 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 N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1841 - 474 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 - 1841 - 998 pages
...leviathans, whose huge ribs make Their clay creator the vain title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war ; ore, And music meets not always now the ear: Those days are gone — CLXXXIL Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what... | |
 | 1842 - 480 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.) - 1842 - 866 pages
...huge ribs make Their clay creator the vain title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war ; These arc ath blown lib soft and summer breath, whose tender power Pass« the strength of storms in their most of The Grot'f. Nemi is but an evening'* ridn from the comfortable inn of Albano. 3 The whole declivity... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - 1842 - 386 pages
...war'; These are thy TOYs',and', as the snowy flake', They melt into thy yest of waves', which mar't Alike', the Armada's pride', or spoils of Trafalgar....empires', changed in all save thee' — Assyria', Greece', Rome', Carthage', what are they*? Thy waters wasted them while they were/ree', And many a tyrant since';... | |
 | 1862 - 512 pages
...leviathans. wbose hu^^ rh* nuke Their clay creator the rain title take Of lord of tbee, and arbiter of war; These are thy toys, and. as the snowy flake. They melt into thy yeast of wares, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. Thy shores are empires, changed... | |
 | John Wilson - 1842 - 360 pages
...preceding stanza about the sea's disposing of "the vile strength he wields for earth's destruction." " These are thy toys, and as the snowy flake, They melt into thy yest of waves," is mere repetition. "A drop of rain" and "the snowy flake" is but the same image; and... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1843 - 320 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;... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - 1844 - 544 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... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1844 - 318 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... | |
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