 His steps are not upon thy paths— thy fields Are not a spoil for him— thou dost arise And shake him from thee ; the vile strength he wields For earth's destruction thou dost all despise, Spurning him from thy bosom to the skies, And send'st him, shivering...  The Poetical Works of Lord Byron: Complete in One Volume - Page 60by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1847 - 827 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1854 - 378 pages
...earth's destruction thou dost all despise, Spurning him from thy bosom to the skies*, And serid'st him, shivering in thy playful spray And howling, to...in some near port or bay, And dashest him again to earth:—there let him lay. CLXXXI. The armaments which thunder strike the walls Of rock-built cities,... | |
 | Jesse Olney - 1854 - 352 pages
...strength he wields For earth's destruction thou dost all despise, Spurning him from thy bosom to.the skies, And send'st him shivering, in thy playful spray,...haply lies His petty hope in some near port or bay, Then dashest him again to earth:—there let him lay. 3. His steps arc not upon thy paths,—thy fields... | |
 | 1855 - 540 pages
...him from thee : the vile strength he wields For earth's destruction thou dost all despise, Spurning him from thy bosom to the skies ; And send'st him,...near port or bay ; And dashest him again to earth TRAVELLER, BY CLIVEE GOLDSMITH, WITH THIRTY ILLUSTRATIONS DESIGNED EXPRESSLY FOR THE ART-UNION OF LONDON,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1856 - 376 pages
...him from thee ; the vile strength ho wields For earth's destruction thou dost all despise, Spurning him from thy bosom to the skies, And send'st him,...lay. CLXXXI. ' The armaments which thunderstrike the 'rails Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake, And monarchs tremble in their capitals, The oak... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1856 - 833 pages
...him from thee; the vile strength he wields For earth's destruction thou dost all despise, Spurning him from thy bosom to the skies, And send'st him,...in some near port or bay, And dashest him again to earth:—there let him lay. CLXXXI. The armaments which thunder-striKe the walls Of rock-built cities,... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1856 - 518 pages
...him from thee ; the vile strength he wields For earth's destruction thou dost all despise, Spurning him from thy bosom to the skies, And send'st him,...His petty hope in some near port or bay, And dashest Mm again to earth : — there let him lay.2 Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee — '... | |
 | John Clark Ferguson - 1856 - 90 pages
...destruction thou dost all despise, Spurning him from thy bosom to the skies, And send'st him, shiv'rin g in thy playful spray, And howling to his Gods, where...And dashest him again to earth, there let him lay. " The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake, And monarchs... | |
 | Anne Bowman - 1856 - 316 pages
...destruction, thou dost all despise, Spurning him from thy bosom to the skies, And send'st him, shiv'ring, in thy playful spray, And howling, to his gods, where...And dashest him again to earth : there let him lay. The armaments which thunder-strike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake, And monarchs... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1857 - 394 pages
...victim, man! " The vile strength he wields For earth's destruction, thou dost all despise, Spurning him from thy bosom to the skies, And send'st him,...And dashest him again to earth :—there let him lay !" Childe Harold, Canto iv., stanza clxxx. In the spring of 1825 Mrs Hemans, with her mother and sister... | |
 | John Seely Hart - 1857 - 394 pages
...from thee; the vile strength be wields For earth's destruction thou dost all despise, (360» Spurning' him from thy bosom to the skies, And send'st him,...And dashest him again to earth: there let him lay. The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake And monarchs... | |
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