 Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a tyrant since; their shores obey The stranger, slave, or savage; their decay Has dried up realms to deserts: not so thou; Unchangeable save to thy wild waves  Poems - Page 616by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1872Full view - About this book
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1832 - 488 pages
...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,...Unchangeable save to thy wild waves' play — Time writes no wrinkle on thine azure browSuch a? creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now. CLXXXIII. Thou glorious... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1832 - 488 pages
...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,...Unchangeable save to thy wild waves' play — Time writes no wrinkle on thine azure brow — • Such as creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now. CLXXXIII. Thou... | |
 | James Hedderwick - 1833 - 232 pages
...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,...Unchangeable, save to thy wild waves' play — Time writes no wrinkle on thine azure brow — Such as creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now. Thou glorious mirror,... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - 1834 - 360 pages
...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',...Unchangeable', save to thy wild waves' play' — Time writes no wrinkle on thine azure'' brow' — Such' . . as creation's dawn beheld', thou rollest now'. Thou glorious... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1835 - 472 pages
...empires which have flourished and fallen on the borders of the ocean, with its ovn unchanged stability. Their decay Has dried up realms to deserts : — not...Unchangeable, save to thy wild waves* play : Time writes no wrinkle on thine azure brow ; Such as creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now. CHILDE HAROLD, Canto... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1835 - 484 pages
...— 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,...Such as creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now, . J Thou glorious mirror, where the Almighty's form Glasses itself in tempests ; in all time, Calm... | |
 | Harp - 1836 - 380 pages
...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,...Unchangeable save to thy wild waves' play — Time writes no wrinkle on thine azure brow — Such as creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now. Thou glorious mirror,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1836 - 356 pages
...— 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,...Unchangeable save to thy wild waves' play — Time writes no wrinkle on thine azure brow — Such as creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now. (1) [When Lord Byron... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1836 - 404 pages
...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, 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... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1837 - 342 pages
...thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they 1 Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a tyrant since, their shores obey, — The...Unchangeable, save to thy wild waves' play — Time writes no wrinkle on thine azure brow — Such as creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now. Thou glorious mirror,... | |
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