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" And brass eternal slave to mortal rage; When I have seen the hungry ocean gain Advantage on the kingdom of the shore, And the firm soil win of the watery main, Increasing store with loss and loss with store; When I have seen such interchange of state,... "
Revue de l'enseignement des langues vivantes - Page 15
1922
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, Volume 20

William Shakespeare - 1821 - 486 pages
...have seen the hungry ocean gain Advantage on the kingdom of the shore, And the firm soil win of the watery main, Increasing store with loss, and loss with store ; When I have seen such interchange of state, &.c.] So, in King Henry IV. Part II. : " O heaven ! that one might...
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Specimens of English Sonnets

Alexander Dyce - 1833 - 240 pages
...have seen the hungry ocean gain Advantage on the kingdom of the shore, And the firm soil win of the watery main, Increasing store with loss, and loss with store ; When I have seen such interchange of state, Or state itself confounded to decay ; Ruin hath taught me thus...
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The book of sonnets, ed by A.M. Woodford

A Montagu Woodford - 1841 - 320 pages
...have seen the hungry ocean gain Advantage on the kingdom of the shore, And the firm soil win of the watery main, Increasing store with loss, and loss with store ; When I have seen such interchange of state, Or state itself confounded to decay; Ruin hath taught me thus...
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The plays and poems of Shakespeare, according to the improved ..., Volume 15

William Shakespeare - 1842 - 338 pages
...have seen the hungry ocean gain Advantage on the kingdom of the shore, And the firm soil win of the watery main, Increasing store with loss, and loss with store ; — When I have seen such interchange of state, Or state itself confounded to decay ; — Ruin hath taught me...
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The Works of William Shakespeare: The Text Formed from an Entirely ..., Volume 8

William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier - 1843 - 594 pages
...have seen the hungry ocean gain Advantage on the kingdom of the shore, And the firm soil win of the watery main, Increasing store with loss, and loss with store : When I have seen such interchange of state, Or state itself confounded to decay, Ruin hath taught me thus...
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The works of Shakspere, revised from the best authorities: with a ..., Volume 3

William Shakespeare - 1843 - 672 pages
...have seen the hungry ocean gain Advantage on the kingdom of the shore, And the firm soil win of the watery main, Increasing store with loss and loss with store ; When I have seen such interchange of state, Or state itself confounded to decay ; Ruin hath taught me thus...
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The works of William Shakespeare, the text formed from an entirely ..., Volume 8

William Shakespeare - 1843 - 596 pages
...have seen the hungry ocean gain Advantage on the kingdom of the shore, And the firm soil win of the watery main, Increasing store with loss, and loss with store : When I have seen such interchange of state, Or state itself confounded to decay, Rum hath taught me thus to...
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The Works of William Shakspeare: The Text Formed from an Intirely ..., Volume 8

William Shakespeare - 1843 - 600 pages
...have seen the hungry ocean gain Advantage on the kingdom of the shore, And the firm soil win of the watery main, Increasing store with loss, and loss with store : When I have seen such interchange of state, Or state itself confounded to decay, Ruin hath taught me thus...
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakespeare: Printed from the Text ..., Volume 7

William Shakespeare - 1844 - 532 pages
...have seen the hungry ocean gain Advantage on the kingdom of the shore , And the firm soil win of the watery main, Increasing store with loss , and loss with store : When I have seen such interchange of state , Or state itself confounded to decay, Ituin haih taught me thus...
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Notes and Queries, Volume 79

1889 - 670 pages
...have seen the hungry ocean Rain Advantage on the kingdom of the shore, And the firm soil win of the watery main, Increasing store with loss and loss with store; When I have seen such interchange of state, &c. " Watery main " is here an expressive pleonasm in contrast...
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