 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 2241818Full view - About this book
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1831 - 358 pages
...cities, bidding nations qnake, And monarehs tremble in their eapitals. The oak leviathans, whose hnge ribs make Their clay creator the vain title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war; These are thy tops, and, as the snowy flake. They melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1831 - 376 pages
...petty hope in some near port or bay, And dashest him again to earth: — there let him lay. CLXXXI. The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built...nations quake, ; And monarchs tremble in their capitals, tThe oak leviathans, whose huge ribs make Their clay creator the vain title take Of lord of thee, and... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1831 - 290 pages
...earth :— there let him lay, CLXX3W. The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built chies, bidding nations quake, And monarchs tremble in their...capitals, The oak leviathans, whose huge ribs make ^i Their clay creator the vain title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war ; These are thy toys,... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1832 - 488 pages
...petty hope in some near port or bay, And dashest him again to earth ; — there let him lay. CLXXXI. The armaments which thunder-strike the walls Of rock-built...Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. CLXXXII. Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1832 - 488 pages
...petty hope in some near port or bay, And dashest him again to earth ;— there let him lay. CLXXXI. The armaments which thunder-strike the walls Of rock-built...Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. CLXXXII. Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what... | |
 | Bela Bates Edwards - 1832 - 338 pages
...lies His petty hope in some near port or bay, And dashest him again to earth :—there let him lay. The armaments which thunder-strike the walls Of rock-built...toys, and, as the snowy flake,' They melt into thy yest of waves, which mar Alike the armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. .t Thy shores are empires,... | |
 | Moses Severance - 1832 - 312 pages
...He sinks into thy depth with bubbling groan, Without a grave, unknell'd, uncoffin'd, and unknown. 3. The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built...thy toys, and, as the snowy flake, They melt into the yeast of waves, which mar Alike th' Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. 4. Thy shores are empires,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1833 - 362 pages
...petty hope in some near port or bay, i And dashest him again to earth: — there let him lay. ctxxxi. The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built...war; These are thy toys, and, as the snowy flake, 1 They melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. CLXXXII.... | |
 | James Hedderwick - 1833 - 232 pages
...lies His petty hope in some near port or bay, And dashest him again to earth: — there let him lay. The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built...Their clay creator the vain title take Of lord of thce, and arbiter of war; These are thy toys, and, as the snowy flake, They melt into thy yeast of... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - 1834 - 360 pages
...His petty hope', in some near port or bay', And dashctt him again to earth': — there let him lay'.' The armaments which thunderstrike the walls' Of rock-built...creator the vain title take' Of lord of thee', and arinler of war'; These are thy TOYS', and', as the snowy flake', They melt into thy yest of waves',... | |
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