 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 including the suppressed poems - Page 80by George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1828 - 718 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1858 - 708 pages
...is aroused by the storm and the tempest, with what ease can it destroy the proudest works of man. " The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built...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... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 396 pages
...quake, . And monarch) tremble, in their capital!, The oak leviathans, whote huge rite make Their cUy creator, the vain title take— Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war ! These are thy toys, and, a» Ihe snowy flake, They melt into thy yrast of wave», which mar Alike, tho Armada's pride, or spoil»... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 pages
...lies His petty hope in some near port or bay, And dashest him again to earth ; — there let him lay. The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built...bidding nations quake, And monarchs tremble in their capilals, The oak leviathans, whose huge ribs make Their clay creator the vain title take Of lord of... | |
 | Gem book - 1846 - 398 pages
...rain, He sinks into thy depth*, with babbling gronn, Without a grave, uukneU'd,uncoffin'd,and unknown. The armaments which thunder-strike the walls Of rock-built...of war; — These are thy toys, and, as the snowy flake, They melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar.... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1846 - 310 pages
...bubbling groan, Without a grave, unknell'd, uncoffin'd, and unknown. The armaments which thumlerstrike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake,...arbiter of war; These are thy toys, and, as the snowy flake, They melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar.... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1846 - 540 pages
...port or bay, And dashest him again to earth ; — there let him lay. The armaments which thundcrstrike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake,...vain title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war ; 220 These are thy toys, and, as the snowy flake, They melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1846 - 1068 pages
...tremble in their capitals. The oak leviathans, whose huge ribs make Their day creator the vain tille lake Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war; These are thy toys, and, as the snowy flake, They melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar.... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1846 - 848 pages
...in their capital, The oak leviathans, whose huge ribs make The ir clay creator the vain title toko riving where none are strong. LXX. There, in a moment, we may plunge our y flake, They melt into thy yeusi of waves, which mar Alike tho Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar.... | |
 | Hugh Gawthrop - 1847 - 184 pages
...lies His petty hope in some near port or bay, And dashest him again to earth : — there let him lay. The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built...arbiter of war : These are thy toys, and, as the snowy flake, They melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar.... | |
 | 1847 - 312 pages
...He sinks into thy depths with bubbling groan, Without a grave, unknelled, uncoffined, and unknown ! The armaments, which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built...of war — These are thy toys ; and, as the snowy flake, They melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar.... | |
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