 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
 | 1847 - 454 pàgines
...thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake, And monarchs tremble in their capitals, These are thy toys, and as the snowy flake, They melt into the rest of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. Thy shores are empires,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1847 - 880 pàgines
...capitals. The oak leviathans, whose huge ribs make Their clay creator the vain title take Of lord of thee, clouds to soar again, View'd his own feather on Sake, They melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar.... | |
 | Hamilton Lanphere Smith - 1848 - 336 pàgines
...earth, and instantly losing what may be called its spirit in the atmosphere." CHAPTER V. Ourrmts. " Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee —...waters wasted them while they were free, And many a~tyrant since ; their shores obey The stranger, slave, or savage ; their decay Has dried up realms... | |
 | 1848 - 806 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...flake, They melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar jj Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. " Thy shores are empires, changed in all save... | |
 | William Russell - 1849 - 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...thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are theyl Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a tyrant since ; their shores obey The... | |
 | George Gordon Byron - 1994 - 884 pàgines
...capitals, The oak leviathans, whose huge ribs make Their clay creator the Tain title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war — These are thy toys, and, as...mar Alike the Armada's pride or spoils of Trafalgar. CLXXXn. Thy snores are empires, changed in all save thee— Assyria, Greece, Borne, Carthage, what... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1996 - 868 pàgines
...The oak leviathans, whose huge ribs make 1625 Their clay creator the vain title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war; These are thy toys, and, as the...Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. CLXXXII 1630 Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what... | |
 | Stephen Bygrave - 1996 - 364 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...Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. 184 And I have loved thee, Ocean! and my joy Of youthful sports was on thy breast to be Borne, like... | |
 | Rodney Farnsworth - 2001 - 360 pàgines
...capitals. The oak leviathans. whose huge ribs make Their clay creator the vain title take Of Lord of thce. and arbiter of war-- These are thy toys. and. as the snowy tlake. They meIt into thy yeast of waves. whieh mar Alike the Armada's pride or spoils of Trafalgar... | |
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