 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
 | General reciter - 1845 - 348 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...thy toys ; and as the snowy flake, They melt into the yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. Thy shores are empires,... | |
 | 1858 - 708 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...— These are thy toys, and as the snowy flake They sink into thy yeast of waves, which mar ** Alike the Armada's pride and spoils of Trafalgar." But this... | |
 | John Hall - Elocution - 1845 - 354 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...lord of thee, and arbiter of war' ; — These are thy toysv, and', as the snowy flake1, They melt into thy yeast of wavesv, which mar' Alike the Armada's... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1845 - 558 pages
...rock-built cities, bidding nations quake, And monarchs tremble in their capilals, The oak leviathans, whose huge ribs make Their clay creator the vain title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war ; LORD BYRON. 229 The» are thy toys, and, as the snowy flake, Ours too the glance none saw beside... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - Elocution - 1845 - 396 pages
...quake, . And monarch) tremble, in their capital!, The oak leviathans, whote huge rite make Their cUy creator, the vain title take— Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war ! These are thy toys, and, a» Ihe snowy flake, They melt into thy yrast of wave», which mar Alike, tho Armada's pride, or spoil»... | |
 | Jesse Olney - Elocution - 1845 - 348 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 iOrd of thee, and arbiter of war ! These are thy toys, and as the snowy flake, They melt into thy yeast... | |
 | Gem book - 1846 - 398 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,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1846 - 1068 pages
...tremble in their capitals. The oak leviathans, whose huge ribs make Their day creator the vain tille lake Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war; These are thy...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,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1846 - 848 pages
...in their capital, The oak leviathans, whose huge ribs make The ir clay creator the vain title toko Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war; These are thy toys, and, as the snowy flake, They melt into thy yeusi of waves, which mar Alike tho Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. CLXXXIl. Thy shores are... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1846 - 540 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 lord of thee, and arbiter of war ; 220 These are thy toys, and, as the snowy flake, They melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike... | |
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