 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
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 pàgines
...capitals, The oak leviathans, whose huge ribs make Their clay creator the vain title take Of lord of thee, Now talked of this, and then of that ; Discoursed Rave thee— Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they 1 Thy waters wasted them while they were... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pàgines
...huge ribs make Their clay creator thé vain title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war: These arc 3 0 0 $ Cartilage, what are they ! Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a tyrant since ; their... | |
 | Quaver - 1844 - 552 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 the yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. Thy shores are empires,... | |
 | William Draper Swan - 1845 - 494 pàgines
...capitals, 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...— Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they 1 Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a tyrant since ; their shores obey The stranger,... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1845 - 492 pàgines
...capitals, 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...thee— Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they I Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a tyrant since; their shores obey The stranger,... | |
 | Robert Chambers, Royal Robbins - 1845 - 342 pàgines
...capitals, 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...thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they1? Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a tyi-ant since, their shores obey, —... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 330 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...all save thee— Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, wbat are they ? Thy waters wasted them, while they were free, And many a tyrant since ; their shores... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1845 - 312 pàgines
...capitals, 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...Trafalgar. Thy shores are empires, changed in all save theeAssyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they I Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And... | |
 | James Edward Murdoch, William Russell - 1845 - 374 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...pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. Thy shores are empires, chang'd in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they ? Thy waters wasted them... | |
 | Modern poetical speaker, Fanny Bury PALLISER - 1845 - 540 pàgines
...capitals, 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...pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. Thy shores are empires ', chang'd in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they? Thy waters wasted them... | |
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