 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
 | Hugh Gawthrop - Recitations - 1847 - 184 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,... | |
 | Elocution - 1847 - 312 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 - 1847 - 880 pages
...rock-built cities, bidding nations quake, And monarchs tremble in their capitals. The oak leviathans, low : So the struck eagle, stretch'd upon the plain....rolling clouds to soar again, View'd his own feather on Sake, They melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar.... | |
 | Methodist Episcopal Church - 1847 - 454 pages
...thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake, And monarchs tremble in their capitals, These are thy toys, and as the snowy flake, They melt into the rest of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. Thy shores are empires,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1848 - 428 pages
...nations quake, And monarchs tremble in their capitals, The oak leviathans, whose huge ribs make Then: clay creator the vain title take Of lord of thee,...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,... | |
 | England - 1848 - 806 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 jj Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. " Thy shores are empires, changed in all save... | |
 | England - 1848 - 802 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...of thee, and arbiter of war ; These are thy toys, antl, as the snowy flake, They melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or... | |
 | George Gordon Byron - Poetry - 1994 - 884 pages
...monarchs tremble in their capitals, The oak leviathans, whose huge ribs make Their clay creator the Tain meal, And wine, and sleep, of Trafalgar. CLXXXn. Thy snores are empires, changed in all save thee— Assyria, Greece, Borne, Carthage,... | |
 | Stephen Bygrave - Literary Criticism - 1996 - 364 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. 184 And I have loved thee, Ocean! and my joy Of youthful sports was on thy breast to... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - Poetry - 1996 - 868 pages
...nations quake, And monarchs tremble in their capitals, The oak leviathans, whose huge ribs make 1625 Their clay creator the vain title take Of lord 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,... | |
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