 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
 | Hamilton Lanphere Smith - Astronomy - 1848 - 336 pages
...earth, and instantly losing what may be called its spirit in the atmosphere." CHAPTER V. Ourrmts. " Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee —...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... | |
 | England - 1848 - 806 pages
...war ; These are thy toys, and, as the 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 thee • ' л Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they ? A~.n~-iM- ' Thy waters wasted them while... | |
 | George Croly - English poetry - 1849 - 416 pages
...Trafalgar. Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee— Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, where are they ? Thy waters wasted them while they were...their decay Has dried up realms to deserts:— not BO thou. Unchangeable save to thy wild waves' play -- Time writes no wrinkle on thine azure brow —... | |
 | William Russell - Elocution - 1849 - 320 pages
...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...thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are theyl Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a tyrant since ; their shores obey The... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1907 - 708 pages
...Byron," in 6 vols., published by John Murray in 1831, the words in Canto IV. stanza clxxxii. are : Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they Ч Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a tyrant since. RC BOSTOCK. The meaning seems... | |
 | George Gordon Byron - Poetry - 1994 - 884 pages
...take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war — These are thy toys, and, as the snowy flake, They melt er destiny; bat no, Our hearts deny CLXXXn. Thy snores are empires, changed in all save thee— Assyria, Greece, Borne, Carthage, what... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - Poetry - 1996 - 868 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 1630 Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what... | |
 | Rodney Farnsworth - Art - 2001 - 360 pages
...Greece. Rome. Carthage. what are thev? Thy waters washed their power while they were free. And manj a tyrant since: their shores obey The stranger. slave. or savage: their decay lIas dried up realms to desarts [...]. Jerome McGann pinpoints the great importance of this stanza... | |
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