 Seasonless, herbless, treeless, manless, lifeless — A lump of death — a chaos of hard clay. The rivers, lakes, and ocean all stood still, And nothing stirred within their silent depths; Ships sailorless lay rotting on the sea, And their masts fell...  The Poetical Works of Lord Byron - Page 298by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1873Full view - About this book
 | 1817 - 608 pages
...The rivers, lakes, and ocean all stood still, And nothing stirred within their silent depths: Ships sailorless lay rotting on the sea, And their masts...had expired before; The winds were wither'd in the stag-riant air, And the clouds perish'd; Darkness had no need Of aid from them — She was the universe.'... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1815 - 324 pages
...The rivers, lakes, and ocean all stood still, And nothing stirred within their silent depths ; Ships sailorless lay rotting on the sea, And their masts...their mistress had expired before ; The winds were withered in the stagnant air, And the clouds perish'd ; Darkness had no need Of aid from them — She... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1816 - 674 pages
...lakes, and ocean all stood still, And nothing stirred within their silent depths ; Ships siiilorless lay rotting on the sea, And their masts fell down...were wither'd in the stagnant air, And the clouds perish'd ; Darkness had no need Of aid from them — She was the. universe." The remaining pieces not... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1816 - 88 pages
...The rivers, lakes, and ocean all stood still, And nothing stirred within their silent depths ; Ships sailorless lay rotting on the sea, And their masts...their mistress had expired before ; The winds were withered in the stagnant air, And the clouds perish'd ; Darkness had no need Of aid from them— ,She... | |
 | 1816 - 696 pages
...The rivers, lakes, and ocean all stood still, And nothing stirred witliiu their silent depths; Ships sailorless lay rotting on the sea, And their masts...dropp'd They slept on the abyss without a surge— The waives were dead; the tides were in their grave, The moon their mistress had expired before ; The winds... | |
 | 1816 - 572 pages
...The populous and the powerful was a lump, Scasonltss, herbless, treeless, manless, lifclfts.' — ' The waves were dead ; the tides were in their grave,...their mistress had expired before ; The winds were withered in the stagnant air, And the clouds perished ; darkness had no need Of aid from them — She... | |
 | 1816 - 692 pages
...sea, The waves were dead; the tides were in their grave, They slept on the abyss without a surge— The moon their mistress had expired before; The winds...were wither'd in the stagnant air, And the clouds perish'd; Darkness had no need Of aid from them—She was the universe." The remaining pieces not above... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1818 - 210 pages
...The rivers, lakes, and ocean all stood still, And nothing stirred within their silent depths; Ships sailorless lay rotting on the sea, And their masts...their mistress had expired before ; The winds were withered in the stagnant air, And the clouds perish'd; Darkness had no need Of aid from them— She... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1818 - 216 pages
...The rivers, lakes, and ocean all stood still, And nothing stirred within their silent depths; Ships sailorless lay rotting on the sea, And their masts fell down piecemeal; as they dropp'd The waves were dead; the tides were in their grave, The moon their mistress had expired before ; The... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1820 - 306 pages
...stood still, And nothing stirred within their silent depths ; Ships sailorless lay rotting on the sea, They slept on the abyss -without a surge — The waves...were wither'd in the stagnant air, And the clouds perish'd ; Darkness had no need Of aid from them — She was the universe. CHURCHILL'S GRAVE, A FACT... | |
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