The armaments which thunderstrike 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,— these... Exercises in Reading and Recitation - Seite 58von Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 251 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
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...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... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 Seiten
...playful spray And howling, to his gods, where haply lies His petty hope in some near port or bay, And dashest him again to earth ; — there let him lay....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... | |
| Gem book - 1846 - 398 Seiten
...rain, He sinks into thy depth*, with babbling gronn, Without a grave, uukneU'd,uncoffin'd,and unknown. The armaments which thunder-strike the walls Of rock-built...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,... | |
| John Hanbury Dwyer - 1846 - 310 Seiten
...bubbling groan, Without a grave, unknell'd, uncoffin'd, and unknown. The armaments which thumlerstrike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake,...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,... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1846 - 540 Seiten
...port or bay, And dashest him again to earth ; — there let him lay. The armaments which thundcrstrike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake,...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... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1846 - 848 Seiten
...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... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1846 - 1068 Seiten
...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 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. Thy shores are... | |
| Hugh Gawthrop - 1847 - 184 Seiten
...playful spraj, And howling to his gods, where haply lies His petty hope in some near port or bay, And dashest him again to earth : — there let him lay....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,... | |
| 1847 - 312 Seiten
...He sinks into thy depths with bubbling groan, Without a grave, unknelled, uncoffined, and unknown ! The armaments, which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built...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,... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1847 - 880 Seiten
...petty hope in some near port or bay, And dashest him again to earth : — there let him lay. CLXXXI. The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built...arbiter of war ; These are thy toys, and, as the snowy Sake, They melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar.... | |
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