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... Childe Harold's Pilgrimage: A Romaunt - Página 248de George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1854 - 339 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1832 - 488 páginas
...capitals, The oak leviathans, whose huge ribs make Their clay creator the vain title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war ; These are thy toys, and, as the...— 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,... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1832 - 488 páginas
...capitals, The oak leviathans, whose huge ribs make Their clay creator the vain title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war ; These are thy toys, and, as the...— 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,... | |
| Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 páginas
...capitals, The oak leviathans, whose huge ribs make Their clay creator the vain title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war; These are thy toys, and, as the...mar 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... | |
| 1866 - 732 páginas
...capitals, The oak leviathans, whose huge ribs make Their clay creator the vain title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war; These are thy toys, and, as the...Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. " Thy shores are empires, chang'd in all save thee, — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they... | |
| Bela Bates Edwards - 1832 - 338 páginas
...capitals, The oak leviathans, whose huge ribs make Their clay creator the vain title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war,— These are thy toys, and, as the snowy flake,' They melt into thy yest of waves, which mar Alike the armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. .t Thy shores are empires,... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1832 - 310 páginas
...He sinks into thy depths, with bubbling groan, Without a grave, unknell'd, uncoffin'd, and unknown. 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,... | |
| Moses Severance - 1832 - 312 páginas
...— The oak leviathans, whose huge ribs make Their clay creator the vain title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war, — These are thy toys, and, as the snowy flake, They melt into the yeast of waves, which mar Alike th' Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. 4. Thy shores are empires,... | |
| James Hedderwick - 1833 - 232 páginas
...capitals, The oak leviathans, whose huge ribs make Their clay creator the vain title take Of lord of thce, and arbiter of war; These are thy toys, and, as the...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 Byron Baron Byron - 1833 - 362 páginas
...capitals, The oak leviathans, whose huge ribs make Their clay creator the vain title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war; These are thy toys, and, as the snowy flake, 1 They melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. CLXXXII.... | |
| Samuel Kirkham - 1834 - 360 páginas
...leviathans', whose huge ribs make' Their clay creator the vain title take' Of lord of thee', and arinler of war'; These are thy TOYS', and', as the snowy flake', They melt into thy yest of waves', which mar', Alike', the Armada's pride', or spoils of Trafalgar. 'E Thy shores are... | |
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