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... Greece , Rome , Carthage , where are they ? Thy waters wasted them while they were free , And many a tyrant since ; their shores obey The stranger , slave , or savage ; their decay Has dried up realms to deserts : -not so thou ...
... Greece , Rome , Carthage , where are they ? Thy waters wasted them while they were free , And many a tyrant since ; their shores obey The stranger , slave , or savage ; their decay Has dried up realms to deserts : -not so thou ...
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... Greece , but living Greece no more ! So coldly sweet , so deadly fair , We start , for soul is wanting there . Her's is the loveliness in death , That parts not quite with parting breath ; But beauty with that fearful bloom , That line ...
... Greece , but living Greece no more ! So coldly sweet , so deadly fair , We start , for soul is wanting there . Her's is the loveliness in death , That parts not quite with parting breath ; But beauty with that fearful bloom , That line ...
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With a Few Introductory Observations George Croly. LYRIC VERSES 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 ...
With a Few Introductory Observations George Croly. LYRIC VERSES 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 ...
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