 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
 | Samuel Kirkham - 1842 - 386 pages
...— Assyria', Greece', Rome', Carthage', what are they*? Thy waters wasted them while they were/ree', And many a tyrant since'; their shores obey' The stranger',...decay' Has dried up realms to deserts': — not so £/*««', Unchangeable', save to thy wild waves' play' — Time writes 710 wrinkle on thine azure*'... | |
 | John Wilson - 1842 - 360 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... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1843 - 320 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 desarts: — not so thon, Unchangeable save to thy wild waves' play Time writes no wrinkle on thine... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - 1844 - 544 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,... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1844 - 318 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,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...— Assyria, Greece, Rome, Cartilage, what are they ! Thy waters wasted them while they were free, obert Chambers wrinkle on thine azure brow : Such as creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now. Thou glorious mirror,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 pages
...thee— Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they 1 Thy waters wasted them while they were free, ve fable by this worthy divine : — The Chameleon. Oft has deserte : not so thou ; Unchangeable save to thy wild waves' play. Time writes no wrinkle on thine... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1845 - 492 pages
...thee— Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they I 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,... | |
 | James Edward Murdoch, William Russell - 1845 - 374 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 thy azure brow — Such as Creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now ! Thou glorious mirror,... | |
 | John Hall Hindmarsh - 1845 - 464 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,... | |
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