 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 North American Review - Page 31edited by - 1825Full view - About this book
 | 1818 - 638 pages
...him again to earth : — there let him lay. The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake, And monarchs tremble...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... | |
 | 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
...wrote the following passages — • Though the ycsfy waves Confound and swallow navigation up.' ' These are thy toys, and, as the snowy flake. They...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... | |
 | 1818 - 762 pages
...again to earth :— there let him lay. 181. The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake, And monarchs tremble...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?... | |
 | 1848 - 788 pages
...The armaments which thumlerstrikc the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake. And monarcbs tremble in their capitals, The oak leviathans, whose...the vain title take Of lord 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... | |
 | 1838 - 884 pages
...again to earth : — there let him lay, " The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake, And monarchs tremble...in their capitals, The oak leviathans, whose huge libs make Their clay creator the vain title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war ; These arc thy... | |
 | 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
...petty hope in s»me near port or hay, And dashes t him again to earth :— there let him lay. CLXXXI. The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock...Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. CLXxxn. Thy shires are empirrs, changed in all gave thec — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage,* what... | |
 | 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 - 1820 - 796 pages
...port or bay, And dashest him again to earth: — there let him lay. The armaments which tlmnderstrike the walls Of rock -built cities , bidding nations...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... | |
 | 1820 - 422 pages
...again to earth : — there let him lay . The armaments which thnaderstrike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake, And monarchs tremble...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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