 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
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1827 - 888 pages
...The oak leviathans, whose lni|;e ribs make Their clay creator ihe \ain title take Of lord of thec, and arbiter of war; These are thy toys, and, as the...flake, They melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar \like the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. CLXXX II. Thy shores are empires, changed in all... | |
 | Christian poetry, English - 1828 - 398 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...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?... | |
 | J[ohn] H[anbury]. Dwyer - Elocution - 1828 - 314 pages
...and unknown. The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake, And monarchs tremble in their capitals, The oak leviathans,...flake, They melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Vlike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 264 pages
...him lay.' The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake, And monarchs tremble in their capitals, The oak leviathans,...snowy flake, They melt into thy yeast of waves, which inar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. Thy shores are empires, changed in all save... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - Readers, American - 1828 - 266 pages
...let him lay. The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake, And monarchs tremble in their capitals, The oak leviathans,...toys, and, as the snowy flake, They melt into thy ye ast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. Thy shores are empires,... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1828 - 780 pages
...lay. CLXXX1. The armaments which thunder-strike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake, And monarchs tremble in their capitals. The oak leviathans,...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 - 814 pages
...let him lay. The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake, And monarchs tremble in their capitals, The oak leviathans,...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 - 334 pages
...let him lay. The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built cities, hidding nations quake, And monarchs tremble in their capitals, The oak leviathans,...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... | |
 | Moral and sacred poetry - 1829 - 326 pages
...ereator the vain title take Of lord of thee, and arhiter of war ; These are thy toys, and as the suowy flake, They melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, ur spoils of Trafalgar. Thy shores are empires, chang'd in all save thee — Assyria, Greeee, Rome,... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 516 pages
...let him lay. The armaments which thunderstrike the walla Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake, And monarchs tremble in their capitals, The oak leviathans,...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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