of birth alone is mute...looks on the sea : And musing there an hour, alone, I dreamed — that Greece might still be free ! For, standing on the Persian's grave, I could not deem... | |
 | Robert William Browne - 1856 - 464 psl.
...sweeps on the breeze over the warriors' graves. " The mountains look on Marathon, And Marathon looka on the sea, And musing there an hour alone I dream'd...Greece might still be free ; For, standing on the Persian's grave, I could not deem myself a slave." — BYBON. The glory of Marathon belonged to Athens... | |
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Persians' grave, I could not deem myself a slave. A king sat on the rocky brow Which looks o'er sea-born Salamis; And ships, by thousands, lay below, And men in nations; — all were his! He counted them at break of day — And when the sun set where... 
