 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.) - 1819 - 176 pages
...rock-built cities, bidding nations quake, And monarchs tremble in their capitals, The oakliviathans, whose huge ribs make Their clay creator the vain title...waves , which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils CLXXXII. Thy shores are empires , changed in all save thee — Assyria , Greece , Rome , Carthage ,... | |
 | Friedrich Johann Jacobsen - English poetry - 1820 - 796 pages
...him lay. The armaments which tlmnderstrike the walls Of rock -built cities , bidding nations quake. And monarchs tremble in their capitals, The oak leviathans...thee, and arbiter of war; These are thy toys, and, as tlie snowy ßake, They melt into thy yeast of waves , which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils... | |
 | Almanacs, English - 1820 - 422 pages
...him lay . The armaments which thnaderstrike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake, And monarchs tremble in their capitals, The oak leviathans,...make Their clay creator the vain title take Of lord ofthee, and arbiter of war; These are thy toys, and, as the snowy flake, They melt into thy yeast of... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1821 - 478 pages
...lav. CLXXXI. The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nation's quake, And monarchs tremble in their capitals, The oak leviathans,...CLXXXII. Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they ? Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And... | |
 | English poetry - 1822 - 418 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,...Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. Thy shores are empires, chang'd in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Home, Carthage, what are they... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1823 - 402 pages
...lay. CLXXXI. The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake, And monarchs tremble in their capitals, The oak leviathans,...CLXXXII. Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they ? Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And... | |
 | John Pierpont - Recitations - 1823 - 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,...toys, and, as the snowy flake, They melt into thy yest of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. Thy shores are empires,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Alfred Howard - 1824 - 226 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 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 ? Thy... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1824 - 334 pages
...leviathans, whose huge rihs make Their clay ereator the vain title take Of lord of thee, and arhiter of war ; These are thy toys, and, as the snowy flake,...Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. • CLXXX|L Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee— Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage', what... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1825 - 906 pages
...lay. CLXXXI. 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. VOL. i. 18 CLXXXII. Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee— Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage,... | |
| |
