 Thy shores are 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 ; their shores obey The stranger, slave, or savage ; their decay Has dried up realms...  The New Speaker. With an Essay on Elocution - Page 238by John Connery - 1861 - 395 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1825 - 906 pages
...CLXXXII. Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee— Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they? Thy waters wasted them while they were free,...slave, or savage ; their decay Has dried up realms to deserts:—not so thou, Unchangeable save to thy wild waves' play— Time writes no wrinkle on thine... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1825 - 504 pages
...changed in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they ? Thy waters wasted them whde they were free, And many a tyrant since ; their shores...realms to deserts — not so thou, Unchangeable save thy wild waters' play, Time writes no wrinkle on thine azure brow, Such as creation's dawn beheld,... | |
 | John White (A.M.) - 1826 - 340 pages
...snowy flake, Thy shores are empires, chang'd in all save thee— Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they ? Thy waters wasted them while they were...waves' play— Time writes no wrinkle on thine azure browSuch as Creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now ! Thou glorious mirror, where the Almighty's form... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1826 - 170 pages
...CLXXXII. Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they? Thy waters wasted them while they were free,...slave, or savage ; their decay Has dried up realms to desarts: — not so thou, Unchangeable save to thy wild waves' playTime writes no wrinkle on thine... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1826 - 852 pages
...Thy «höre* are empires, changed in all вате thee — Assyria , Greece , Rome , Carthage , what are they ? Thy waters wasted them while they were...many a tyrant since; their shores obey The stranger, «lave, or savage; theirdecay Has dried up realms to deserts : — not so I linn , Unchangeable save... | |
 | George Gordon Noël Byron - 1826 - 804 pages
...Trafalgar. Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee — Assyria , Greece , Rome , Carthage , what t leviathan:*. Cain. And yon immense Serpent, which...rears hid dripping raane and vasty Head ten times stronger, slave, or savage; their decay Has dried up realms to deserts: — not so thou, Unchangeable... | |
 | John Johnstone - 1827 - 596 pages
...of Trafalgar. Thy shores areempires,changed inallsavethee— Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they ? Thy waters wasted them while they were...waves' play— Time writes no wrinkle on thine azure browSuch as creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now. Thou glorious mirror, where the Almighty'sforni... | |
 | John Cole - 1827 - 166 pages
...Trafalgar. Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee— Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they ? Thy waters wasted them while they were...slave, or savage; their decay Has dried up realms to deserts:—not so thou, Unchangeable save to thy wild waves' playTime writes no wrinkle on thy azure... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1827 - 888 pages
...CLXXX II. Thy shores are empires, changed in all »ave thee— Assyria, Greece, Rome, Curtilage, what are they? Thy waters wasted them while they were free. And many a tyrant unce ; their shores obey The stranger, slave, or savage ; their decay Ha* dried up realm«» to desert»:... | |
 | 1828 - 398 pages
...Trafalgar. Thy shores are empires changed in all save thee— Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they? Thy waters wasted them while they were free?...brow — Such as creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest DOW. Thou glorious mi rror, where th e Almlgh ty 's form Glasses itself in tempests ; in all time,... | |
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