 The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake, And monarchs tremble in their capitals, The oak leviathans, whose huge ribs make Their clay creator the vain title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war, — These...  A poetical grammar of the English language - Pàgina 139per Robert Clarke (schoolmaster.) - 1855Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | 1839 - 320 pàgines
...; The oak leviathans, whose huge ribs make Their clay creator the vain title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war ; These are thy toys, and, as the snowy flake, They melt into thy yest of waves, which mar like the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. Thy shores are empires, changed... | |
 | John William Carleton - 1847 - 708 pàgines
...the phrase that were born of the occasion, when thus I looked and thought upon thee, Eternal Sea ! Thy shores are empires, changed in all, save thee...Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage — what are they ? Thy waten washed them while they yet were free, And many a tyrant since their shores obey— The stranger,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1841 - 998 pàgines
...capitals, The oak leviathans, whose huge ribs make Their clay creator the vain title take Of lord of thee, e crumbling to the shore, And music meets not always now the ear: Those days are gone — CLXXXIL Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what... | |
 | George Newenham Wright - 1840 - 396 pàgines
...picture of the fortunes of the great cities and kingdoms that once stood on and occupied her shores. " Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee, Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, where are they ?" The Mediterranean, Mare Intemum of the ancients, extends about two thousand three... | |
 | Andrew Comstock - 1841 - 410 pàgines
...leviathans , \ whose huge ribs , maAe , | Their clay-creator , the vain title take , | Of lord of thee', | and arbiter of war ; | These , are thy toys,, | and, as the snowy flaAe', | They melt into thy yesf" of waves,, | which mar, Ali/ce, the Armada's0 pride, | or spoils... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - 1842 - 386 pàgines
...war'; These are thy TOYs',and', as the snowy flake', They melt into thy yest of waves', which mar't Alike', the Armada's pride', or spoils of Trafalgar....what are they*? Thy waters wasted them while they were/ree', And many a tyrant since'; their shores obey' The stranger', slave', or savage'; their decay'... | |
 | 1842 - 416 pàgines
...perseveres : — " The armaments, which thunderstrike the walls " &c. to the end of the stanza. Again, " Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee !...them while they were free, And many a tyrant since." What connection between these two facts ? " Time writes no wrinkle on thy azure brow, Such as creation's... | |
 | 1862 - 512 pàgines
...roc'iarris tratrj* ir iLeir cir i'Tbe oak leviathans. wbose hu^^ rh* nuke Their clay creator the rain title take Of lord of tbee, and arbiter of war; These...and. as the snowy flake. They melt into thy yeast of wares, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. Thy shores are empires, changed... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1842 - 866 pàgines
...huge ribs make Their clay creator the vain title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war ; These arc ath blown lib soft and summer breath, whose tender power Pass« the strength of storms in their most of The Grot'f. Nemi is but an evening'* ridn from the comfortable inn of Albano. 3 The whole declivity... | |
 | John Wilson - 1842 - 360 pàgines
...preceding stanza about the sea's disposing of "the vile strength he wields for earth's destruction." " These are thy toys, and as the snowy flake, They melt into thy yest of waves," is mere repetition. "A drop of rain" and "the snowy flake" is but the same image; and... | |
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