 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...  Exercises in Reading and Recitation - Page 58edited by - 1828 - 251 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Elocution - 1847 - 312 pages
...He sinks into thy depths with bubbling groan, Without a grave, unknelled, uncoffined, and unknown ! The armaments, which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built...snowy flake, They melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1847 - 880 pages
...petty hope in some near port or bay, And dashest him again to earth : — there let him lay. CLXXXI. The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built...arbiter of war ; These are thy toys, and, as the snowy Sake, They melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar.... | |
 | England - 1848 - 806 pages
...playful spray And howling, to his Gods, where haply lies His petty hope in some near port or bay, And dashest him again to earth ; — there let him lay....snowy flake, They melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar jj Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. " Thy shores are empires, changed in all save... | |
 | England - 1848 - 802 pages
...or bay, And dashest him again to earth : — there let him lay. " The armaments which thunderstrikc the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake,...of thee, and arbiter of war ; These are thy toys, antl, as the snowy flake, They melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1848 - 428 pages
...hope in some near port or bay, And dashest him again to earth : — there let him lay. The armament which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built cities,...capitals, The oak leviathans, whose huge ribs make Then: clay creator the vain title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war ; These are thy toys, and... | |
 | George Gordon Byron - Poetry - 1994 - 884 pages
...bay, And dashest him again to earth :— there let him lay. CLXXXI. The armaments which thnnderstrike many a sunset, And wept to see another day go down O'er thee and me, with those Tain title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war — These are thy toys, and, as the snowy flake,... | |
 | Stephen Bygrave - Literary Criticism - 1996 - 364 pages
...lies His petty hope in some near port or bay, And dashest him again to earth: - there let him lay. 181 The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built...snowy flake, They melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. 184 And I have loved thee, Ocean! and my joy... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - Poetry - 1996 - 868 pages
...playful spray And howling, to his Gods, where haply lies His petty hope in some near port or bay, CLXXX The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built...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
...termed a 'clay creator' — a base god: '['he armaments whieh thunderstrike the walls Of rock,buiIt cities. bidding nations quake. And monarchs tremble...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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