 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 Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1833 - 362 pages
...vain title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war; These are thy toys, and, as the snowy flake, 1 They melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. CLXXXII. Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - 1834 - 360 pages
...whose huge ribs make' Their clay creator the vain title take' Of lord of thee', and arinler 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. 'E Thy shores are... | |
 | Bela Bates Edwards - 1835 - 328 pages
...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. Thy stores are empire's, changed in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they ?... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1836 - 404 pages
...whose huge ribs make Their clay creator the vain title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of wai 1 !' These are thy toys, and as the snowy flake, They melt...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;... | |
 | Harp - 1836 - 380 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... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1836 - 356 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... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1837 - 294 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,... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1837 - 982 pages
...leviathans, whose huge ribs make Their clay creator the vain tille take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war; nL < ! Y HP8 ZR8 GyZzZ8WdP M M M M M \o=m* O|Z(<tS CLXXXII. Thy shores arc empires, changed in all sare thee— Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1837 - 352 pages
...leviathans, whose huge rihs make Their elay creator the vain title take Of lord of thee, and arhiter of war ; These are thy toys, and, as the snowy flake, They...Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. CLxxxU. Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1837 - 342 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 melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada s pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee — Assyria,... | |
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