 The armaments which thunder-strike 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 ;...  The works, of ... lord Byron - Page 75by George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1819Full view - About this book
 | John Cole - 1827 - 166 pages
...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...waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee— Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage,... | |
 | John Johnstone - 1827 - 596 pages
...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...waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. Thy shores areempires,changed inallsavethee— Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1827 - 888 pages
...The oak leviathans, whose lni|;e ribs make Their clay creator ihe \ain title take Of lord of thec, and arbiter of war; These are thy toys, and, as the...flake, They melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar \like the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. CLXXX II. Thy shores are empires, changed in all... | |
 | Christian poetry, English - 1828 - 398 pages
...rock-built cities, bidding nations quake, And monarch* tremble in their capitals, The oak leviathans, whose huge ribs make Their clay creator the vain title...waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. Thy shores are empires changed in all save thee— Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what... | |
 | J[ohn] H[anbury]. Dwyer - Elocution - 1828 - 314 pages
...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...flake, They melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Vlike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 264 pages
...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...snowy flake, They melt into thy yeast of waves, which inar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. Thy shores are empires, changed in all save... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - Readers, American - 1828 - 266 pages
...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...toys, and, as the snowy flake, They melt into thy ye ast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. Thy shores are empires,... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1828 - 780 pages
...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...arbiter of war ; These- are thy toys, and, as the snowy Hake, They melt into thy yeast of waxes, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar.... | |
 | English poetry - 1828 - 814 pages
...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 loni of thee and arbiter of war ; These :ire thy toys, and, as the snowy flake, They melt into thy... | |
 | Thomas Willcocks - 1829 - 334 pages
...rock-built cities, hidding 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 arhiter of war ; These are thy toys, and as the snowy flake, They melt into thy yeast of waves, which... | |
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