...looks o'er sea-born Salamis; And ships by thousands lay below, And men in nations ; — all were his t He counted them at break of day, But when the sun set, where were they Î" Themistocles, taking advantage of the alarm of Xerxes caused by his defeat, contrived, in order...

...fair frigate on the sea, When suddenly there came a check Which ended his felicity : Courtiers he had at break of day — But when the sun set where were they ? " The mountains look on Marathon " — Tho men who, on that haunted plain, So marvellous a victory...

...looks o'er sea-girt Salamis, And men and nations — all were his; And ships in thousands lay below, He counted them at break of day, But when the sun set — where were they ?" King Edward, with a body of horse, escaped to Dunbar, closely pursued by Sir James Douglas. He was...

...ARCHIBALD SPARSE. Can any of your readers inform me where the following quotation is taken from : — He counted them at break of day, But when the sun set where were they ? Huddersfield Club. F' A' BROOKE. [Byron: 'The Isles of Greece1 in 'Don Juan' Canto III. MADAME DE...

...looks o'er sea-bom Salamis ; And ships by thousands lay below, And men in nations ; — all were his ! He counted them at break of day, But when the sun set, where were they V Themistocles, taking advantage of the alarm of Xerxes caused by his defeat, contrived, in order to...

...o'er sea-born Salamis ; And ships, by hundreds, lay below, And men in nations ; — all were his ! He counted them at break of day, — But, when the sun set, where were they?" And so, again disappointed, the unhappy exile returned for the last time to S. Germain's, and there,...

...looks o'er sea-born Salamis, And ships by thousands lay below, And men in nations—all were his;— He counted them at break of day, But when the- sun set, where were they ? It is well remarked by Raleigh, that " the scribes of Xerxes had a wearisome task of writing down...

...of an eastern proverb which has given rise to a touching line of western poetry: there they stood " at break of day, But, when the sun set, where were they:" In 1787 the war was recommenced; the weak and capricious, irresolute, and vacillating Joseph II. then...

...his slightest utterance was the definition of a proverb, " the condensed wisdom of a nation ? " • He counted them at break of day, But when the sun set, where were they ? The man who offended Jackson was doomed. Like a mighty Nimrod, he threw his lariat from the Capitol,...

...looks o'er sea-girt Salamis, And men and nations — all were his ; And ships in thousands lay below, He counted them at break of day, But when the sun set — where were they?" King Edward, with a body of horse, escaped to Dunbar, closely pursued by Sir James Douglas. He was...