The mountains look on Marathon,
And Marathon looks on the sea;
And musing there an hour alone,
I dreamed that Greece might still be free.
-- Lord Byron (1788-1824)
-- Don Juan, Canto iii, Stanza 86, 3
And Marathon looks on the sea;
And musing there an hour alone,
I dreamed that Greece might still be free.
-- Lord Byron (1788-1824)
-- Don Juan, Canto iii, Stanza 86, 3
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