 | 1818 - 638 pągines
...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 walls Of rock-built...are they ? Thy waters wasted them while they were fre6, And many a tyrant since ; their shores obey The stranger, slave, or savage ; their decay Has... | |
 | 1848 - 788 pągines
...huge ribs make Their clay creator the vain title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of wa* ; These are thy toys, and, as the snowy flake, They melt into...empires, changed in all save thee— Assyria, Greece, liome, Carthage, what are they ? Thy waters wasted them while they were free, . And many a tyrant since... | |
 | 1818 - 762 pągines
...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...Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. 188. Thy shores are empire*, changed in ;H save thee— Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they?... | |
 | 1838 - 884 pągines
...of thee, and arbiter of war ; These arc thy toys, and, as the snowy flake, They melt into thy yest of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils...Trafalgar. " Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thce— Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they ? Thy waters wasted them while they wore free,... | |
 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1818 - 648 pągines
...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 thy...slave, or savage ; their decay Has dried up realms to desarts :— not so thou. Unchangeable save to thy wild wave's play — Time writes no wrinkle on thine... | |
 | 1818 - 806 pągines
...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...slave, or savage ; their decay Has dried up realms to desarts: — not so thou. Unchangeable save to thy wild waves* playTime writes no wrinkle on thineazure... | |
 | 1821 - 438 pągines
...Their clay creator the vain title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war ; These are thy toys, aid, as the snowy flake, 'They melt into thy yeast of waves,...all save thee— Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, where are they ? Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a tyrant since ; their shores... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1819 - 466 pągines
...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...Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. CLXxxn. Thy shires are empirrs, changed in all gave thec — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage,* what... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1819 - 176 pągines
...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...waves , which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils CLXXXII. Thy shores are empires , changed in all save thee — Assyria , Greece , Rome , Carthage ,... | |
 | 1820 - 422 pągines
...huge ribs make Their clay creator the vain title take Of lord ofthee, and arbiter of war; These are thy toys, and, as the snowy flake, They melt into...Trafalgar. Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thec — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they i Thy waters wasted them while they were free,... | |
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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... 
