 Roll on, thou deep and dark blue ocean, roll! Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain ; Man marks the earth with ruin — his control Stops with the shore ; upon the watery plain The wrecks are all thy deed, nor doth remain A shadow of man's ravage,...  Shakespeare's Funeral: And Other Papers - Page 140by Sir Edward Bruce Hamley - 1889 - 311 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Henry Moses - India - 1750 - 314 pages
...marks the earth with ruin— his control Stops with the shore; upon the watery plain The wrecks sre all thy deed, nor doth remain A shadow of man's ravage, save his own, When, for a moment, like a drop of rain, He sinks into thy depths with bubbling groanWithout a grave,... | |
 | 1818 - 638 pages
...sweep over thee in vain ; Man marks the earth with ruin — his control Stops wilh the shore ; — upon the watery plain The wrecks are all thy deed,...doth remain A shadow of man's ravage, save his own, When, for a moment, like a drop of rain, He sinks into thy depths with bubbling groan, Without a grave,... | |
 | England - 1848 - 788 pages
...stanza especially — between what is promised and what is done. Weigh for a moment these lines — " Upon the watery plain, The wrecks are all thy deed, nor doth remain A shadow of mail's ravage save his own, When for a moment, like a drop of rain, He sinks in to thy depths with... | |
 | 1818 - 806 pages
...fleets sweep over thee in vain ; Man marks the earth with ruin — his control Stops with the shore;— upon the watery plain The wrecks are all thy deed,...doth remain A shadow of man's ravage, save his own, When, for a moment, like a drop of rain, He sinks into thy depths with bubbling groan, Without a grave,... | |
 | 1821 - 438 pages
...sweep over thee in -vain ; Alan marks the earth with ruin — his control Stops with the shore ; — upon the watery plain The wrecks are all thy deed, nor doth remain A shadow of man's ravage, save kit own, When, for a moment, like a drop of rain, He sinks into thy depths with bubbling groan, Without... | |
 | 1830 - 604 pages
...holdwas, in consequence, filled with water ; indeed I never saw a more complete wreck. ' Upon the wat'ry plain The wrecks are all thy deed, nor doth remain A shadow of man's ravage, save his own, When, for a moment, like a drop of rain, He sinks into thy depths, with huhhling groan, Without a grave,... | |
 | 1818 - 428 pages
...— his eonlr.o) TUB ANGLO-CAMBRIAN. Slops with the shore; — upon the watery plain 'f he wrecks aie all thy deed, nor doth remain A shadow of man's ravage, save his own, When, for a moment, like a drop of raio, He sinks into thy depths with bubbling groin, Without u grave,... | |
 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - English literature - 1818 - 648 pages
...sweep over thee in vain ; Man marks the earth with ruin — his control Stops with the shore ; — upon the watery plain The wrecks are all thy deed, nor doth remain Л shadow of man's ravage, save his own. When, for a moment, like a drop of rain, He sinks into thy... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1819 - 176 pages
...fleets sweep over thee in vain : Man marks the earth with ruin — his control Stops with the shore ; upon the watery plain The wrecks are all thy deed...doth remain A shadow of man's ravage , save his own , When , for a moment , like a drop of rain , He sinks into thy depths with bubbling groan , Without... | |
 | Almanacs, English - 1820 - 422 pages
...sweep over thee in vain ; Man marks the earth with ruin — his control Stops with the shore ; — upon the watery plain The wrecks are all thy deed, nor doth remain A shadow of man's ravage, save bis own, When, for a moment, like a drop of rain, He sinks into thy depths with bubbling groan. Without... | |
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