 The armaments which thunder-strike 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: Italy - Page 132by George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1872Full view - About this book
 | 1818 - 638 pages
...port or bay, And dashest him again to earth : — there let him lay. The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake,...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... | |
 | English literature - 1835 - 606 pages
...wrote the following passages — • Though the ycsfy waves Confound and swallow navigation up.' ' These are thy toys, and, as the snowy flake. They melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar.' With all due reverence for Partridge's maxim — de gtutibut... | |
 | England - 1818 - 762 pages
...bay. And dustiest him again to earth :— there let him lay. 181. The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake,...melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. 188. Thy shores are empire*, changed in ;H save thee— Assyria,... | |
 | England - 1848 - 790 pages
...The armaments which thumlerstrikc the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake. And monarcbs tremble in their capitals, The oak leviathans, whose...the vain title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of wa* ; These are thy toys, and, as the snowy flake, They melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike... | |
 | England - 1838 - 884 pages
...or bay, And dashest him again to earth : — there let him lay, " The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake,...in their capitals, The oak leviathans, whose huge libs make Their clay creator the vain title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war ; These arc thy... | |
 | Scotland - 1818
...bay, And dashest him again to earth :— there, let him lay. 181. The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake,...melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee — Assyria,... | |
 | DAVID WILLISON - 1818 - 572 pages
...port or bay, And dashest him again to earth : — there let him lay. The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake,...melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee — Assyria,... | |
 | 1821 - 438 pages
...armaments which thunderetrike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake, • And monarch* tremble in their capitals. The oak leviathans, whose...of thee, and arbiter of war ; These are thy toys, aid, as the snowy flake, 'They melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or... | |
 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - English literature - 1818 - 654 pages
...or bay, And dashest him again to earth : — there let him lay. 1 The armaments which thunderstrike 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 the vain title take Of lord of thee, and... | |
 | 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...melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. CLXxxn. Thy shires are empirrs, changed in all gave thec —... | |
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