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PLAIN OF MAEATHON,
AND DISTANT VIEW OF EUBCEA.
" The mountains look on Marathon,
And Marathon looks on the sea;
And musing there an hour alone,
I dreamed that Greece might yet be free.
For, standing on the Persian's grave,
I could not deem myself a slave."
Byron.
" There is a dangerous stillness in that hour,
A stillness which leaves room for the full soul
To open all itself, without the power
Of calling wholly back its self-controul;
The silver light which, hallowing tree and tower,
Sheds beauty and deep softness o'er the whole,
Breathes also to the heart, and o'er it throws
A soothing languor which is not repose."
Byron.
AW 6vk eariv, ovk koriv dirwg ijfiapTr]KaTE, avSpeg 'A9?jvaioi, rov inrep ttjq anav-
tuv eXevdcpiag Kai ixiorripiag kivSvvov apafxevoi, 'Qv, /xa tovq kv Mapadwvi irpoKiv-
CvvcvaavraQ twv irpoyovwv, Kai tovq kv UXaTaiaig Trapara^afievovg, Kai rove kv
2u\a/xivi vavfxaxvo'avTac, Kai tovs vk 'Apr£//i<ria), Kai iroXKovg krepovQ rove kv toiq
orjfxomoie fxvqjjLaai Keifxevovg ayadovg dvcpag- ovq enravrag 6/i0ta)£ h woXig rije civTrjg
a^imiraaa Tifntjg kdaipev," &c.------Demosthen.
" But it cannot be, it cannot be, O Athenians, that ye acted wrong
in perilling your safety for the common freedom and salvation. No!
by your forefathers who jeoparded their lives at Marathon; by those
who were marshalled on the plains of Plataea, and the waters of Sala-
mis; by the heroes of Artemisium, and all the other brave who sleep
in public sepulchres,—it cannot be! These all received the same testi-
mony of honour, a tomb from the hands of the state," &c—J. P.
" The barrow of the Athenians is in the plain, and on it are pillars
containing the names of the dead. There is another of the Plataeans
and slaves, and a distinct monument of Miltiades the commander."—
Pausamias.
AND DISTANT VIEW OF EUBCEA.
" The mountains look on Marathon,
And Marathon looks on the sea;
And musing there an hour alone,
I dreamed that Greece might yet be free.
For, standing on the Persian's grave,
I could not deem myself a slave."
Byron.
" There is a dangerous stillness in that hour,
A stillness which leaves room for the full soul
To open all itself, without the power
Of calling wholly back its self-controul;
The silver light which, hallowing tree and tower,
Sheds beauty and deep softness o'er the whole,
Breathes also to the heart, and o'er it throws
A soothing languor which is not repose."
Byron.
AW 6vk eariv, ovk koriv dirwg ijfiapTr]KaTE, avSpeg 'A9?jvaioi, rov inrep ttjq anav-
tuv eXevdcpiag Kai ixiorripiag kivSvvov apafxevoi, 'Qv, /xa tovq kv Mapadwvi irpoKiv-
CvvcvaavraQ twv irpoyovwv, Kai tovq kv UXaTaiaig Trapara^afievovg, Kai rove kv
2u\a/xivi vavfxaxvo'avTac, Kai tovs vk 'Apr£//i<ria), Kai iroXKovg krepovQ rove kv toiq
orjfxomoie fxvqjjLaai Keifxevovg ayadovg dvcpag- ovq enravrag 6/i0ta)£ h woXig rije civTrjg
a^imiraaa Tifntjg kdaipev," &c.------Demosthen.
" But it cannot be, it cannot be, O Athenians, that ye acted wrong
in perilling your safety for the common freedom and salvation. No!
by your forefathers who jeoparded their lives at Marathon; by those
who were marshalled on the plains of Plataea, and the waters of Sala-
mis; by the heroes of Artemisium, and all the other brave who sleep
in public sepulchres,—it cannot be! These all received the same testi-
mony of honour, a tomb from the hands of the state," &c—J. P.
" The barrow of the Athenians is in the plain, and on it are pillars
containing the names of the dead. There is another of the Plataeans
and slaves, and a distinct monument of Miltiades the commander."—
Pausamias.