Hereditary bondsmen ! know ye not Who would be free themselves must strike the blow? By their right arms the conquest must be wrought? Will Gaul or Muscovite redress ye ? no! True, they may lay your proud despoilers low, But not for you will Freedom's... The Quarterly Review (london) - Page 186by Anonymous - 1812 - 300 pagesFull view - About this book
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...Or tear their name defil'd from Slavery's mournful page. Hereditary bondsmen! know ye not Who would be free themselves must strike the blow? By their...Muscovite redress ye? no! True, they may lay your proud (lcspo:Iers low, But not for you will Freedom's altars flame. Shades of the Helots! triumph o'er your... | |
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...Slavery's mournful page. Hereditary bondsmen ! know ye not Who would be free themselves must strike th« blow ? By their right arms the conquest must be wrought ? Will Gaul or Muicevite redress ye. ? no ! True, Truc, they may lay your proud de.ipoilers low, But not for you will... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English literature - 1812 - 314 pages
...their name defil'd from Slavery's mournful page. LXXV. Hereditary bondsmen ! know ye not Who would be free themselves must strike the blow ? By their...low, But not for you will Freedom's altars flame. i . LXXVI. When riseth Lacedemon's hardihood, When Thebes Epaminondas rears again, When Athens' children... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1815 - 248 pages
...Slavery's mournful page. Canto II. PILGRIMAGE. 107 LXXVI. Hereditary bondsmen ! know ye not Who would be free themselves must strike the blow ? By their right arms the eonquest must be wrought? Will Gaul or Museovite redress ye ? no ! True, they may lay your proud despoilers... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1818 - 384 pages
...their name defiled from Slavery's mournful page. : i. LXXVI. Hereditary bondsmen! know ye not Who would be free themselves must strike the blow? By their right arms the conquest must be wrought? Will Ganl or Muscovite redress ye? no! True, they may lay your proud despoilers low, But not for you will... | |
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...their name defiled from Slavery's mournful page. LXX.VI. Hereditary bondsmen ! know ye not Who would be free themselves must strike the blow By their right...Muscovite redress ye? no ! True, they may lay your proud despeilers low, But not for you will Freedom's altars flame. Shades of the Helots ! triumph o'er your... | |
| André Vieusseux - Italy - 1821 - 296 pages
...equally applicable to the Italians : — . ' i • • " Hereditary bondsmen ! know ye not Who would be free themselves must strike the blow ? By their...be wrought ? Will Gaul or Muscovite redress ye ? no ! ****** Greece, change thy lords, thy state is still the same ; Thy glorious days are o'er, but not... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1822 - 498 pages
...their name defiled from Slavery's mournful page. LXXVI. Hereditary bondsmen ! know ye not Who would be free themselves must strike the blow By their right...Greece ! change thy lords, thy state is still the sain Thy glorious day is o'er, but not thine years of sham LXXVH. The city won for Allah from the Giaour,... | |
| John Pierpont - Recitations - 1823 - 492 pages
...Hereditary bondmen ! know ye not Who would be free themselves must strike the blow ? By their right arm the conquest must be wrought : — Will Gaul, or Muscovite,...change thy lords : — thy state is still the same t Thy glorious day is o'er, but not thy years of shame. When riseth Lacedemon's hardihood, < \ When... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1824 - 334 pages
...themselves must strike the By their right arms the conquest must he wrought ? i Will Gaul or Muacovite redress ye ? no ! True, they may lay your proud despoilers...the Helots ! triumph o'er your foe ! Greece ! change tliy lords, thy state is still the same; Thy glorious day is o'er, hut not thine years of shame. •... | |
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