 | American poetry - 1842 - 480 pages
...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 yeast of waves,...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... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - Elocution - 1842 - 386 pages
...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....save thee' — Assyria', Greece', Rome', Carthage', what are they*? Thy waters wasted them while they were/ree', And many a tyrant since'; their shores... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1842 - 866 pages
...Their clay creator the vain title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war ; These arc thy toys, and, oft 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... | |
 | American poetry - 1862 - 512 pages
...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 in all save the* — Assyria, Greece. Rome, Carthage, what are they 1 Thy waters wasted them while they were frw,... | |
 | English literature - 1842 - 416 pages
...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... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1843 - 320 pages
...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 yeast of waves,...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... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - 1844 - 544 pages
...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 yeast of waves,...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... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - Elocution - 1844 - 318 pages
...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 yeast of waves,...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... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...Their clay creator thé vain 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,...changed in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Cartilage, what are they ! Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a tyrant since ; their... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1844 - 738 pages
...Their clay creator the vain title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war : These are thy toys, and, rsed Rave thee— Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they 1 Thy waters wasted them while they were... | |
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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 are thy toys, and, as the snowy flake, They melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike... 
