Roll on, thou deep and dark blue ocean, roll! Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain ; Man marks the earth with ruin — his control Stops with the shore ; upon the watery plain The wrecks are all thy deed, nor doth remain A shadow of man's ravage,... Poetry of Byron - Page 44by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1881 - 276 pagesFull view - About this book
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1823 - 402 pages
...control Stops with the shore ; — upon the watery plain The wrecks are all thy deed, nor doth remainA shadow of man's ravage, save his own, When, for a...Without a grave, unknell'd, uncoffin'd, and unknown. CLXXX. His steps are not upon thy paths, — thy fields Are not a spoil for him, — thou dost arise... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1824 - 234 pages
...in vain ; Man marks the earth with ruin—his control Stops with the shore;—upon the watery plain The wrecks are all thy deed, nor doth remain A shadow...uncoffin'd, and unknown. His steps are not upon thy paths,—thy fields Are not a spoil for him—thou dost arise And shake him from thee; the vile strength... | |
| James Wallace (ship's surgeon.) - 1824 - 192 pages
...vain ; Man marks the earth with ruin — his control Stops with the shore ; — upon the watery plain The wrecks are all thy deed — nor doth remain A...Without a grave, unknell'd, uncoffin'd, and unknown. " Thou glorious mirror, where the Almighty's form Glasses itself in tempests ! — in all time, Calm... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1824 - 334 pages
...vain ; Man marks the earth with ruin — his control Stops with the shore ; — upon the watery plain The wrecks are all thy deed, nor doth remain A shadow...like a drop of rain, He sinks into thy depths with huhhling groan, Without a grave, unknell'd, uneoffin'd, and unknown. 4 CLXXX. His steps are not upon... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1825 - 906 pages
...in vain; Man murks the earth with ruin—his control Stops with the shore;—upon the watery plain The wrecks are all thy deed, nor doth remain A shadow...depths with bubbling groan, Without a grave, unknell'd, uucoffin'd, and unknown. CLXXX. His steps are not upon thy paths,—thy fields Are not a spoil for... | |
| 1826 - 434 pages
...thee in vain; Man marks the earth with ruin—his control Stops with the shore; upon the watery plain The wrecks are all thy deed, nor doth remain A shadow...Without a grave, unknell'd, uncoffin'd, and unknown. Thou glorious mirror, where the Almighty's form Glasses itself in tempests; in all lime, Calm or convuls'd—in... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1826 - 170 pages
...in vain ; Man marks the earth with ruin — his controul Stops with the shore; upon the watery plain The wrecks are all thy deed, nor doth remain A shadow...his own, When, for a moment, like a drop of rain, He sius into thy depths with bubbling prroan, Without a grave, unkucll'd, uncoffin'd, and unknown. CLXXX.... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1826 - 852 pages
...ruin — his control Stops with the shore;— upon the watery plain The wrecks are all thy deed,nor doth remain A shadow of man's ravage, save his own,...When, for a moment, like a drop of rain, He sinks int. i thy depths with bubbling groan. Without agrave, unknell'd, uncoffin'd.and unknown. His steps... | |
| John White (A.M.) - 1826 - 340 pages
...ocean—roll! Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain; Man marks the earth with ruin—his control A shadow of man's ravage, save his own: When, for a moment, like a drop of rain, Stops with the shore;—upon the watery plain, The wrecks are all thy deed, nor doth remain He sinks... | |
| John Johnstone - 1827 - 596 pages
...with ruin—his control Stops with the shore;—upon the watery plain The wrecks are all thy dead, nor doth remain A shadow of man's ravage, save his...uncoffin'd, and unknown. His steps are not upon thy paths,—thy fields Are not a spoil for him,—thou dost arise And shake him from thee; the vile strength... | |
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