 The armaments which thunder-strike 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 ;—...  Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Seite 2791838Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1842 - 480 Seiten
...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...toys, and, as the snowy flake, They melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. Thy shores are empires,... | |
 | 1862 - 512 Seiten
...cir i'Tbe oak leviathans. wbose hu^^ rh* nuke Their clay creator the rain title take Of lord of tbee, and arbiter of war; These are thy toys, and. as the snowy flake. They melt into thy yeast of wares, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. Thy shores are empires,... | |
 | John Wilson - 1842 - 360 Seiten
...preceding stanza about the sea's disposing of "the vile strength he wields for earth's destruction." " These are thy toys, and as the snowy flake, They melt into thy yest of waves," is mere repetition. "A drop of rain" and "the snowy flake" is but the same image; and " yest of waves"... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1842 - 866 Seiten
...of thee, and arbiter of war ; These arc 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. of The Grot'f. Nemi is but an evening'* ridn from the comfortable inn of Albano. 3 The whole declivity... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - 1842 - 386 Seiten
...clay ereator the vain title take' Of lord of thee', and arbiter of war'; These are thy TOYs',and', as the snowy flake', They melt into thy yest of waves', which mar't Alike', the Armada's pride', or spoils of Trafalgar. '£ Thy shores are empires', changed in... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1843 - 320 Seiten
...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...toys, and, as the snowy flake, They melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. ~* Thy shores are empires,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 Seiten
...of thee, and arbiter of war: These arc thy toys, and, as the snowy flake, They melt into thy yeast , Cartilage, what are they ! Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a tyrant since ; their... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 Seiten
...monarchs tremble in their capitals, The oak leviathans, whose huge ribs make Their clay creator the vain their way, in friendly chat, Now talked of this, and then of that ; Discoursed yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. Thy shores are empires,... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - 1844 - 544 Seiten
...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...toys, and, as the snowy flake, They melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike the' Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. Thy shores are empires,... | |
 | Quaver - 1844 - 552 Seiten
...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...thy toys ; and as the snowy flake, They melt into the yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. Thy shores are empires,... | |
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