 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...  Blackwood's Magazine - Page 4981848Full view - About this book
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 516 pages
...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...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... | |
 | 1830 - 614 pages
...whose hug* ribs make Their clay creator the vniti title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war ; These are thy toys, and, as the snowy flake. They melt into thy vest of wave*, which mar Alikfe the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. Ttrr snores are empires,... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1831 - 290 pages
...whose huge ribs make ^i 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...Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. CLXXXII. Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1831 - 358 pages
...make Their clay creator the vain title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war; These are thy tops, and, as the snowy flake. They melt into thy yeast...Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. Clixxxlli Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee— lime wines no wrisiKie on mine nznre... | |
 | 1866 - 728 pages
...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...or spoils of Trafalgar. " Thy shores are empires, chang'd in all save thee, — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they ? Thy waters wasted them... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1832 - 488 pages
...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...Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. CLXXXII. Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1832 - 488 pages
...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...Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. CLXXXII. Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what... | |
 | Bela Bates Edwards - 1832 - 338 pages
...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 yest of waves, which mar Alike the armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. .t Thy shores are empires,... | |
 | Moses Severance - 1832 - 312 pages
...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 the yeast of waves, which mar Alike th' Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. 4. Thy shores are empires,... | |
 | James Hedderwick - 1833 - 232 pages
...leviathans, whose huge ribs make Their clay creator the vain title take Of lord of thce, and arbiter of war; These are thy toys, and, as the snowy flake, They...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;... | |
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