Beaufort, Emily Anne: Egyptian sepulchres and Syrian shrines: including some stay in the Lebanon, at Palmyra and in Western Turkey ; in 2 vol. (Band 2) (London, 1862)

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THE G-EEEKS.

dour against the sky, casting down a long line of bright
reflection on the trembling waters at their feet: I
thought, as the fair scene faded away, how many a
Greek sailing past them had said in his heart,

" . . . Better
Be ashes here than aught that lives elsewhere!"