 His steps are not upon thy paths— thy fields Are not a spoil for him— thou dost arise And shake him from thee ; the vile strength he wields For earth's destruction thou dost all despise, Spurning him from thy bosom to the skies, And send'st him, shivering...  The Poetical Works of Lord Byron: Complete in One Volume - Page 60by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1847 - 827 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1851 - 780 pages
...him from thee; the vile strength he wields For earth's destruction thou dost all despise, Spurning him from thy bosom to the skies, And send'st him,...bay, And dashest him again to earth : there let him lar. The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake, And monarchs... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1851 - 764 pages
...him from thee ; the vile strength he wields For earth's destruction thou dost all despise, Spurning f frieze with copper lace ; Here Iwggar pride defrauds her hm lay. The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock -built cities, bidding nations quake, And... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1852 - 1170 pages
...him from thee ; the vile strength he wields For earth's destruction thou dost all despise, Spurning him from thy bosom to the skies : And send'st him,...dashest him again to earth : — there let him lay." The blot which disfigures the last line of this fine stanza, in the use of the word lay for lie, has,... | |
 | American poetry - 1852 - 196 pages
...him from thee ; the wild strength he wields For earth's destruction, thou dost all despise, Spurning him from thy bosom to the skies, And send'st him,...dashest him again to earth : — there let him lay. The armaments which thunder-strike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake, And monarchs... | |
 | Samuel Longfellow - Literary Criticism - 1853 - 228 pages
...him from thee ; the vile strength he wields For earth's destruction thou dost all despise, Spurning him from thy bosom to the skies, And send'st him,...dashest him again to earth : — there let him lay. The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake, And monarchs... | |
 | English poetry - 1853 - 552 pages
...him from thee ; the vile strength he wields For earth's destruction, thou dost all despise, Spurning him from thy bosom to the skies, And send'st him,...And dashest him again to earth : there let him lay. The armaments which thunder-strike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake, And monarchs... | |
 | J H. Aitken - Elocution - 1853 - 378 pages
...him from thee ; the vile strength he wields For earth's destruction thou dost all despise, Spurning him from thy bosom to the skies, And send'st him,...dashest him again to earth : — there let him lay. The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake, And monarchs... | |
 | Samuel Longfellow - Literary Criticism - 1853 - 234 pages
...him from thee ; the vile strength he wields For earth's destruction thou dost all despise, Spurning him from thy bosom to the skies, And send'st him,...dashest him again to earth : — there let him lay. The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake, And monarchs... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1854 - 1126 pages
...For earth's destruction thou dost all despise, Spurning him from thy bosom to the skies, And scnd'st monarch? tremble in their capitals, The oak levi.-iîlians, whose huge ribs make Their clay creator... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1854 - 320 pages
...him from thee ; the vile strength he wields For earth's destruction thou dost all despise, Spurning him from thy bosom to the skies, And send'st him,...dashest him again to earth : — there let him lay. The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake, And monarchs... | |
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