 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
 | John Wilson - 1842 - 360 pages
...preceding stanza about the sea's disposing of "the vile strength he wields for earth's destruction." " These are thy toys, and as the snowy flake, They melt into thy yest of waves," is mere repetition. "A drop of rain" and "the snowy flake" is but the same image; and... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1842 - 866 pages
...petty hope in some near port or bay, And dashest him again to earth : — there let him lay. CLXXXI. . Though my breast feels too anxious ; monarehs tremble in their capitals, The oak leviathans, whose huge ribs make Their clay creator the... | |
 | 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...thy toys ; and as the snowy flake, They melt into the yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. Thy shores are empires,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...port or bay, And dashest him again to earth : there let him lay. The armaments which thunderstrikc rt Chambers thé vain title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war: These arc thy toys, and, as the snowy flake,... | |
 | 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... | |
 | John Hall Hindmarsh - 1845 - 464 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...thy toys, and, as the snowy flake, They melt into the yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. Thy shores are empires,... | |
 | 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...thy toys ; and as the snowy flake, They melt into the yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. Thy shores are empires,... | |
 | John Hall - 1845 - 354 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Jesse Olney - 1845 - 348 pages
...His petty hope in some near port or bay, Then dashest him again to earth : — there let him lay. 4. The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built...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... | |
 | 1858 - 708 pages
...is aroused by the storm and the tempest, with what ease can it destroy the proudest works of man. " The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built...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... | |
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