 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
 | Robert Chambers - English language - 1837 - 342 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...melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada s pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee — Assyria,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1837 - 356 pages
...petty hope in some near port or bay, And dashest him again to earth : — there let him lay. CLXXXI. The armaments which thunderstrike 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.) - 1837 - 982 pages
...tremble in their capitals, The oak leviathans, whose huge ribs make Their clay creator the vain tille take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war; These are...Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. CLXXXII. Thy shores arc empires, changed in all sare thee— Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1837 - 352 pages
...leviathans, whose huge rihs make Their elay creator the vain title take Of lord of thee, and arhiter of war ; These are thy toys, and, as the snowy flake,...Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. CLxxxU. Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1837 - 480 pages
...by. CLXXX!. The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations qnake, And monarchs tremble in their capitals, The oak leviathans,...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,... | |
 | Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 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...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... | |
 | Jesse Olney - Readers - 1838 - 346 pages
...His petty hope in some near port or bay, Then dashest him again to earth : — there let him lay. 4. The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built...are thy toys, and as the snowy flake, They melt into tny yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's* pride, or spoils of Trafalgar.f 6. Thy shores are... | |
 | William Martin - Readers - 1838 - 368 pages
...And monarchs tremble in their capitals, The oak leviathians, whose huge ribs make Their clay-creator the vain title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter 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... | |
 | William Huffington - Delaware - 1839 - 500 pages
...spray And howling, to his Gods, where haply lies His petty hope in some near port or b'ay, And dashest him again to earth: — there let him lay. The armaments...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?... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Readers - 1839 - 322 pages
...His petty hope in some near port or bay, And dashest him again to earth ; — there let him lay. 3. The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built...Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. RE!, I (; I ON. 275 4. Thy shores arc empires, changed in all save thee, — Assyria, Greece, Rome,... | |
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