 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...  The Chilswell Book of English Poetry - Page 102edited by - 1924 - 272 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Christian poetry, English - 1828 - 398 pages
...The armaments which thunder-strike the walk Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake, And monarch* tremble in their capitals, The oak leviathans, whose...Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. Thy shores are empires changed in all save thee— Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they?... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1828 - 780 pages
...peity hope in some near port or bay, And dashest him again to earth : — there let him lay. CLXXX1. The armaments which thunder-strike the walls Of rock-built...arbiter of war ; These- are thy toys, and, as the snowy Hake, They melt into thy yeast of waxes, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar.... | |
 | English poetry - 1828 - 814 pages
...spray, And howling to his Gods, where haply lies His petty hope in some near port or bay, And dashest him again to earth : — there let him lay. The armaments...ribs make Their clay creator the vain title take Of loni of thee and arbiter of war ; These :ire thy toys, and, as the snowy flake, They melt into thy... | |
 | Thomas Willcocks - 1829 - 334 pages
...: — there let him lay. The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built cities, hidding nations quake, And monarchs tremble in their capitals,...clay creator the vain title take Of lord of thee, and arhiter of war ; These are thy toys, and as the snowy flake, They melt into thy yeast of waves, which... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 516 pages
...And dashest him again to earth ; — there let him lay. The armaments which thunderstrike the walla Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake, And monarchs...Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they?... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1831 - 376 pages
...the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake, ; And monarchs tremble in their capitals, tThe oak leviathans, whose huge ribs make Their clay creator...Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. CLXXXII. ' Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee— I Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1831 - 290 pages
...nations quake, And monarchs tremble in their capitals, The oak leviathans, whose huge ribs make ^i Their clay creator the vain title take Of lord of...Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. CLXXXII. Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what... | |
 | Naval art and science - 1866 - 728 pages
...And howling to his gods, where haply lies His petty hope in. some near port or bay, And dashest him to earth — there let him lay. " The armaments which...Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. " Thy shores are empires, chang'd in all save thee, — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1832 - 488 pages
...petty hope in some near port or bay, And dashest him again to earth ;— there let him lay. CLXXXI. The armaments which thunder-strike the walls Of rock-built...Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. CLXXXII. Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1832 - 488 pages
...petty hope in some near port or bay, And dashest him again to earth ; — there let him lay. CLXXXI. The armaments which thunder-strike the walls Of rock-built...Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. CLXXXII. Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what... | |
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