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... A poetical grammar of the English language - Página 139por Robert Clarke (schoolmaster.) - 1855Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| 1858 - 708 páginas
...— 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 sink into thy yeast of waves, which mar ** Alike the Armada's pride and spoils of Trafalgar." But this... | |
| John Hanbury Dwyer - 1846 - 310 páginas
...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...• 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,... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1846 - 848 páginas
...capital, The oak leviathans, whose huge ribs make The ir clay creator the vain title toko Of lord of thee, are strong. LXX. There, in a moment, we may plunge our yean In fatal peni yeusi of waves, which mar Alike tho Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. CLXXXIl. Thy shores are... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1846 - 1068 páginas
...melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. CLXXXII. Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage,what are they ?( t Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a tyrant since ;... | |
| 1847 - 454 páginas
...thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake, And monarchs tremble in their capitals, These are thy toys, and as the snowy flake, They melt into the rest of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. Thy shores are empires,... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1847 - 880 páginas
...capitals. The oak leviathans, whose huge ribs make Their clay creator the vain title take Of lord of thee, clouds to soar again, View'd his own feather on Sake, They melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar.... | |
| Hamilton Lanphere Smith - 1848 - 336 páginas
...earth, and instantly losing what may be called its spirit in the atmosphere." CHAPTER V. Ourrmts. " Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee —...waters wasted them while they were free, And many a~tyrant since ; their shores obey The stranger, slave, or savage ; their decay Has dried up realms... | |
| 1848 - 806 páginas
...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...flake, They melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar jj Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. " Thy shores are empires, changed in all save... | |
| William Russell - 1849 - 320 páginas
...— 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...thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are theyl Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a tyrant since ; their shores obey The... | |
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