 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 Byron Baron Byron - 1841 - 998 pages
...The armaments which thnnderstrike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations qnake, And monarcbs ir dignity increased. Ш. In \ enice Tasso's echoes...meets not always now the ear: Those days are gone — CLXXXIL Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what... | |
 | Andrew Comstock - Elocution - 1841 - 410 pages
...tremble in their capatals, | The oak leviathans , \ whose huge ribs , maAe , | Their clay-creator , the vain title take , | Of lord of thee', | and arbiter...war ; | These , are thy toys,, | and, as the snowy flaAe', | They melt into thy yesf" of waves,, | which mar, Ali/ce, the Armada's0 pride, | or spoils... | |
 | American poetry - 1842 - 480 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...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?... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1842 - 866 pages
...The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake, And monarehs tremble in their capitals, The oak leviathans, whose...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... | |
 | American poetry - 1862 - 512 pages
...cir i'Tbe oak leviathans. wbose hu^^ rh* nuke Their clay creator the rain title take Of lord of tbee, and arbiter of war; These are thy toys, and. as the snowy flake. They melt into thy yeast of wares, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. Thy shores are empires, changed... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - Elocution - 1842 - 386 pages
...lay'.' The armaments which thnnderstrike the walls' Of rock-built cities', bidding nations quake', And monarchs tremble in their capitals' — The oak leviathans', whose huge ribs make' Their clay ereator the vain title take' Of lord of thee', and arbiter of war'; These are thy TOYs',and', as the... | |
 | 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... | |
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