 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 Baron Byron - 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... | |
 | Bela Bates Edwards - Readers - 1832 - 338 pages
...him again to earth :—there let him lay. The armaments which thunder-strike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake, And monarchs tremble...toys, and, as the snowy flake,' They melt into thy yest of waves, which mar Alike the armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. .t Thy shores are empires,... | |
 | Moses Severance - Readers - 1832 - 312 pages
...grave, unknell'd, uncoffin'd, and unknown. 3. 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 th' Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. 4. Thy shores are empires,... | |
 | James Hedderwick - Oratory - 1833 - 232 pages
...him again to earth: — there let him lay. The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built 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 flake, They melt into thy yeast of... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - Elocution - 1834 - 360 pages
...again to earth': — there let him lay'.' The armaments which thunderstrike the walls' Of rock-built cities', bidding nations quake', And monarchs tremble...creator the vain title take' Of lord of thee', and arinler of war'; These are thy TOYS', and', as the snowy flake', They melt into thy yest of waves',... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1836 - 356 pages
...earth : — there let him lay CLXXX. CLXXXI. 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. Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they... | |
 | Harp - English poetry - 1836 - 380 pages
...grave, unkneH'd, uncoffin'd, and unknown. The armaments which thunder-strike 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?... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - Oratory - 1836 - 404 pages
...him again to earth :—there let him lay. The armaments whicl thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake, And monarchs tremble...the vain title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of wai 1 !' These are thy toys, and as the snowy flake, They melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English language - 1837 - 294 pages
...again 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, changed in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1837 - 356 pages
...to earth : — there let him lay. CLXXXI. 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. CLXXXII. Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what... | |
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