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... English Prose and Poetry (1137-1892) - Page 442by John Matthews Manly - 1916 - 792 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1818 - 638 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...title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war ; These arc thy toys, and, as the snowy flake, They melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's... | |
| 1818 - 762 pages
...His petty hope in some near port or bay. And dustiest him again to earth :— there let him lay. 181. The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built...Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. 188. Thy shores are empire*, changed in ;H save thee— Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they?... | |
| DAVID WILLISON - 1818 - 572 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...Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they... | |
| 1818 - 806 pages
...His petty hope in some near port or bay, And dashest him again to earth :— there, let him lay. 181. The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built...Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they?... | |
| Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1818 - 648 pages
...the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake, And monarchs tremble in their capitals, Tbe oak leviathans, whose huge ribs make Their clay creator...Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. ' Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1819 - 466 pages
...to earth :— there let him lay. CLXXXI. The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock -built cities, bidding nations quake, And monarchs tremble...Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. CLXxxn. Thy shires are empirrs, changed in all gave thec — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage,* what... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1819 - 176 pages
...rock-built cities, bidding nations quake, And monarchs tremble in their capitals, The oakliviathans, whose huge ribs make Their clay creator the vain title...waves , which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils CLXXXII. Thy shores are empires , changed in all save thee — Assyria , Greece , Rome , Carthage ,... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 292 pages
...hope in some near port or bay, And dashest him again to earth : — there let him lay. • CLXXXI. The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built...Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. VOL. II. N CLXXXII. Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage,... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 308 pages
...bay, And dashest him again to earth : — there let him lay. CLXXXI. The armaments which thnnderstrike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake,...Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. VOL. II. N CLXXXII. Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage,... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 478 pages
...him lav. CLXXXI. The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nation's quake, And monarchs tremble in their capitals, The...Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. CLXXXII. Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what... | |
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