 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...  The Ladies' Repository - Page 491847Full view - About this book
 | 1818 - 638 pages
...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 pride, or spoils...Rome, Carthage, what are they ? Thy waters wasted them while they were fre6, And many a tyrant since ; their shores obey The stranger, slave, or savage ;... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1835 - 606 pages
...and swallow navigation up.' ' These are thy toys, and, as the snowy flake. They melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar.' With all due reverence for Partridge's maxim — de gtutibut — we cannot help maintaining that no... | |
 | 1848 - 788 pages
...of thee, and arbiter of wa* ; These are thy toys, and, as the snowy flake, They melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils...empires, changed in all save thee— Assyria, Greece, liome, Carthage, what are they ? Thy waters wasted them while they were free, . And many a tyrant since... | |
 | 1838 - 884 pages
...of thee, and arbiter of war ; These arc thy toys, and, as the snowy flake, They melt into thy yest of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils...Trafalgar. " Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thce— Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they ? Thy waters wasted them while they wore free,... | |
 | 1818 - 762 pages
...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 the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. 188. Thy shores are empire*, changed in ;H save thee— Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they?... | |
 | 1818 - 806 pages
...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 the Armada's pride, or spoils...Rome, Carthage, what are they? Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a tyrant since ; their shores obey The stranger, slave, or savage ;... | |
 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1818 - 648 pages
...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 the Armada's pride, or spoils...Rome, Carthage, what are they ? Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a tyrant since : their shores obey The stranger, slave, or savage ;... | |
 | 1821 - 438 pages
...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 spoils...all save thee— Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, where are they ? Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a tyrant since ; their shores... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1819 - 176 pages
...flake , They melt into thy yeast of waves , which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils CLXXXII. Thy shores are empires , changed in all save thee...Carthage , what are they ? Thy waters wasted them while they we free , And many a tyrant since ; their shores obey The stranger , slave , or savage ;... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1819 - 466 pages
...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 the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. CLXxxn. Thy shires are empirrs, changed in all gave thec — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage,* what... | |
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