 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 he wields For earth's destruction thou dost all despise, Spurning him from thy bosom to the skies, And send'st him, shivering...  Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Page 2791838Full view - About this book
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1851 - 352 pages
...fields Are not a spoil for him, — thou dost arise And shake him from thee; the vile strength he wields For earth's destruction thou dost all despise, Spurning...spray And howling, to his Gods, where haply lies His petty hope in some near port or bay, And dashest him again to earth : — there let him lay. CLXXXI.... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1851 - 780 pages
...fields Are not a spoil for him — thou dost arise And shake him from thee; the vile strength he wields For earth's destruction thou dost all despise, Spurning...spray, And howling to his gods, where haply lies His petty hope in some near port or bay, And dashest him again to earth : there let him lar. The armaments... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1851 - 764 pages
...And send'st him, shivering in thy playful spray, And howling to his gods, where haply lies His petty ys, And all are taught an avarice of praise ; They please, are pleased, t hm lay. The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock -built cities, bidding nations quake, And... | |
 | 1852 - 1170 pages
...Are not a spoil for him, — thou dost arise And shake him from thee ; the vile strength he wields For earth's destruction thou dost all despise, Spurning...spray And howling, to his Gods, where haply lies His petty hope in some near port or bay, And dashest him again to earth : — there let him lay." The blot... | |
 | 1852 - 196 pages
...Are not a spoil for him, — thou dost arise And shake him from thee ; the wild strength he wields For earth's destruction, thou dost all despise, Spurning...spray And howling, to his gods, where haply lies His petty hope in some near port or bay, And dashest him again to earth : — there let him lay. The armaments... | |
 | Scottish school-book assoc - 1852 - 322 pages
...fields Are not a spoil for him—thou dost arise And shake him from thee ; the vile strength he wields For earth's destruction thou dost all despise, Spurning...skies, And send'st him. shivering in thy playful spray Howling in agony, where haply lies His petty hope in some near port or bay, And dashest him again to... | |
 | George Gordon Byron - 1994 - 884 pages
...him from thee ; the vile strength he wields For earth's destruction thon dost all despise, Spnming him from thy bosom to the skies, And send'st him, shivering in thy playful And bowling, to his Gods, where haply lies His petty hope in some near port or bay, And dashest him... | |
 | Stephen Bygrave - 1996 - 364 pages
...fields Are not a spoil for him, - thou dost arise And shake him from thee; the vile strength he wields. For earth's destruction thou dost all despise, Spurning...spray And howling, to his Gods, where haply lies His petty hope in some near port or bay, And dashest him again to earth: - there let him lay. 181 The armaments... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1996 - 868 pages
...Are not a spoil for him, - thou dost arise And shake him from thee; the vile strength he wields 1615 For earth's destruction thou dost all despise, Spurning...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... | |
 | Warren Stevenson - 1996 - 166 pages
...Byron portrays Ocean as implicitly androgynous, as well as refreshingly playful: "Spurning him [man] from thy bosom to the skies, / And send'st him, shivering in thy playful spray" (1616-17). (Compare the reference two stanzas further on to "thy wild waves' play.") I say "implicitly... | |
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