 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
 | Andrew Comstock - 1841 - 410 páginas
...leviathans , \ whose huge ribs , maAe , | Their clay-creator , the vain title take , | Of lord of thee', | and arbiter of war ; | These , are thy toys,, | and, as the snowy flaAe', | They melt into thy yesf" of waves,, | which mar, Ali/ce, the Armada's0 pride, | or spoils... | |
 | 1842 - 480 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...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.) - 1842 - 866 páginas
...huge ribs make Their clay creator the vain title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war ; These arc ath blown lib soft and summer breath, whose tender power Pass« the strength of storms in their most of The Grot'f. Nemi is but an evening'* ridn from the comfortable inn of Albano. 3 The whole declivity... | |
 | 1862 - 512 páginas
...cir i'Tbe oak leviathans. wbose hu^^ rh* nuke Their clay creator the rain title take Of lord of tbee, and arbiter of war; These are thy toys, and. as the snowy flake. They melt into thy yeast of wares, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. Thy shores are empires, changed... | |
 | 1842 - 416 páginas
...perseveres : — " The armaments, which thunderstrike the walls " &c. to the end of the stanza. Again, " 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." What connection between these... | |
 | John Wilson - 1842 - 360 páginas
...preceding stanza about the sea's disposing of "the vile strength he wields for earth's destruction." " These are thy toys, and as the snowy flake, They melt into thy yest of waves," is mere repetition. "A drop of rain" and "the snowy flake" is but the same image; and... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1843 - 320 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, changed in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 páginas
...capitals, The oak leviathans, whose huge ribs make Their clay creator the vain title take Of lord of thee, Now talked of this, and then of that ; Discoursed Thy shores are empires, changed in all Rave thee— Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - 1844 - 544 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, changed in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1844 - 318 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, changed in all save thee— Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they... | |
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