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 - Page 58edited by - 1828 - 251 pagesFull view - About this book
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1843 - 560 pages
...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....snowy flake, They melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. CLXXXII. Thy shores are empires, changed in all... | |
| John Hanbury Dwyer - 1843 - 320 pages
...He sinks into thy deptlis with bubbling groan, Without a grave, unknell'd, uncoffin'd, and unknown. The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built...snowy flake, They melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. ~* Thy shores are empires, changed in all save... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 pages
...playful spray, And howling to his gods, where haply lies His petty hope in some near port or bay, And * mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. Thy shores are empires, changed in all Rave thee—... | |
| Samuel Maunder - 1844 - 544 pages
...playful spray, And howling, to his gods, where haply lies His petty hope in some near fort or bay, And dashest him again to earth : — there let him lay....snowy flake, They melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike the' Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. Thy shores are empires, changed in all save... | |
| Quaver - 1844 - 552 pages
...grave, unknell'd, uncoffin'd, and unknown. The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock- built cities, bidding nations quake, And monarchs tremble...thy toys ; and as the snowy flake, They melt into the yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. Thy shores are empires,... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...port or bay, And dashest him again to earth : there let him lay. The armaments which thunderstrikc rt Chambers thé vain title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war: These arc thy toys, and, as the snowy flake,... | |
| John Hall Hindmarsh - 1845 - 464 pages
...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....thy toys, and, as the snowy flake, They melt into the yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. Thy shores are empires,... | |
| William Draper Swan - 1845 - 494 pages
...He sinks into thy depths with bubbling groan, Without a grave, unknelled, uncoffined, and unknown. The armaments which thunder-strike the walls Of rock-built...snowy flake, They melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee... | |
| John Hanbury Dwyer - 1845 - 492 pages
...He sinks into thy depths with bubbling groan, Without a grave, unknell'd, uncoffin'd, and unknown-. The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built...snowy flake, They melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee—... | |
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