 | 1842 - 416 trang
...perseveres : — " The armaments, which thunderstrike the walls " &c. to the end of the stanza. Again, " Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee !...them while they were free, And many a tyrant since." What connection between these two facts ? " Time writes no wrinkle on thy azure brow, Such as creation's... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1842 - 866 trang
...huge ribs make Their clay creator the vain title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war ; These arc ath blown lib soft and summer breath, whose tender power Pass« the strength of storms in their most of The Grot'f. Nemi is but an evening'* ridn from the comfortable inn of Albano. 3 The whole declivity... | |
 | 1862 - 512 trang
...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... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1843 - 320 trang
...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...slave, or savage; their decay Has dried up realms to desarts: — not so thon, Unchangeable save to thy wild waves' play Time writes no wrinkle on thine... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 trang
...capitals, The oak leviathans, whose huge ribs make Their clay creator the vain title take Of lord of thee, Now talked of this, and then of that ; Discoursed Rave thee— Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they 1 Thy waters wasted them while they were... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 trang
...huge ribs make Their clay creator thé vain title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war: These arc 3 0 0 $ Cartilage, what are they ! Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a tyrant since ; their... | |
 | Quaver - 1844 - 552 trang
...— 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 the yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. Thy shores are empires,... | |
 | William Draper Swan - 1845 - 494 trang
...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...— Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they 1 Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a tyrant since ; their shores obey The stranger,... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1845 - 492 trang
...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...thee— Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they I Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a tyrant since; their shores obey The stranger,... | |
 | Robert Chambers, Royal Robbins - 1845 - 342 trang
...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...thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they1? Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a tyi-ant since, their shores obey, —... | |
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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... 
