 | English poetry - 1828 - 814 pages
...death's awful tract ! Without one selfish wish — to call them back. Anon. THE ISLES OF GREECE. The isles of Greece, the isles of Greece ! Where burning...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.... | |
 | Christianity - 1828 - 622 pages
...sages afford the loftiest and purest models of all that is good and great in character : ' The islee of Greece ! The isles of Greece ! Where burning Sappho...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 —... | |
 | George Clinton - Poets, English - 1828 - 888 pages
...breathes all the patriotic fire of old Greece, together with the most jovial Bacchanalian spirit: The isles of Greece, the isles of Greece, Where burning Sappho loved and sung. Where grew the hearts of war and peace — Where Delos rose, and Phoebus sprung ! Eternal summer gilds them yet ;... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1832 - 542 pages
...In Italy, he'd ape the " Trecentisti ;" In Greece, he 'd sing some sort of hymn like this t' ye. The isles of Greece ! the isles of Greece ! Where burning...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... | |
 | James Hedderwick - Oratory - 1833 - 232 pages
...pillaged, and every age, sex, and rank, mingled in promiscuous massacre and ruin! THE ISLES OF GREECE. THE isles of Greece, the isles of Greece ! Where burning...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.... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - 1833 - 358 pages
...Italy he'd ape the " Trecentisti;'^1) In Greece, he'd sing some sort of hymn like this t'ye: 1. The isles of Greece, the isles of Greece ! Where burning...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.... | |
 | Robert Bland - English poetry - 1833 - 468 pages
...burning Sappho lov'd 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 Teian muse, The hero's harp, the lover's lute, Have found the fame your shores refuse... | |
 | Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna - 1839 - 598 pages
...Cohen, as he bade him good night, ' tomorrow I must be on deck all day. We shall be passing among The isles of Greece, the isles of Greece, Where burning Sappho loved and sung; And I must enjoy with yon the many classic reminiscences that cannot fail to brighten our track.' Alick... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - Oratory - 1836 - 404 pages
...famous victory." CXXXIX. THE ISLES or GREECE.—Byron. The Isles of Greece ! the Isles of Greece 1 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... | |
 | Middle East - 1836 - 140 pages
...for other conquests ; but having received counter-orders, they were suspended. We were now in " The isles of Greece, the isles of Greece ! Where burning Sappho loved and sung j" and, from a long residence, I can confidently state that it is impossible to enjoy a more delightful... | |
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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. 
