 The armaments which thunderstrike 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 ; These...  Childe Harold's pilgrimage, a romaunt. (Harrow ed.). - Page 146by George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1831Full view - About this book
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1819 - 176 pages
...bidding nations quake, And monarchs tremble in their capitals, The oakliviathans, whose huge ribs make Their clay creator the vain title take Of Lord of...waves , which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils CLXXXII. Thy shores are empires , changed in all save thee — Assyria , Greece , Rome , Carthage ,... | |
 | 1820 - 422 pages
...capitals, The oak leviathans, whose huge ribs make Their clay creator the vain title take Of lord ofthee, and arbiter of war; These are thy toys, and, as the...Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thec — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they... | |
 | Friedrich Johann Jacobsen - 1820 - 796 pages
...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; These are thy toys, and, as tlie snowy ßake, They melt into thy yeast of waves , which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 478 pages
...bidding nation's quake, And monarchs tremble in their capitals, The oak leviathans, whose huge ribs make Their clay creator the vain title take Of lord of...— 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,... | |
 | 1822 - 418 pages
...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...Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. Thy shores are empires, chang'd in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Home, Carthage, what are they... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1823 - 402 pages
...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...— 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,... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1823 - 492 pages
...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...toys, and, as the snowy flake, They melt into thy yest of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. Thy shores are empires,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1824 - 234 pages
...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...Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a tyrant since; their shores obey The stranger,... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1824 - 334 pages
...leviathans, whose huge rihs make Their clay ereator the vain title take Of lord of thee, and arhiter of war ; These are thy toys, and, as the snowy flake,...Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. • CLXXX|L Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee— Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage', what... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Alfred Howard - 1824 - 226 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 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,... | |
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