 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pàgines
...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 are thy...— Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they ? Thy waters washed them power while they were free, And many a tyrant since; their shores obey The... | |
 | 1866 - 728 pàgines
...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 are thy...or spoils of Trafalgar. " Thy shores are empires, chang'd in all save thee, — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they ? Thy waters wasted them... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1832 - 488 pàgines
...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 are thy...Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. CLXXXII. Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1832 - 488 pàgines
...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 are thy...Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. CLXXXII. Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what... | |
 | Bela Bates Edwards - 1832 - 338 pàgines
...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 are...toys, and, as the snowy flake,' They melt into thy yest of waves, which mar Alike the armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. .t Thy shores are empires,... | |
 | Moses Severance - 1832 - 312 pàgines
...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 are thy toys, and, as the snowy flake, They melt into the yeast of waves, which mar Alike th' Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. 4. Thy shores are empires,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1832 - 310 pàgines
...He sinks into thy depths, with bubbling groan, Without a grave, unknell'd, uncoffin'd, and unknown. 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,... | |
 | James Hedderwick - 1833 - 232 pàgines
...capitals, The oak leviathans, whose huge ribs make Their clay creator the vain title take Of lord of thce, and arbiter of war; These are thy toys, and, as the...— 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 - 1833 - 362 pàgines
...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 are thy toys, and, as the snowy flake, 1 They melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. CLXXXII.... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - 1834 - 360 pàgines
...leviathans', whose huge ribs make' Their clay creator the vain title take' Of lord of thee', and arinler of war'; These are thy TOYS', and', as the snowy flake', They melt into thy yest of waves', which mar', Alike', the Armada's pride', or spoils of Trafalgar. 'E Thy shores are... | |
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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... 
