Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. 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; their shores obey The stranger, slave,... The works of lord Byron, with notes by T. Moore [and others]. - Page 61by George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1842Full view - About this book
| Samuel Kirkham - 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',...wild waves' play' — Time writes no wrinkle on thine azureh brdw' — Such' . . as creation's dawn beheld', thou rollest now'. Thou glorious mirror', where... | |
| John William Carleton - 1847 - 708 pages
...save thee : Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage — what are they ? Thy waten washed them while they yet were free, And many a tyrant since their shores obey—...dried up realms to deserts. Not so thou, Unchangeable ever, to the wild wave's play — Time writes no wrinkle on thine azure brow — Such as creation's... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1841 - 474 pages
...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 —...Such as creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now. CLXXXHI. Thou glorious mirror, where the Almighty's form Glasses itself in tempests ; in all time,... | |
| Anna Eliza Bray - 1841 - 996 pages
...unknell'd, uncomn'd, and unknown ! • • • • • Thy shores are empires, changed in all tare thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are...Such as creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now. Thou glorious mirror, where the Almighty's form Glasses itself in tempests ; in all time, Calm or convuls'd... | |
| Andrew Comstock - 1841 - 410 pages
...which mar, Ali/ce, the Armada's0 pride, | or spoils of Trafalgar^ | Thy shores are em'pires, | chang'd in all save thee' — | Assyria,| Greece',| Rome',|...stranger, slave', or savage ; | their decay , Has dri'd up realms to deserts : — | not so thou', | Unchangeable, | save to thy wild waves' play, —... | |
| 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 thon, Unchangeable save to thy wild waves' pby — . Time writes no wrinkle on thine azure brow —... | |
| 1842 - 480 pages
...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—...Such as creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now. Thou glorious mirror, where the Almighty's form Glasses itself in tempests ; in all time, Calm or convulsed... | |
| John Wilson - 1842 - 360 pages
...flake, They melt into thy yest of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. " Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee—...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... | |
| 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,...waves' play — Time writes no wrinkle on thine azure browSuch as creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now. Thou glorious mirror, where the Almighty's form... | |
| 1842 - 416 pages
...perseveres : — " The armaments, which thunderstrike the walls " &c. to the end of the stanza. Again, " Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee !...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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