 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.) - 1837 - 480 pages
...Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they .\2 \ Thy waters wasted them while they were free, Aud many a tyrant since; their shores obey The stranger,...their decay Has dried up realms to deserts: — not so thon, Unchangeable save to thy wild waves' play — Time writes no wrinkle on thine azure brow —... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1837 - 356 pages
...CLXXXII. Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what arc they ? * Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a tyrant since j their shores obey The stranger, slave, or savage ; their decay Has dried up realms to deserts : —... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1837 - 352 pages
...shores are empires, changed in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they ? 1 Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a tyrant sinee ; their shores ohey The stranger, slave, or savage ; their decay Has dried up realms to deserts... | |
 | William Martin - 1838 - 368 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...Such as creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now. CLXXXIII. Thou glorious mirror, where the Almighty's form Glasses itself in tempests, in all time,... | |
 | Jesse Olney - 1838 - 346 pages
...Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they 1 Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many...Such as creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now. 6. Thou, glorious mirror, \vhere the Almighty's form Glasses itself in tempests ; in all time, (Calm... | |
 | 1871 - 608 pages
...changed in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they? Thy waters wash'd them power while they were free,* And many a tyrant since ; their...Such as creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now. * This is the correct reading. The older editions have — ' Thy waters wasted them while they were... | |
 | 1838 - 876 pages
...Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they 1 Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many...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... | |
 | 1838 - 938 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, And many a tyrant since ; their shores obey Tho stranger, slave, or savage ; their decay Has dried up realms to deserts : — not so thou, Unchangeable... | |
 | Gideon Algernon Mantell - 1839 - 522 pages
...discourse. " Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee — • Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they ? Thy waters wasted them while they were...— Such as Creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now .'" LECTURE II. 1. Introductory observations. 2. Extinction of animals. 3. Animals extirpated by human... | |
 | Gideon Algernon Mantell - 1839 - 488 pages
...discourse. " Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they ? Thy waters wasted them while they were...— Such as Creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now !" LECTURE II. 1. Introductory observations. 2. Extinction of animals. 3. Animals extirpated by human... | |
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