 Yet are thy skies as blue, thy crags as wild ; Sweet are thy groves, and verdant are thy fields, Thine olive ripe as when Minerva smiled, And still his honied wealth Hymettus yields ; There the blithe bee his fragrant fortress builds, The freeborn wanderer...  The Quarterly Review - Page 325edited by - 1820Full view - About this book
 | Andrews Norton - Periodicals - 1813 - 424 pages
...need not such a contrast with their pristine glory, to render them intolerable. Unhappy Greece! Thine olive ripe as when Minerva smiled, And still his honied wealth Hymettus y,elds! There the blithe bee his fragrant fortress builds— • The freeborn wanderer of thy mountain... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1815 - 248 pages
...as wild ; Sweet are thy groves, and verdant are thy fields, Thine olive ripe as when Minerva smil'd, And still his honied wealth Hymettus yields; There...fragrant fortress builds, The freeborn wanderer of thy mountain-air ; Apollo still thy long, long summer gilds, Still in his beam Mendeli's marbles glare... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1816 - 248 pages
...are thy skies as blue, thy crags as wild ; Sweet are thy groves, and verdant are thy fields, Thine olive ripe as when Minerva smiled, And still his honied wealth Hymettus yields ; There the blithe bee his fragrant fortress builds, The freeborn wanderer of thy mountain-air; Apollo still thy... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1817 - 250 pages
...Yet are thy skies as blue, thy crags as wild; Sweet are thy groves, and verdant are thy fields, Thine olive ripe as when Minerva smiled, And still his honied wealth Hymettus yields ; There the blithe bee his fragrant fortress builds, The freeborn wanderer of thy mountain-air; Apollo still thy... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1818 - 384 pages
...Yet are thy skies as blue, thy crags as wild; Sweet are thy groves, and verdant are thy fields, Thine olive ripe as when Minerva smiled, And still his honied wealth Hymettus yields; There the blithe bee his fragrant fortress builds, The frceborn wanderer of thy mountain-air; Apollo still thy... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1821 - 478 pages
...are thy skies as blue, thy crags as wild ; Sweet are thy groves, and verdant are thy fields, Thine olive ripe as when Minerva smiled, And still his honied wealth Hymettus yields^ There the blithe bee his fragrant fortress builds, The freebora wanderer of thy mountain-air; Apollo still thy... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1822 - 498 pages
...are thy skies as blue, thy crags as wild ; Sweet are thy groves, and verdant are thy fields, Thine olive ripe as when Minerva smiled, And still his honied wealth Hymettus yields ; There the blithe bee his fragrant fortress builds, The freeborn wanderer of thy mountain-air ; Apollo still thy... | |
 | John Pierpont - Recitations - 1823 - 492 pages
...are thy skies as blue, thy crags as wild, •Sweet are thy groves, and verdant are thy fields, Thine olive ripe as when Minerva smiled, And still his honied wealth Hymettus yields. There the blithe bee his fragrant fortress builds, The freeborn wanderer of thy mountain air. Apollo still thy... | |
 | Joseph Emerson Worcester - Geography - 1823 - 512 pages
...are thy skies as blue, thy crags as wild ; Sweet are thy groves, and verdant are thy fields. Thine olive ripe as when Minerva smiled, And still his honied wealth Hymettus yields ; There the blithe bee his fragrant fortress builds, The freeboru wauderer of thy mountain-air ; Apollo still thy... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1825 - 906 pages
...Yet are thy skies as blue, thy crags as wild; Sweet are thy groves, and verdant are thy fields, Thine olive ripe as when Minerva smiled, And still his honied wealth Hymettus yields; There the blithe bee his fragrant fortress builds, The freeborn wanderer of thy mountain-air; Apollo still thy... | |
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