 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
 | General reciter - 1845 - 348 pages
...and unknown. The armaments which thunderstrike the walla 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,... | |
 | John Hall - Elocution - 1845 - 354 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...lord of thee, and arbiter of war' ; — These are thy toysv, and', as the snowy flake1, They melt into thy yeast of wavesv, which mar' Alike the Armada's... | |
 | 1858 - 708 pages
...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...— These are thy toys, and as the snowy flake They sink into thy yeast of waves, which mar ** Alike the Armada's pride and spoils of Trafalgar." But this... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1845 - 558 pages
...thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake, And monarchs tremble in their capilals, The oak leviathans, whose huge ribs make Their clay...vain title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war ; LORD BYRON. 229 The» are thy toys, and, as the snowy flake, Ours too the glance none saw beside... | |
 | Jesse Olney - Elocution - 1845 - 348 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,...ribs make Their clay creator the vain title take Of iOrd of thee, and arbiter of war ! These are thy toys, and as the snowy flake, They melt into thy yeast... | |
 | George Gordon Byron - Poetry - 1994 - 884 pages
...lay. CLXXXI. 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 creator the Tain title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war — These are thy toys, and, as the snowy flake,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - Poetry - 1996 - 868 pages
...bay, CLXXX 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 1625 Their clay creator the vain title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war; These are thy toys,... | |
 | Rodney Farnsworth - Art - 2001 - 360 pages
...base god: '['he armaments whieh thunderstrike the walls Of rock,buiIt cities. bidding nations quake. And monarchs tremble in their capitals. The oak leviathans....Their clay creator the vain title take Of Lord of thce. and arbiter of war-- These are thy toys. and. as the snowy tlake. They meIt into thy yeast of... | |
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