 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1854 - 1126 pages
...of their native land ! There points thy muse to stranger's eye The graves of those that cannot die ! 'Twere long to tell, and sad to trace, Each step from...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... | |
 | Theodore Alois Buckley - Seven Wonders of the World - 1854 - 332 pages
...native laud ! There points thy Muse to stranger's eye The graves of those that cannot die ! 'T were long to tell, and sad to trace, Each step from splendor...itself it fell ; Yes ! self-abasement paved the way To villain bonds and despot sway. The time of disturbance and revolution came, and the Dorians, a brave... | |
 | Edward Rupert Humphreys - 1854 - 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...Self-abasement paved the way To villain-bonds and despot sway. 246 20 For he who battles for the freedom of his Fatherland, Is wont to leave to posterity... | |
 | Beautiful poetry - 1854 - 432 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...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... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1854 - 320 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. THE OIAOCK. THE FLIGHT OF THE GIAOUR. 49 THE FLIGHT OF THE GIAOUR.* ON... | |
 | Seven wonders - Architecture, Ancient - 1854 - 384 pages
...The graves of those who 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 ; Tea ! self-abasement paved the way To villain bonds and despot sway." The time of disturbance and... | |
 | John Frost - Elocution - 1855 - 462 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 villain bonds and despot sway. BYRON *J1. — LOUDHON'S ATTACK — A HUNGARIAN WAR-SONG. RISE, ye Croats,... | |
 | Erastus Brooks, John Hughes - Church and state - 1855 - 96 pages
...of Rome and of Italy. There are memorials there, which though faded and dwarfed can never die. • " 'Twere long to tell, and sad to trace Each step from splendor to disgrace." I see Italy, beautiful even in her misfortunes, with the same soft blue and golden skies as in the... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1856 - 833 pages
...cannot die! 'T were long to tell, and sad to trace, Each step from splendour to disgrace j Enough—no foreign foe could quell Thy soul, till from itself...self-abasement paved the way To villain-bonds and 1 despot-sway. What can he tell who treads thy shore ? No legend of thine olden time, No theme on which... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1856 - 474 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 ; Yes ! self-ahasement paved the way To villain-honds and despot sway. BYRON. 1. Clime, a contraction for... | |
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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... 
