 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
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1847 - 880 pages
...petty hope in some near port or bay, And dashest him again to earth : — there let him lay. CLXXXI. The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built...arbiter of war ; These are thy toys, and, as the snowy Sake, They melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar.... | |
 | 1847 - 454 pages
...strains: "Roll on, thou deep and dark blue ocean, roll; Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain; The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built...nations quake, And monarchs tremble in their capitals, These are thy toys, and as the snowy flake, They melt into the rest of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's... | |
 | 1848 - 806 pages
...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 jj Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar.... | |
 | 1848 - 802 pages
...or bay, And dashest him again to earth : — there let him lay. " The armaments which thunderstrikc the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake,...of thee, and arbiter of war ; These are thy toys, antl, as the snowy flake, They melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or... | |
 | George Gordon Byron - 1994 - 884 pages
...bay, And dashest him again to earth :— there let him lay. CLXXXI. The armaments which thnnderstrike many a sunset, And wept to see another day go down O'er thee and me, with those Tain title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war — These are thy toys, and, as the snowy flake,... | |
 | Stephen Bygrave - 1996 - 364 pages
...lies His petty hope in some near port or bay, And dashest him again to earth: - there let him lay. 181 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.... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1996 - 868 pages
...playful spray And howling, to his Gods, where haply lies His petty hope in some near port or bay, CLXXX The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built...capitals, The oak leviathans, whose huge ribs make 1625 Their clay creator the vain title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war; These are thy toys,... | |
 | Rodney Farnsworth - 2001 - 360 pages
...termed a 'clay creator' — a base god: '['he armaments whieh thunderstrike the walls Of rock,buiIt 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 tlake. They meIt into thy yeast of... | |
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