 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 - Pągina 139per Robert Clarke (schoolmaster.) - 1855Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Jesse Olney - 1845 - 348 pągines
...capitals, The oak leviathans, whose huge ribs make Their clay creator the vain title take Of iOrd of thee, and arbiter of war ! These are thy toys, and as the...Alike the Armada's* pride, or spoils of Trafalgar.! 5. Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 390 pągines
...empires, changed io all sare th«eAstyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they > Thy walcri waited them, while they were free, And many a tyrant since ; their shores obey The stranger, slave, or nvage ; their decay Hai dried up realms to desert* :— not «o thou — Unchani^eable, save to thy... | |
 | General reciter - 1845 - 348 pągines
...— 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,... | |
 | John Hall Hindmarsh - 1845 - 464 pągines
...; 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,... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 pągines
...understand; Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. The whisjwr'd thought of hearts allied, Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee — 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,... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 396 pągines
...flake, They melt into thy yrast of wave», which mar Alike, tho Armada's pride, or spoil» of Traialgu Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee— Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are Ibey t Thy waters wasted them, while they were free, And roany a tyrant since ; their shores obey The... | |
 | 1858 - 708 pągines
...— 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 sink into thy yeast of waves, which mar ** Alike the Armada's pride and spoils of Trafalgar." But this... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1846 - 310 pągines
...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...• 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,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1846 - 848 pągines
...capital, The oak leviathans, whose huge ribs make The ir clay creator the vain title toko Of lord of thee, are strong. LXX. There, in a moment, we may plunge our yean In fatal peni yeusi of waves, which mar Alike tho Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. CLXXXIl. Thy shores are... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1846 - 1068 pągines
...melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. CLXXXII. Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage,what are they ?( t Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a tyrant since ;... | |
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