 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
 | Christian poetry, English - 1828 - 360 pages
...The armaments which thunder-strike the walk Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake, And monarch* tremble in their capitals, The oak leviathans, whose...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,... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1828 - 778 pages
...And dashest him again to earth : — there let him lay. CLXXX1. The armaments which thunder-strike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake,...arbiter of war ; These- are thy toys, and, as the snowy Hake, They melt into thy yeast of waxes, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar.... | |
 | English poetry - 1828 - 816 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,...ribs make Their clay creator the vain title take Of loni of thee and arbiter of war ; These :ire thy toys, and, as the snowy flake, They melt into thy... | |
 | Thomas Willcocks - 1829 - 332 pages
...: — there let him lay. The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built cities, hidding nations quake, And monarchs tremble in their capitals,...clay creator the vain title take Of lord of thee, and arhiter of war ; These are thy toys, and as the snowy flake, They melt into thy yeast of waves, which... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 516 pages
...And dashest him again to earth ; — there let him lay. The armaments which thunderstrike the walla Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake, And monarchs...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,... | |
 | 1830
...monarch* tremble in their capitals ; The oak levia'hans, whose hug* ribs make Their clay creator the vniti title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war ; These...toys, and, as the snowy flake. They melt into thy vest of wave*, which mar Alikfe the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. Ttrr snores are empires,... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1831 - 356 pages
...cities, bidding nations qnake, And monarehs tremble in their eapitals. The oak leviathans, whose hnge ribs make Their clay creator the vain title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war; These are thy tops, and, as the snowy flake. They melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1831 - 376 pages
...bay, And dashest him again to earth: — there let him lay. CLXXXI. The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake, ; And monarchs tremble in their capitals, tThe oak leviathans, whose huge ribs make Their clay creator the vain title take Of lord of thee, and... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1832 - 488 pages
...bay, And dashest him again to earth ;— there let him lay. CLXXXI. The armaments which thunder-strike 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. CLXXXII. Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee —... | |
 | Naval art and science - 1866 - 732 pages
...near port or bay, And dashest him to earth — there let him lay. " The armaments which thunder-strike 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, chang'd in all save thee, — Assyria,... | |
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