| 1818 - 638 pages
...thee Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they ? Thy waters wasted them while they were fre6, And many a tyrant since ; their shores obey The stranger,...creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now. Thou glorious niirror, where the Almighty's form Glasses itself in tempests ; in all time, Calm or convuls'd ... | |
| 1902 - 642 pages
...mutability of human affairs with the steadfastness of the ocean, which the poet apostrophises as ' Unchangeable, save to thy wild waves' play ; Time...Such as creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now.' * Book ii. chapters 10-12. t See 'Danmarks Stilling og Tilstand,' by HJ Hanson, Ph.D., FM Linn. Soc.,... | |
| 1838 - 884 pages
...save thce Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they ? Thy waters wasted them while they wore free, And many a tyrant since ; their shores obey...not so thou, Unchangeable save to thy wild waves' playTime writes no wrinkle on thine azure brow Such as creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now.... | |
| 1848 - 788 pages
...Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee Assyria, Greece, liome, Carthage, what are they ? Thy waters wasted them while they were free, . And...their decay Has dried up realms to deserts: not so thon, Unchangeable save to thy wild waves' play Time writes no wrinkle on thine azure brow ... | |
| 1818 - 762 pages
...Thy shores are empire*, changed in ;H save thee Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they? Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many...obey The stranger, slave, or savage ; their decay H as dried up realms to desarts : not so thou. Unchangeable save to thy wild waves' playTime writes... | |
| DAVID WILLISON - 1818 - 572 pages
...Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they ? Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many...thy wild waves' play Time writes no wrinkle on thine1 azure brow Such as creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now. Thou glorious mirror, where... | |
| Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1818 - 648 pages
...Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they ? Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many...slave, or savage ; their decay Has dried up realms to desarts : not so thou. Unchangeable save to thy wild wave's play Time writes no wrinkle on thine... | |
| 1818 - 806 pages
...Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they? Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many...slave, or savage ; their decay Has dried up realms to desarts: not so thou. Unchangeable save to thy wild waves* playTime writes no wrinkle on thineazure... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1819 - 176 pages
...thee Assyria , Greece , Rome , Carthage , what are they ? Thy waters wasted them while they we free , And many a tyrant since ; their shores obey... Such as creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now CLXXXIII. Thou glorious mirror , where the Almighty's form Glasses itself in tempests, in tempests... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1819 - 466 pages
...changed in all gave thec Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage,* what are they? Tliy wattrs wasted ihfm while they were free, And many a tyrant since; their...Unchangeable save to thy wild waves' play Time wriits no wrinkle on thine azure brow Such as creation's dawn beheld, Ikon rollest now. CLXXXIH.... | |
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