 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
 | Hugh Gawthrop - 1847 - 184 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 thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or... | |
 | 1847 - 454 pages
...dark blue ocean, roll; Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain; The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake, And monarchs tremble in their capitals, These are thy toys, and as the snowy flake, They melt into the rest of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1848 - 428 pages
...port or bay, And dashest him again to earth : — there let him lay. The armament which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake,...capitals, The oak leviathans, whose huge ribs make Then: clay creator the vain title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war ; These are thy toys, and... | |
 | William Russell - 1849 - 320 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 - 1994 - 884 pages
...bay, And dashest him again to earth :— there let him lay. CLXXXI. The armaments which thnnderstrike many a sunset, And wept to see another day go down O'er thee and me, with those Tain title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war — These are thy toys, and, as the snowy flake,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1996 - 868 pages
...Gods, where haply lies His petty hope in some near port or bay, CLXXX The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake,...capitals, The oak leviathans, whose huge ribs make 1625 Their clay creator the vain title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war; These are thy toys,... | |
 | Rodney Farnsworth - 2001 - 360 pages
...termed a 'clay creator' — a base god: '['he armaments whieh thunderstrike the walls Of rock,buiIt cities. bidding nations quake. And monarchs tremble...Their clay creator the vain title take Of Lord of thce. and arbiter of war-- These are thy toys. and. as the snowy tlake. They meIt into thy yeast of... | |
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