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
| 1839 - 320 pages
...He sinks into thy depths with bubbling groan, Vithuut a grave, unknelled, uncoffined, and unknown. The armaments which thunderstrike the walls ' Of rock-built...toys, and, as the snowy flake, They melt into thy yest of waves, which mar like the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. Thy shores are empires, changed... | |
| Samuel Kirkham - Elocution - 1839 - 362 pages
...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...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... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1841 - 998 pages
...The armaments which thnnderstrike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations qnake, And monarcbs ir dignity increased. Ш. In \ enice Tasso's echoes...meets not always now the ear: Those days are gone — CLXXXIL Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what... | |
| American poetry - 1842 - 480 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?... | |
| John Wilson - 1842 - 360 pages
...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 which thunderstrike the...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,... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1842 - 866 pages
...The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake, And monarehs tremble in their capitals, The oak leviathans, whose...title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war ; These arc thy toys, and, as the snowy flake. They melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1843 - 560 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. CLXXXII. Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what... | |
| John Hanbury Dwyer - 1843 - 320 pages
...He sinks into thy deptlis with bubbling groan, Without a grave, unknell'd, uncoffin'd, and unknown. The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built...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 Maunder - 1844 - 544 pages
...spray, And howling, to his gods, where haply lies His petty hope in some near fort 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... | |
| Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1844 - 738 pages
...spray, And howling to his gods, where haply lies His petty hope in some near port or bay, And dashest him again Thy shores are empires, changed in all Rave thee— Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they... | |
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