 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1825 - 546 pages
...world was void, The populous and the powerful was a lump, Seasonless, herbless, treeless, manless, lifeless — A lump of death — a chaos of hard clay....rivers, lakes, and ocean, all stood still, And nothing stirr'd within their silent depths ; Ships sailorless lay rotting on the sea, And their masts fell... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1826 - 566 pages
...popnlons and the powerfnl was a lnmp, Seasonless, herhless, treeless, manless, lifeless — A lnmp of death — .a chaos of hard clay. The rivers, lakes,...lay rotting on the sea, And their masts fell down pieeemeal; as they dropp'd, They slepi on the ahyss withont a snrge — The waves were dead; the tides... | |
 | George Gordon Noël Byron - 1826 - 804 pages
...void, The populous and the powerful was a lump, Sen$onless,licrl)lcss,treele8S,uianlci<s,lifclcsg, A lump of death — a chaos of hard clay. The rivers,...all stood still, And nothing stirred within their lilent depths; Ships sailorless lay rotting on the sea. And their masts fell down piecemeal; at they... | |
 | 1828 - 814 pages
...world was void, The populous and the powerful was a lump, Seasonless, herbless, treeless, manless, lifeless — A lump of death. — a chaos of hard...sea, And their masts fell down piecemeal ; as they dropped They slept on the abyss without a surge — The waves were dead ; the tides were in their grave,... | |
 | John Barber - 1828 - 310 pages
...world was void, The populous and the powerful was a lump, Seasonless, herbless r treeless, manless, lifeless— A lump of death, a chaos of hard clay....lay rotting on the sea, And their masts fell down peacemeal; as they dropp'd They slept on the abyss without a surge— The waves were dead; the tides... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1828 - 414 pages
...world was void, 70 The populous and the powerful was a lump, Seasonless, herbless, treeless, manless, lifeless — A lump of death — a chaos of hard clay....still, And nothing stirred within their silent depths ; 75 Ships sailorless lay rotting on the sea, And their masts fell down piecemeal ; as they dropp'd... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1828 - 406 pages
...world was void, The populous and the powerful was a lump, Seasonless, herbless, treeless, manless, lifeless — A lump of death — a chaos of hard clay....rivers, lakes, and ocean all stood still, And nothing stirr'd within their silent depths ; Ships sailorless lay rotting on the sea, And their masts fell... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1828 - 418 pages
...and the powerful was a lump, Seasonless, herbless, treeless, manless, lifeless— A lump of death—a chaos of hard clay. The rivers, lakes, and ocean all...still, And nothing stirred within their silent depths; 75 Ships sailorless lay rotting on the sea, And their masts fell down piecemeal; as they dropp'd They... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1832 - 618 pages
...recollected the following strange lines, and almost fancied that such might be our own dismal fate: — " The rivers, lakes, and ocean, all stood still, And...sea, And their masts fell down piecemeal ; as they dropped, They slept on the abyss without a surge. The waves were dead ; the tides were in their grave... | |
 | James Hedderwick - 1833 - 232 pages
...world was void, The populous and the powerful was a lump, Seasonlcss, herbless, treeless, manless, lifeless — A lump of death — a chaos of hard clay...rivers, lakes, and ocean all stood still, And nothing stirr'd within their silent depths! Ships sailorless lay rotting on the sea, And their masts fell down... | |
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They slept on the abyss, without a surge; The waves were dead; the tides were in their grave; The moon, their mistress, had expired before ; The winds were withered in the stagnant air, And the clouds perished: Darkness had no need Of aid from them —... 
