You have the Pyrrhic dance as yet, Where is the Pyrrhic phalanx gone? Of two such lessons, why forget The nobler and the manlier one? You have the letters Cadmus gave, — Think ye he meant them for a slave? Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Pagina 981821Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1877
...Cadmus gave, — Think ye he meant them for a slave ? Fill high the bowl with Samiau wine ! We will not think of themes like these ! It made Anacreon's...best and bravest friend ; That tyrant was Miltiades ! 0 that the present hour would lend Another despot of the kind ! Such chains as his were sure to bind.... | |
 | 1906
...employing a dash, as — God never made a tyrant • nor a slave. So Byron, in his Isles of Greece: He served "»but served Polycrates (A tyrant, but...masters then Were still at least our countrymen). A comma [He served, but served Polycrates] would have meant, " that made a difference;" the dash implies,... | |
 | T. R. Barnes - 1964 - 324 pagina’s
...letters Cadmus gave Think ye he meant them for a slave? n Fill high the bowl with Samian wine ! We will not think of themes like these ! It made Anacreon's...masters then Were still, at least, our countrymen. 12 The tyrant of the Chersonese Was freedom's best and bravest friend; That tyrant was Miltiades !... | |
 | 1878
...Looking back upon the good old times previous to annexation, they are apt to think of a former ruler as 'a tyrant — but our masters then were still at least our countrymen.' Even the capricious tyranny of a native chief is less galling to a native community, however severely... | |
 | 1906
...will never relax his grip until you are exterminated.2 You, sirs, looking at the sub' Of. Byron : ' A tyrant ! — but our masters then Were still, at least, our countrymen.' 2 Cf. Horace : ' Non missura cutem nisi plena cruoris hirudo.' Truly oar reputation for bull-dog tenacity... | |
 | 1993 - 395 pagina’s
...letters Cadmus gave @ Think ye he meant them for a slave? Fill high the bowl with Samian wine! We will not think of themes like these! It made Anacreon's...least, our countrymen. The tyrant of the Chersonese @ 1 @ 原文Baccbanal 的詞源是Bacchus , 希阻神話中酒 神, 故bacchanaI 引伸為酒徒。... | |
 | George Gordon Byron - 1994 - 860 pagina’s
...Cadmus gave — Think ye he meant them for a slave ? 11. Fill high the bowl with Simian wine I We wffl not think of themes like these ! It made Anacreon's...tyrant ; but our masters then Were still, at least, oar countrymen. 12. The tyrant of the Chersonese Was freedom's beat and bravest friend; That tyrant... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1996 - 830 pagina’s
...Cadmus gave 60 Think ye he meant them for a slave? tt Fill high the bowl with Samian wine! We will not think of themes like these! It made Anacreon's song divine: He served - but served Polycrates 65 A tyrant; but our masters then Were still, at least, our countrymen. 12 The tyrant of the Chersonese... | |
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