 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 are thy toys and, as the snowy flake, They melt into thy yeast of waves which mar Alike...  Class-book of English poetry - Page 315by English poetry - 1866Full view - About this book
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1837 - 480 pages
...title take Of lord of thee, aud arbiter of war ; These are thy toys, and, as the snowy flake, They melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. CLXXXIL Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thcc — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1837 - 356 pages
...melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. CLXXXII. Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what arc they ? * Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a tyrant since j their shores obey... | |
 | Scotland - 1838 - 938 pages
...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 pride, or spoils...free, And many a tyrant since ; their shores obey Tho stranger, slave, or savage ; their decay Has dried up realms to deserts : — not so thou, Unchangeable... | |
 | 1838 - 876 pages
...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 pride, or spoils...— Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they 1 Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a tyrant since ; their shores obey The stranger,... | |
 | English literature - 1871 - 608 pages
...into thy depths with bubbling groan, Without a grave, unknell'd, uncoffin'd, and unknown. * * » * * ' Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee —...Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they? Thy waters wash'd them power while they were free,* And many a tyrant since ; their shores obey The stranger,... | |
 | William Martin - Readers - 1838 - 368 pages
...title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war : These are thy toys, and, as the snowy flake, They melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. CLXXXII. Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee, — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what... | |
 | Jesse Olney - Readers - 1838 - 346 pages
...Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war ! These 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 empires, changed in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage,... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - Elocution - 1839 - 362 pages
...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 pride',...what are they'? Thy waters wasted them while they were/ree', And many a tyrant since'; their shores obey' The stranger', slave', or savage'; their decay'... | |
 | John William Carleton - 1847 - 708 pages
...the phrase that were born of the occasion, when thus I looked and thought upon thee, Eternal Sea ! Thy shores are empires, changed in all, save thee...Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage — what are they ? Thy waten washed them while they yet were free, And many a tyrant since their shores obey— The stranger,... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Readers - 1839 - 322 pages
...title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war ; These are thy toys, and, as the snowy flake, They melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar 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,... | |
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