 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, ed. by W. Hiley - Page 162by George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1877Full view - About this book
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...base god: '['he armaments whieh thunderstrike the walls Of rock,buiIt cities. bidding nations quake. And monarchs tremble in their capitals. The oak leviathans....Their clay creator the vain title take Of Lord of thce. and arbiter of war-- These are thy toys. and. as the snowy tlake. They meIt into thy yeast of... | |
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