 Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a tyrant since; their shores obey The stranger, slave, or savage; their decay Has dried up realms to deserts: not so thou; Unchangeable save to thy wild waves  The Works of Lord Byron - Page 368by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1922Full view - About this book
 | 1818 - 638 pages
...thee— • Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they ? Thy waters wasted them while they were fre6, And many a tyrant since ; their shores obey The stranger,...not so thou, Unchangeable save to thy wild waves' play — Time writes no wrinkle on thine azure brow— •Such as creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest... | |
 | England - 1838 - 884 pages
...thce— Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they ? Thy waters wasted them while they wore free, And many a tyrant since ; their shores obey The stranger,...Such as creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now. " Thou glorious mirror, where the Almighty's form Glasses itself in tempests ; in all time, Calm or... | |
 | England - 1848 - 788 pages
...thee— Assyria, Greece, liome, Carthage, what are they ? Thy waters wasted them while they were free, . And many a tyrant since ; their shores obey The stranger,...their decay Has dried up realms to deserts: — not so thon, Unchangeable save to thy wild waves' play — Time writes no wrinkle on thine azure brow —... | |
 | England - 1818 - 762 pages
...thee— Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they? Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a tyrant since ; their shores obey The stranger, slave, or savage ; their decay H as dried up realms to desarts : — not so thou. Unchangeable save to thy wild waves' playTime writes... | |
 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - English literature - 1818 - 648 pages
...thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they ? Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a tyrant since : their shores obey The stranger,...slave, or savage ; their decay Has dried up realms to desarts :— not so thou. Unchangeable save to thy wild wave's play — Time writes no wrinkle on thine... | |
 | 1818 - 806 pages
...thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they? Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a tyrant since ; their shores obey The stranger,...slave, or savage ; their decay Has dried up realms to desarts: — not so thou. Unchangeable save to thy wild waves* playTime writes no wrinkle on thineazure... | |
 | 1821 - 438 pages
...are they ? Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a tyrant since ; their shores ebey The stranger, slave, or savage; their decay Has dried up realms to desaru : — not so thou. Unchangeable save to thy wild waves' playTime writes no wrinkle on thy azure... | |
 | Almanacs, English - 1820 - 422 pages
...thec — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they i Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a tyrant since ; their shores obey The stranger,...slave, or savage ; their decay Has dried up realms to desarts : — not so thon, Unchangeable save to thy wild waves' play — Time writes no wrinkle on... | |
 | Friedrich Johann Jacobsen - English poetry - 1820 - 796 pages
...what are they? Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a tyrant since; their sliores obey The stranger, slave, or savage; their decay Has dried up realms to deserts: — not so thout Unchangeable save to thy wild waves' pity — Time writes no wrinkle on thine azure brow —... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1821 - 478 pages
...thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they ? Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a tyrant since ; their shores obey The stranger,...slave, or savage ; their decay Has dried up realms to desarts : — not so thou, j Unchangeable save to thy wild waves' play — Time writes no wrinkle on... | |
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