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... The Complete Poetical Works of Lord Byron - Page 285by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1907 - 1314 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1818 - 638 pages
...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...title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war ; These arc thy toys, and, as the snowy flake, They melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's... | |
| England - 1818 - 762 pages
...His petty hope in some near port or bay. And dustiest him again to earth :— there let him lay. 181. The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built...waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. 188. Thy shores are empire*, changed in ;H save thee— Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage,... | |
| 1818 - 806 pages
...His petty hope in some near port or bay, And dashest him again to earth :— there, let him lay. 181. The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built...waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what... | |
| DAVID WILLISON - 1818 - 572 pages
...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...waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what... | |
| Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - English literature - 1818 - 648 pages
...the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake, And monarchs tremble in their capitals, Tbe oak leviathans, whose huge ribs make Their clay creator...waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. ' Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage,... | |
| 1821 - 438 pages
...armaments which thunderetrike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake, • And monarch* tremble in their capitals. The oak leviathans, whose...of thee, and arbiter of war ; These are thy toys, aid, as the snowy flake, 'They melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1819 - 466 pages
...to earth :— there let him lay. CLXXXI. The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock -built cities, bidding nations quake, And monarchs tremble...waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. CLXxxn. Thy shires are empirrs, changed in all gave thec — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage,*... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1819 - 176 pages
...rock-built cities, bidding nations quake, And monarchs tremble in their capitals, The oakliviathans, whose huge ribs make Their clay creator the vain title...waves , which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils CLXXXII. Thy shores are empires , changed in all save thee — Assyria , Greece , Rome , Carthage ,... | |
| Friedrich Johann Jacobsen - English poetry - 1820 - 796 pages
...him again to earth: — there let him lay. The armaments which tlmnderstrike the walls Of rock -built cities , bidding nations quake. And monarchs tremble...thee, and arbiter of war; These are thy toys, and, as tlie snowy ßake, They melt into thy yeast of waves , which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils... | |
| Almanacs, English - 1820 - 422 pages
...or bay, And dashest him again to earth : — there let him lay . The armaments which thnaderstrike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake,...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 thy yeast of... | |
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