 | George Newenham Wright - 1840 - 396 pàgines
...picture of the fortunes of the great cities and kingdoms that once stood on and occupied her shores. " Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee, Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, where are they ?" The Mediterranean, Mare Intemum of the ancients, extends about two thousand three... | |
 | 1842 - 480 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...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,... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - 1842 - 386 pàgines
...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',... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1842 - 866 pàgines
...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... | |
 | John Wilson - 1842 - 360 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, They melt into thy yest of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. " Thy shores are empires,... | |
 | 1862 - 512 pàgines
...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... | |
 | 1842 - 416 pàgines
...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... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1843 - 320 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 wasted them while they were free, And many a tyrant since; their shores obey The stranger,... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1844 - 318 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...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,... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - 1844 - 544 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 wasted them while they were free, And many a tyrant since ; their shores obey The stranger,... | |
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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... 
