 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...  Childe Harold's Pilgrimage: A Romaunt - Page 223by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1853 - 311 pagesFull view - About this book
 | James Hedderwick - Oratory - 1833 - 232 pages
...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 thce, and arbiter of war; These are thy toys, and, as the snowy flake, They melt into thy yeast of... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - Elocution - 1834 - 360 pages
...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 arinler of war'; These are thy TOYS', and', as the snowy flake', They melt into thy yest of waves',... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1836 - 356 pages
...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 are thy toys, and, as the snowy flake, They melt into thy yeast of waves, which... | |
 | Harp - English poetry - 1836 - 380 pages
...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 are thy toys, and, as the snowy flake, They melt into thy yeast of waves, which... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - Oratory - 1836 - 404 pages
...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 wai 1 !' These are thy toys, and as the snowy flake, They melt into thy yeast of waves,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English language - 1837 - 294 pages
...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 are thy toys, and, as the snowy flake, They melt into thy yeast of waves, which... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English language - 1837 - 342 pages
...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 are thy toys, and, as the snowy flake, They melt into thy yeast of waves, which... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1837 - 480 pages
...cities, bidding nations qnake, And monarchs tremble in their capitals, The oak leviathans, whose huge ribs make Their clay creator the vain title take Of lord of thee, aud arbiter of war ; These are thy toys, and, as the snowy flake, They melt into thy yeast of waves,... | |
 | 1838 - 876 pages
...leviathans, whose huge ribs make Their clay creator the vain title lake 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 Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. " Thy shores are empires,... | |
 | Jesse Olney - Readers - 1838 - 346 pages
...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 are thy toys, and as the snowy flake, They melt into tny yeast of waves, which... | |
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