The armaments which thunder-strike 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 Edinburgh Magazine - Page 4901848Full view - About this book
| Quaver - 1844 - 552 pages
...grave, unknell'd, uncoffin'd, and unknown. The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock- built cities, bidding nations quake, And monarchs tremble...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 the Armada's pride, or... | |
| Joe Cowell - 1844 - 112 pages
...from " The armaments which thunder-strike the wall* Of rock*built cities, bidding nation's quak«, And monarc'hs tremble in their capitals ; The oak leviathans, whose huge ribs maEe Their clay creator, the vain title take Of lord of thee (the ocean) and arbiter of war." The Plymouth... | |
| William Draper Swan - 1845 - 482 pages
...bubbling groan, Without a grave, unknelled, uncoffined, and unknown. The armaments which thunder-strike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake,...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... | |
| Modern poetical speaker, Fanny Bury PALLISER - 1845 - 540 pages
...groan, Without a grave, unknell'd, uncofnn'd, and unknown. * * * * * The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake,...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... | |
| John Hanbury Dwyer - 1845 - 492 pages
...bubbling groan, Without a grave, unknell'd, uncoffin'd, and unknown-. The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake,...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... | |
| James Edward Murdoch, William Russell - 1845 - 374 pages
...bubbling groan, Without a grave, unknelled, uncoffined, and unknown ! The armaments, which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake,...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... | |
| John Hall Hindmarsh - 1845 - 464 pages
...port or bay, And dashest him again to earth : — there let him lay. The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake...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 the Armada's pride, or... | |
| John Hall - 1845 - 354 pages
...bay', And dashest him again to earth* : — there let him lay.* The armaments which thunder-strike the walls' Of rock-built cities', bidding nations...lord of thee, and arbiter of war' ; — These are thy toysv, and', as the snowy flake1, They melt into thy yeast of wavesv, which mar' Alike the Armada's... | |
| General reciter - 1845 - 348 pages
...groan, Without a grave, unknell'd, uncoflln'd, and unknown. The armaments which thunderstrike the walla Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake, And monarchs...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 the Armada's pride, or... | |
| C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 330 pages
...grave, unknetled, uncofSued, and unknown. The armaments which Ihundentrike the walls Of rock -built cities, bidding nations quake, And monarchs tremble,...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... | |
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