 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 of war: These...  Blackwood's Magazine - Page 4981848Full view - About this book
 | 1848 - 798 pages
...leviathans, whose huge ribs make Their clay creator the vain title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war ; These are thy toys, and, as the snowy flake, They...empires, changed in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they ? Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a tyrant since... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1848 - 428 pages
...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 as the snowy flake, They melt...empires, changed in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they ? Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a tyrant since... | |
 | 1848 - 310 pages
...whose huge ribs make Their clay Creator the vain title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war — These are thy toys ; and, as the snowy flake, They...empires, changed in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they? Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a tyrant since... | |
 | 1848 - 802 pages
...Their clay creator the vain title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war ; These are thy toys, antl, as the snowy flake, They melt into thy yeast of waves,...empires, changed in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they ? Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a tyrant since... | |
 | 1848 - 806 pages
...leviathans, whose huge ribs make Their clay creator the vain title take Of 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 jj Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. " Thy shores are empires, changed in all save... | |
 | Thomas King Greenbank - 1849 - 446 pages
...whose huge ribs make Their clay creator the vain title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war — These are thy toys; and as the snowy flake They melt...empires, changed in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they ? Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a tyrant since;... | |
 | Knut Gjerset - 1928 - 310 pages
...10,000 to 12,000 or more horse-power, would seem strong enough to defy any danger, but now as before " these are thy toys, and, as the snowy flake, they melt into thy yeast of waves," often making lake tragedies only the more tragic because of the size and power of the vessels lost.... | |
 | George Gordon Byron - 1994 - 884 pages
...whose huge ribs make Their clay creator the Tain title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war — ing scale, which crushes CLXXH. These might have been her destiny; bat no, Our hearts deny CLXXXn. Thy snores are empires, changed in all save thee— Assyria, Greece, Borne, Carthage, what... | |
 | Stephen Bygrave - 1996 - 364 pages
...leviathans, whose huge ribs make Their clay creator the vain title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war; These are thy toys, and, as the snowy flake, They...Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. 184 And I have loved thee, Ocean! and my joy Of youthful sports was on thy breast to be Borne, like... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1996 - 868 pages
...whose huge ribs make 1625 Their clay creator the vain title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war; These are thy toys, and, as the snowy flake, They...Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. CLXXXII 1630 Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what... | |
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