 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...  The works of ... lord Byron - Page 184by George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1819Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Willcocks - 1829 - 334 pages
...: — there let him lay. The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built cities, hidding nations quake, And monarchs tremble in their capitals,...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... | |
 | Moral and sacred poetry - 1829 - 326 pages
...ereator the vain title take Of lord of thee, and arhiter of war ; These are thy toys, and as the suowy flake, They melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, ur spoils of Trafalgar. Thy shores are empires, chang'd in all save thee — Assyria, Greeee, Rome,... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 516 pages
...him again to earth ; — there let him lay. The armaments which thunderstrike the walla Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake, And monarchs tremble...Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they?... | |
 | 1830 - 614 pages
...monarch* tremble in their capitals ; The oak levia'hans, whose hug* ribs make Their clay creator the vniti title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war ; These...toys, and, as the snowy flake. They melt into thy vest of wave*, which mar Alikfe the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. Ttrr snores are empires,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1831 - 376 pages
...the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake, ; And monarchs tremble in their capitals, tThe oak leviathans, whose huge ribs make Their clay creator...Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. CLXXXII. ' Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee— I Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1831 - 358 pages
...cities, bidding nations qnake, And monarehs tremble in their eapitals. The oak leviathans, whose hnge ribs make Their clay creator the vain title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war; These are thy tops, and, as the snowy flake. They melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride,... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1831 - 290 pages
...earth :— there let him lay, CLXX3W. The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built chies, bidding nations quake, And monarchs tremble in their...capitals, The oak leviathans, whose huge ribs make ^i Their clay creator the vain title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war ; These are thy toys,... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...grave, unknelled, uncoffined, and unknown. The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake, And monarchs tremble...mar Alike the Armada's pride or spoils of Trafalgar. Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they... | |
 | Naval art and science - 1866 - 728 pages
...dashest him to earth — there let him lay. " The armaments which thunder-strike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake, And monarchs tremble...Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. " Thy shores are empires, chang'd in all save thee, — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1832 - 488 pages
...to earth ; — there let him lay. CLXXXI. The armaments which thunder-strike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake And monarchs tremble...Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. CLXXXII. Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what... | |
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