Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-04-01
BYRoN,s AID 10 GREECE.
The Hellenic Cause Wants Poet ~
Devote Himself 10 IL.
0PhllldoIphla IeI0sflDI

philadelphia Telegraph
Though Swinburne and Watson harl
sung the praises Of the Greeks for tles
bold seizure Of crete. Greece needs new
Byron TO sound her war-cry in lyric nlm'
bers. Greece In arms and deiyins "a
Turks on one hand and the combined Pow.
ers of Europe on the other, b. situation
that would have stirred the blood 0- tti
Scotch poet. II Cretan affairs conilnla
to threaten the peace OF nations. rs a.
the present interesting juncture, poets pay
better take down their Tyres ana hl,Y
themselves tightening the strings t0 mare
rial pitch There may be need OF ie-
sounding chord or two. For poets are nl
politicians. and the display OF Marcy
spirit Is a sufficient cause Tor itlla.oi'
song ....,..,,
Of interest in Byron's works should occur
simultaneously with an attitude ON ls
mart of Greece that resembles me slnltN
OF much OF Byrons best music. 10 lH-4ll0s
one TO look over the poets brave pist.
and quote the many magnificent hnr. l-al
insnired Europe with a live concern in no
Islands struggle for indepen4 ence. 49,
There is much there that ls appu,aula
10 Greece's present pluck. For lnstanc,l
what could be better as an eApIe ss.'A %
the Greek spirit or the mohieH. '"'"
Sons OF the Greeks, arise.
The glorious hour gone forth
written by a Greek patriot, Riga. sNolly
before her ravolutiOn2 or. the chorus
Sons OF Creeks Let us 30
In arms against the zoe
Till their hated blood snah HOW
In a river past our feet
And one need not recall the yitaA4,na
atmosphere of the lyric IN Don Ju"-
familiar TO every school-boy.
The isles Ct Greece, the ISLES OF Greecel
Where burning Sappho loved ana SUNG,
Where grew the arts OF war hnl -,
Where Delos rose and PhoeDus 'Yi""s'
II Is an unforgettable incentive or ~ .
pathv 10 tones as into cohnl YOU
mind towards Greece that Is one OK pay 3.
sanship and lenience. however ltsL w
policies Of King George ana MS sADi.
may seem 10 us, --......r.,.,
Greece IL would appear. has cOmm.ll.
10 mind the advice 81 Byron, where 10
sings.
Trust not for freedom 10 the FranAs
They have a king that buys and sflt'
In native swords. and native RAMS
The only hope Of courage dWels-
and not depend on foreign help l1,t rs
hope that the concluding coupiel "lN Nv
be realized.
put Turkish force. and Latin fraud.
Would break your shield. however Ni''-,
The works OF Byron are rich in tHn,1
quotations Everywhere one nN''
lines which spur on the crooks It'd t' -'
OF heroism. In the "Giaour
Cline OF the unfOrgotten brave. ...
Whose land from plain 10 mouhlt-.
Was Freedoms home, or Glory sl'f''
Snatch from the ashes of your sitta
The embers Of their former nit''
And he who I'm the strife expires
VIII add 20 theirs name or irt
That Tyranny shall Quake % near
And leave his sons nope, l5ll,
They. too, will rather die than shame
Enough-no foreign Zoe could qqcl
nhy soul. till from itself 10 ieii-
And in "Childe Harold the poet Do
the songs OF the Greek pduivla i'
Ike these go
Tambourgi, Tambourgil Thy aiarum 30
Gives hope 10 the valiant and promise 10
war
All the sons OF the mountains arise II
chimar arr IT, ilyrian. and dark suliot. -,
Shall the sons OF Chimari. who never fore
give Ina .
Let those guns so unerring su-n Ve"5'''
what marx mark IS so fair as the breast OF a
foe?
I talk not OF mercy ! talk not Of fear,
ne ltllAti itNnN tNAt"N
the yizier. 81,
Which. show the slumberng passion ~
bravery and bloOdshed IN the heaf' '' '-'
mountain people. mi
And what better applies % the lfes,-s
reluctance OF kindred Christians 70 "a
tend aid 10 the isle than;
Hereditary bondsmenl Know ye not
Who would be free themselves "N''
strike tho blow? e.
BY their right arm the conques- i'"''
VIII Gaul or Muscovite redress ye2 10,
ChILDE HAROLD.
or this from "The Age OF Bronze
Lone lost. abandoned IN their u''n0''
need th,f,
by Christians, unto whom they gave 'he'
creed.
The desolated lands. the rayaged isle,
The fostered teud encourages io pesu"''
The aid evaded. and the cold delay ..,
Prolonged but In the hope 10 MAKE a. 49,.
These. these shall tell the tale ana "i''N'
The false ais friend worse than the infarla"
But this IS wen. Greeks only shall i's'
Greece. 1900
Not the barbarian with his mask OF pea,s
Perhaps even more appropriate 20 ~ a,
occasion IS the glowing war sons5, III
Byron's contemporary, Ehomas -, i,l,,..irl
entitled songs OF the Greeks, and o'e'N
ning;
our hearts bid the tyrants defiance ..,vs,
our land. the first garden OF ldoesS
II has been. ana shall yet be. the lana OF
the free. .-un =.
which no one can read without
enthusiasm.