 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
 | John Wilson - 1842 - 360 pages
...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 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,...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 - Elocution - 1844 - 318 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,...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... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - 1844 - 544 pages
...him lay. The armaments which thunder-strike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake, -•And monarchs tremble in their capitals, The oak...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 - Authors, English - 1844 - 738 pages
...let him lay. The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake, — So begs you'd pay a due submission, And acquiesce...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... | |
 | Quaver - Songs - 1844 - 552 pages
...unknown. The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock- built cities, bidding nations quake, And monarchs tremble in their capitals, — The oak...thy toys ; and as the snowy flake, They melt into the yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. Thy shores are empires,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...let him lay. The armaments which thunderstrikc the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake, K) 3P $ thé vain title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war: These arc thy toys, and, as the snowy flake,... | |
 | Joe Cowell - Actors - 1844 - 112 pages
...from " The armaments which thunder-strike the wall* Of rock*built cities, bidding nation's quak«, And monarc'hs tremble in their capitals ; The oak leviathans, whose huge ribs maEe Their clay creator, the vain title take Of lord of thee (the ocean) and arbiter of war." The Plymouth... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - Elocution - 1845 - 492 pages
...unknown-. The armaments which thunderstrike the walls 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... | |
 | Modern poetical speaker, Fanny Bury PALLISER - 1845 - 540 pages
...* * * * * The armaments which thunderstrike the walls 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 ', chang'd in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they?... | |
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