 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
 | Samuel Kirkham - Elocution - 1834 - 360 pages
...thee', and arinler 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 of Trafalgar. 'E Thy shores are empires', changed in all save thee' — Assyria', Greece', Rome', Carthage', what... | |
 | Moses Severance - American literature - 1835 - 314 pages
...flake, They melt into the yeast of waves, which mar Alike th1 Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. 4. Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee ,...obey The stranger, slave, or savage ; their decay HM •'-ied up realms to deserts ; — not so thou, -nangeable save to thy wild waves' play :— Time... | |
 | John Pierpont - Rare books - 1835 - 496 pages
...they ? Has dried up realms to deserts :—not so thou, Unchangeable save to thy wild waves' play— Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many...shores obey The stranger, slave, or savage; their decay Time writes no wrinkles on thine azure brow— Such as creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now. Glasses... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1835 - 608 pages
...waves Confound and swallow navigation up.' ' 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.' With all due reverence for Partridge's maxim — de gustibus — we cannot help maintaining that no... | |
 | Bela Bates Edwards - Readers - 1835 - 328 pages
...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 of Trafalgar. Thy stores are empire's, changed in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they ?... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - Oratory - 1836 - 404 pages
...take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of wai 1 !' These are thy toys, and as the snowy flake, They melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's...slave, or savage; their decay Has dried up realms to deserts:—not so thou, Unchangeable save to thy wild waves' play— Time writes no wrinkle on thine... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English language - 1837 - 338 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...— 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... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English language - 1837 - 350 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...save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what lire they? Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a tyrant since, their shores obey,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English language - 1837 - 342 pages
...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. Thy shores are empires,...— 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... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1837 - 352 pages
...title take Of lord of thee, and arhiter 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. CLxxxU. Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what... | |
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