 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
 | Jesse Olney - 1845 - 348 pages
...bay, Then dashest him again to earth : — there let him lay. 4. The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake,...ribs make Their clay creator the vain title take Of iOrd of thee, and arbiter of war ! These are thy toys, and as the snowy flake, They melt into thy yeast... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 396 pages
...quake, . And monarch) tremble, in their capital!, The oak leviathans, whote huge rite make Their cUy creator, the vain title take— Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war ! These are thy toys, and, a» Ihe snowy flake, They melt into thy yrast of wave», which mar Alike, tho Armada's pride,... | |
 | 1858 - 708 pages
...tempest, with what ease can it destroy the proudest works of man. " 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... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 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, And monarchs tremble in their capilals, The oak leviathans, whose huge ribs make Their clay creator the vain title take Of lord of... | |
 | Gem book - 1846 - 398 pages
...babbling gronn, Without a grave, uukneU'd,uncoffin'd,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... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1846 - 540 pages
...port or bay, And dashest him again to earth ; — there let him lay. The armaments which thundcrstrike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake,...vain title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war ; 220 These are thy toys, and, as the snowy flake, They melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1846 - 848 pages
...And das lies t him again to earth: — there lut him lay» CLXXXI. The armaments which thunder-striue s way, The mightiest of the storms hath taV capital, The oak leviathans, whose huge ribs make The ir clay creator the vain title toko Of lord of... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1846 - 1068 pages
...Capo of Terracina.— [See Historical notes , at the end or tin amo. No. \X4l.-li.j 163 And monarehs tremble in their capitals. The oak leviathans, whose huge ribs make Their day creator the vain tille lake Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war; These are thy toys, and, as the... | |
 | 1847 - 312 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... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1847 - 880 pages
...bay, And dashest him again to earth : — there let him lay. CLXXXI. The armaments which thunderstrike has reap'd the fruit 'Twas thine •>.-. n genius...through rolling clouds to soar again, View'd his own fe and, as the snowy Sake, They melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils... | |
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