 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1814 - 378 pages
...graves of those that cannot die ! 1 35 'Twere long to tell, and sad to trace, Each step from splendour to disgrace, Enough — no foreign foe could quell...soul, till from itself it fell, Yes ! Self-abasement pav'd the way 14<> To vilain-bonds and despot-sway. What can he tell who treads thy shore? No legend... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1814 - 830 pages
...The graves of those that cannot die ! Twere long to tell, and sad to trace. Each step from splendour to disgrace. Enough — no foreign foe could quell Thy soul, till from itself it fell, And Self-abasement pav'd the way To villain-bonds and despot-sway. What can he tell who treads thy... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1815 - 222 pages
...graves of those that cannot die ! 134 'Twere long to tell, and sad to trace, Each step from splendour to disgrace, Enough— no foreign foe could quell...soul, till from itself it fell, Yes ! Self-abasement pav'd the way 14O To vilain-bonds and despot sway. What can he tell who treads thy shore ? No legend... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1816 - 228 pages
...graves of those that cannot die! 135 Twere long to tell, and sad to trace, Each step from splendour to disgrace; Enough — no foreign foe could quell...itself it fell ; Yes ! Self-abasement paved the way 140 To vilain-bonds and despot- sway. What can he tell who treads thy shore ? No legend of thine olden... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1817 - 226 pages
...graves of those that cannot die! 135 Twere long to tell, and sad to trace, Each step from splendour to disgrace ; Enough — no foreign foe could quell...itself it fell; Yes ! Self-abasement paved the way 14O To vilain-bonds and despot- sway. What can he tell who treads thy shore? No legend of thine olden... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - Elocution - 1819 - 448 pages
...The graves of those that cannot die ! 'Twere long to tell, and sad to trace, Each step from splendour to disgrace, Enough — no foreign foe could quell...soul, till from itself it fell, Yes, Self-abasement pav'd the way To villain-bonds and despot-sway. Byron. 24. — Sarpedon to Glaucus. WHY boast we, Glaucus,... | |
 | British melodies - 1820 - 280 pages
...The graves of those that cannot die ! Twere long to tell, and1 sad to trace, Each step from splendour to disgrace ; Enough— no foreign foe could quell...Self-abasement paved the way To villain-bonds and despot-sway. What can he tell who treads thy shore ? No legend of thine olden time, No theme on which the muse might... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1820 - 308 pages
...graves of those that cannot die ! 135 Twere long to tell, and sad to trace, Each step from splendour to disgrace; Enough — no foreign foe could quell...itself it fell ; Yes ! Self-abasement paved the way 140 To villain-bonds and despot-sway. What can he tell who treads thy shore ? No legend of thine olden... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English literature - 1821 - 486 pages
...The graves of those that cannot die ! 'Twere long to tell, and sad to trace, Each step from splendour to disgrace ; Enough — no foreign foe could quell...itself it fell, Yes ! self-abasement paved the way To vilain-bonds and despot-sway. What can he tell who treads thy shore ? No legend of thine olden time,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1823 - 854 pages
...their native land ! There points thy Muse to stranger's ey«, The graves of those that cannot die ! 'Twere long to tell, and sad to trace, Each step from...foe could quell Thy soul, till from itself it fell, ' And Self-abasement pav'd the way To villain-bonds and despot-sway. What can he tell who treads thy... | |
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Have left a nameless pyramid, Thy heroes, though the general doom Hath swept the column from their tomb, A mightier monument command, The mountains of their native land! There points thy Muse to stranger's eye The graves of those that cannot die! 'Twere... 
