 The isles of Greece! the isles of Greece! Where burning Sappho loved and sung, Where grew the arts of war and peace, Where Delos rose, and Phoebus sprung! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all, except their sun, is set.  The Cambridge University Magazine - Page 3771840Full view - About this book
 | 1824 - 460 pages
...of Greece I Where burning Sappho lov*d and sung. Where grew the arts of war and peace. Where Delon rose and Phcebus sprung! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all except their sun is set,' What a theme for contemplation is ancient Greece 1 The cradle of freedom and bravery, where tyrants... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 232 pages
...In Greece, he'd sing some sort of hymn like this t'ye : The isles of Greece, the isles of Greece ! Where burning Sappho loved and sung, Where grew the arts of war and peace, — Where Delos rose, and Phoebus sprung ! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all, except their sun, is set. LXXXVI. The Scian... | |
 | 1821 - 810 pages
...this as if you were suffering a jerk of your rheumatism. " The isles of Greece, the isles of Greece, Where burning Sappho loved and sung, Where grew the arts of war and peace, — Where Delos rose, and Phrebus sprung ! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all, except their sun, is set. " The Scian and... | |
 | 1821 - 778 pages
...this as if you were suffering a jerk of your rheumatism. " The isles of Greece, the ides of Greece, Where burning Sappho loved and sung, Where grew the arts of war and peace, — Where Délos rose, and Phœbus sprung ! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all, except their sun, is set... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1821 - 460 pages
...burning Sappho loved and sung, Where grew the arts of \var and peace , — Where Delos rose, and Phoebus sprung! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all , except their sun , is set. The Scian and the Teian muse, The hero's harp , the lover's lute, Have found the fame your shores refuse;... | |
 | 1822 - 440 pages
...their Poet, who bursts forth in the following strain— The isles of Greece ! the isles of Greece ! Where burning Sappho loved and sung, Where grew the arts of war and peace,— Where Délos rose, and Phœbus sprung ! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all, except their sun, is set.... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1823 - 258 pages
...In Greece, he'd sing some sort of hymn like this t'ye : The isles of Greece, the isles of Greece ! Where burning Sappho loved and sung, Where grew the arts of war and peace,— Where Delos rose, and Phoebus sprung ! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all, excejrt their sun, is set. The Scion and the... | |
 | Cabinet - 1824 - 440 pages
...multitude, and of the inconstancy of fortune. THE ISLES OF GREECE. THE isles of Greee, the isles of Greece ! Where burning Sappho loved and sung, Where grew the arts of war and peace, — Where Delos rose, and Phoebus sprung ! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all, except their sun, is set. The Scian and the... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1824 - 234 pages
...frown—where gentler ocean seems to smile. SONG OF A GREEK. The isles of Greece, the isles of Greece ! Where burning Sappho loved and sung, Where grew the arts of war and peace,— Where Delos rose, and Phoebus sprung ! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all, except their sun, is set. The Scian and the... | |
 | 1824 - 56 pages
...fate he thus beautifully describes in one of his poems: — THE isles of Graece, the isles of Greece! Where burning Sappho loved and sung, Where grew the arts of war and peace, — Where Dulos rose, and Phoebus sprung ! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all, except their sun, Is set.... | |
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