Select views in Greece : with classical illustrations. (1829)
Williams, Hugh William, 1773-1829, Cockerell, C. R. (Charles Robert), 1788-1863, Black, Adam, 1784-1874, publisher, Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, publisher · London; : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, and Adam Black, Edinburgh. · leaf 173
d. Urbis conspectum montana cacumina velant,Tranquillo praetenta mari. Ducentia portumCornua pacatas removent Aquilonibus undas ;Hie exarmatum terris cingentibus aquorClauditur, et placidam discit servare quietem. Claudian, Epig. LXXW There lies a city, nestled neath the steepOf giant hills, that… … s s^ PLAIN OF MARATHON, AND DISTANT VIEW OF EUBCEA. The mountains look on Marathon,Anil Marathon looks on the sea;And musing there an hour alone, I dreamed that Greece might yet be free.For, standing on the Persians grave,I could not deem myself a slave.11 Byron. There is a dangerous stillness in…
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