 | Quaver - Songs - 1844 - 552 pages
...lord of thee, and arbiter of war,- These are thy toys ; and as the snowy flake, They melt into the yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride,...all save thee ; — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, — what are they ? Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a tyrant since ; their shores... | |
 | William Draper Swan - American literature - 1845 - 494 pages
...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,...all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they 1 Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a tyrant since ; their shores... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - Anatomy - 1845 - 330 pages
...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,...all save thee— Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, wbat are they ? Thy waters wasted them, while they were free, And many a tyrant since ; their shores... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - Elocution - 1845 - 492 pages
...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,...all save thee— Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they I Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a tyrant since; their shores... | |
 | George Gordon Byron - Poetry - 1994 - 884 pages
...Their clay creator the Tain title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war — These are thy toys, and, CLXXH. These might have been her 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
...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,...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... | |
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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... 
