...or spoils of Trafalgar. Thy shores are empires, chang'd in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they * Thy waters wasted them while...their decay Has dried up realms to deserts — not so thou, Unchangeable save to thy wild waves' play — Time writes no wrinkle on thy azure brow — Such...

...or spoils of Trafalgar. Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they? Thy waters wasted them while...decay Has dried up realms to deserts : — not so thou! Unchangeable save to thy wild waves' play — Time writes no wrinkle on thine azure brow —...

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...of Trafalgar. CLXXXII 1630 Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they? Thy waters wasted them while...shores obey The stranger, slave, or savage; their decay 1635 Has dried up realms to deserts: - not so thou, Unchangeable save to thy wild waves' play Time...

...Greece. Rome. Carthage. what are thev? Thy waters washed their power while they were free. And manj a tyrant since: their shores obey The stranger. slave. or savage: their decay lIas dried up realms to desarts [...]. Jerome McGann pinpoints the great importance of this stanza...