 | Gideon Algernon Mantell - 1839 - 522 páginas
...Byron in the following sublime apostrophe to the Ocean, with which I will conclude this discourse. " Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee —...• Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they ? Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a tyrant since ; their shores obey The stranger,... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1841 - 474 páginas
...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...— Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they { Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a tyrant since ; their shores obey The stranger,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1841 - 998 páginas
...bidding nations qnake, And monarcbs tremble in their capitals, The oak leviathans, whose huge ribs make And silent rows the songless gondolier ; Her palaces...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... | |
 | Andrew Comstock - 1841 - 410 páginas
...tremble in their capatals, | The oak leviathans , \ whose huge ribs , maAe , | Their clay-creator , the vain title take , | Of lord of thee', | and arbiter...war ; | These , are thy toys,, | and, as the snowy flaAe', | They melt into thy yesf" of waves,, | which mar, Ali/ce, the Armada's0 pride, | or spoils... | |
 | 1842 - 480 páginas
...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— Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they? Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a tyrant since ; their shores obey The stranger,... | |
 | John Wilson - 1842 - 360 páginas
...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...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,... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - 1842 - 386 páginas
...war'; These are thy TOYs',and', as the snowy flake', They melt into thy yest of waves', which mar't Alike', the Armada's pride', or spoils of Trafalgar....Assyria', Greece', Rome', Carthage', what are they*? Thy waters wasted them while they were/ree', And many a tyrant since'; their shores obey' The stranger',... | |
 | 1862 - 512 páginas
...cir i'Tbe oak leviathans. wbose hu^^ rh* nuke Their clay creator the rain title take Of lord of tbee, and arbiter of war; These are thy toys, and. as the snowy flake. They melt into thy yeast of wares, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. Thy shores are empires, changed... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1842 - 866 páginas
...bidding nations quake, And monarehs 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 arc thy toys, and, as the snowy flake. They melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's... | |
 | 1842 - 416 páginas
...perseveres : — " The armaments, which thunderstrike the walls " &c. to the end of the stanza. Again, " Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee ! Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they ? Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a tyrant since." What connection between these... | |
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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... 
