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, or savage; their decay Has dried up realms... The works of the rt. hon. lord Byron - Page 187by George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1824Full view - About this book
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...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 I Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a tyrant since; their shores obey The stranger,... | |
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| C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 396 pages
...flake, They melt into thy yrast of wave», which mar Alike, tho Armada's pride, or spoil» of Traialgu Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee— Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are Ibey t Thy waters wasted them, while they were free, And roany a tyrant since ; their shores obey The... | |
| C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 330 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, wbat are they ? Thy waters wasted them, while they were free, And many a tyrant since ; their shores... | |
| John Hanbury Dwyer - 1845 - 312 pages
...Trafalgar. Thy shores are empires, changed in all save theeAssyria, 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, slave, or savage; their decay Etas dried up realms to deserts:... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1996 - 868 pages
...melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. CLXXXII 1630 Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee Assyria,...wasted them while they were free, And many a tyrant since; their shores obey The stranger, slave, or savage; their decay 1635 Has dried up realms to deserts:... | |
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