 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
 | Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 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, changed in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they... | |
 | William Martin - Readers - 1838 - 368 pages
...And monarchs tremble in their capitals, The oak leviathians, whose huge ribs make Their clay-creator the vain title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of...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... | |
 | Jesse Olney - Readers - 1838 - 346 pages
...him lay. 4. The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake, And monarchs tremble in their capitals, The oak leviathans,...are thy toys, and as the snowy flake, They melt into tny yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's* pride, or spoils of Trafalgar.f 6. Thy shores are... | |
 | Scotland - 1838 - 938 pages
...monarchs tremble iu their capitals, The oak leviathans, whose huge libs make Their clay creator the vaiii title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war ; These...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,... | |
 | 1838 - 876 pages
...The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake, And monarch tremble in their capitals, The oak leviathans, whose huge ribs make Their clay creator the vain title lake Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war ; These are thy toys, and as the snowy flake, They melt into... | |
 | William Huffington - Delaware - 1839 - 500 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, changed in all save thee— Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they?... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Readers - 1839 - 322 pages
...him lay. 3. 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. RE!, I (; I ON. 275 4. Thy shores arc empires, changed in all save thee, — Assyria, Greece, Rome,... | |
 | 1839 - 320 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 like the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. Thy shores are empires, changed... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - Elocution - 1839 - 362 pages
...lay'.' The armaments which thunderstrike the walls' Of rock-built cities', bidding nations quake', And monarchs tremble in their capitals' — The oak...lord of thee', and arbiter of war'; These are thy TOYs',and', as the snowy flake', They melt into thy yest of waves', which mar', Alike', the Armada's... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1841 - 474 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. Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they... | |
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