Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. Thy shores are empires, changed in all save 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,... The works of lord Byron, with notes by T. Moore [and others]. - Page 61by George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1842Full view - About this book
| 1818 - 638 pages
...thee— • Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they ? Thy waters wasted them while they were fre6, And many a tyrant since ; their shores obey The stranger,...•Such as creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now. Thou glorious niirror, where the Almighty's form Glasses itself in tempests ; in all time, Calm or... | |
| 1848 - 788 pages
...spoils of Trafalgar. " Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee— Assyria, Greece, liome, Carthage, what are they ? Thy waters wasted them while...their decay Has dried up realms to deserts: — not so thon, Unchangeable save to thy wild waves' play — Time writes no wrinkle on thine azure brow —... | |
| 1818 - 762 pages
...which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. 188. Thy shores are empire*, changed in ;H save thee— Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what...obey The stranger, slave, or savage ; their decay H as dried up realms to desarts : — not so thou. Unchangeable save to thy wild waves' playTime writes... | |
| 1838 - 884 pages
...save thce— Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they ? Thy waters wasted them while they wore free, And many a tyrant since ; their shores obey...not so thou, Unchangeable save to thy wild waves' playTime writes no wrinkle on thine azure brow— Such as creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now.... | |
| DAVID WILLISON - 1818 - 572 pages
...flake, They melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee —...thy wild waves' play — Time writes no wrinkle on thine1 azure brow — Such as creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now. Thou glorious mirror, where... | |
| 1818 - 806 pages
...flake, They melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee —...slave, or savage ; their decay Has dried up realms to desarts: — not so thou. Unchangeable save to thy wild waves* playTime writes no wrinkle on thineazure... | |
| Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1818 - 648 pages
...flake They melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. ' Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee —...slave, or savage ; their decay Has dried up realms to desarts :— not so thou. Unchangeable save to thy wild wave's play — Time writes no wrinkle on thine... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1819 - 176 pages
...thee — Assyria , Greece , Rome , Carthage , what are they ? Thy waters wasted them while they we free , And many a tyrant since ; their shores obey...• Such as creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now CLXXXIII. Thou glorious mirror , where the Almighty's form Glasses itself in tempests, in tempests... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1819 - 466 pages
...changed in all gave thec — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage,* what are they? Tliy wattrs wasted ihfm while they were free, And many a tyrant since; their...Unchangeable save to thy wild waves' play — Time wriits no wrinkle on thine azure brow — Such as creation's dawn beheld, Ikon rollest now. CLXXXIH.... | |
| Friedrich Johann Jacobsen - 1820 - 796 pages
...melt into thy yeast of waves , which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. 43* 675 Thy shores are empires , changed in all save thee...while they were free, And many a tyrant since; their sliores obey The stranger, slave, or savage; their decay Has dried up realms to deserts: — not so... | |
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