| Samuel Kirkham - Elocution - 1839 - 362 pages
...— Assyria', Greece', Rome', Carthage', what are they'? Thy waters wasted them while they were/ree', And many a tyrant since'; their shores obey' The stranger',...slave', or savage'; their decay' Has dried up realms to deserts': — not so thou', Unchangeable', save to thy wild waves' play' — Time writes no wrinkle... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1841 - 998 pages
...shores are empires, changed in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they '.VV ers At airy distance, with majestic motion, A ruler...such she was ; — herdaughters had their dowers deserts: — not so thon, Unchangeable save to thy wild waves' pby — . Time writes no wrinkle on... | |
| Anna Eliza Bray - 1841 - 996 pages
...Thy shores are empires, changed in all tare thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they ? Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many...slave, or savage ; their decay Has dried up realms to deserts : — not so thou, Unchangeable save to thy wild waves' play ; Time writes no wrinkle on thine... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1841 - 474 pages
...Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they { Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many...slave, or savage ; their decay Has dried up realms to deserts : — not so thou, Unchangeable save to thy wild waves' play — Time writes no wrinkle on... | |
| Andrew Comstock - Elocution - 1841 - 410 pages
...em'pires, | chang'd in all save thee' — | Assyria,| Greece',| Rome',| Carthage,| what are they,? | Thy waters wasted them while they were free', | And...stranger, slave', or savage ; | their decay , Has dri'd up realms to deserts : — | not so thou', | Unchangeable, | save to thy wild waves' play, —... | |
| John Wilson - 1842 - 360 pages
...Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee— Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they? Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many...slave, or savage; their decay Has dried up realms to deserts:—not so thou, Unchangeable save to thy wild waves' play— Time writes no wrinkle on thine... | |
| American poetry - 1842 - 480 pages
...Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee— Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they? Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many...slave, or savage; their decay Has dried up realms to deserts : — not so thou, Unchangeable save to thy wild waves' play — Time writes no wrinkle on... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1842 - 866 pages
...shores are empires, changed in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they ? * tiful, So that the sacrifice ascend to heaven, And.../. Ber. They never fail who die In a great cause : deserts : — not so thou, Unchangeable save to thy wild waves' play — Time writes no wrinkle on... | |
| American poetry - 1862 - 512 pages
...the* — Assyria, Greece. Rome, Carthage, what are they 1 Thy waters wasted them while they were frw, And many a tyrant since ; their shores obey The stranger,...slave, or savage; their decay Has dried up realms to deserts : — not so thou, Unchangeable save to thy wild waves' play — Time writes no wrinkle on... | |
| English literature - 1842 - 416 pages
...Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee ! Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they ? Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a tyrant since." What connection between these two facts ? " Time writes no wrinkle on thy azure brow, Such as creation's... | |
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