Place me on Sunium's* marbled steep,
Where nothing, save the waves and I,
May hear our mutual murmurs sweep;
There, swan-like, let me sing and die:
A land of slaves shall ne'er be mine—
Dash down yon cup of Samian wine!
By – George Gordon Byron - Also known as Lord Byron.
The last verse of this poem is an expression of determination and the birth of hope in the narrators mind.
He finally puts down his glass of wine and is the witness to the fact that his country will be free again or will die trying, but will never give up.
Sunium:
Cape Sounion is the setting of Poseidon's temple. Located right outside Athens this location is panorama of the gulf and a beautiful sunset.
A location of archaeological wonder.
Samian –
refers to all things from Samos, another island of Greece, and birthplace of many Gods as well as Pythagoras (remember the right angle Pythagoras Theorem in Geometry?)
This concludes our poem, I hope you enjoyed reading it as much as I did studying and researching it.
Movies you might want to watch related to this poem are (and they are mentioned below in the sequence in which they occurred in reality):
Troy – Achilles, King Menelaus, Helen (of Troy), The Trojan Horse.
Alexander – Macedonian King, son of King Phillip II, victorious over Darius, Persian King and father of Xerxes.
300 – Spartans v/s Xerxes, Battle of Thermopylae.
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