 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
 | George Gordon Byron - Poetry - 1994 - 884 pages
...to earth :— there let him lay. CLXXXI. The armaments which thnnderstrike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake, And monarchs tremble...leviathans, whose huge ribs make Their clay creator the Tain title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war — These are thy toys, and, as the snowy flake,... | |
 | Stephen Bygrave - Literary Criticism - 1996 - 364 pages
...again to earth: - there let him lay. 181 The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake, And monarchs tremble...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 be Borne, like... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - Poetry - 1996 - 868 pages
...petty hope in some near port or bay, CLXXX The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake, And monarchs tremble...capitals, The oak leviathans, whose huge ribs make 1625 Their clay creator the vain title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war; These are thy toys,... | |
 | Rodney Farnsworth - Art - 2001 - 360 pages
...termed a 'clay creator' — a base god: '['he armaments whieh thunderstrike the walls Of rock,buiIt cities. bidding nations quake. And monarchs tremble...Their clay creator the vain title take Of Lord of thce. and arbiter of war-- These are thy toys. and. as the snowy tlake. They meIt into thy yeast of... | |
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