 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...  Outlines of Elocution - Page 64by H. R. Schermerhorn - 1871 - 110 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Gideon Algernon Mantell - 1839 - 518 pages
...conclude this discourse. " Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they? Thy waters wasted them while...play — Time writes no wrinkle on thine azure brow — Sttch as Creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now !" LECTURE II. 1. Introductory observations.... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1839 - 322 pages
...RE!, I (; I ON. 275 4. Thy shores arc empires, changed in all save thee, — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they ? Thy waters wasted them while...so thou, Unchangeable save to thy wild waves' play, — Tini9 writes no wrinkle on thine azure brow, — Such as creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now.... | |
 | 1839 - 320 pages
...or spoils of Trafalgar. Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee— Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage — what are they ? Thy waters wasted them...not so thou, Unchangeable save to thy wild waves' playlime writes no wrinkles on thy azure brow iich as creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now. Thou... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - 1839 - 362 pages
...— Assyria', Greece', Rome', Carthage', what are they'? Thy waters wasted them while they were/ree', And many a tyrant since'; their shores obey' The stranger',...wild waves' play' — Time writes no wrinkle on thine azureh brdw' — Such' . . as creation's dawn beheld', thou rollest now'. Thou glorious mirror', where... | |
 | John William Carleton - 1847 - 708 pages
...save thee : Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage — what are they ? Thy waten washed them while they yet were free, And many a tyrant since their shores obey—...dried up realms to deserts. Not so thou, Unchangeable ever, to the wild wave's play — Time writes no wrinkle on thine azure brow — Such as creation's... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1841 - 998 pages
...shores are empires, changed in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they '.VV ers At airy distance, with majestic motion, A ruler...such she was ; — herdaughters had their dowers thon, Unchangeable save to thy wild waves' pby — . Time writes no wrinkle on thine azure brow —... | |
 | Andrew Comstock - 1841 - 410 pages
...Trafalgar^ | Thy shores are em'pires, | chang'd in all save thee' — | Assyria,| Greece',| Rome',| Carthage,| what are they,? | Thy waters wasted them...stranger, slave', or savage ; | their decay , Has dri'd up realms to deserts : — | not so thou', | Unchangeable, | save to thy wild waves' play, —... | |
 | 1862 - 512 pages
...the* — Assyria, Greece. Rome, Carthage, what are they 1 Thy waters wasted them while they were frw, And many a tyrant since ; their shores obey The stranger,...waves' play — Time writes no wrinkle on thine azure browSuch as creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now. Thou glorious mirror, where the Almighty's form... | |
 | John Wilson - 1842 - 360 pages
...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...slave, or savage; their decay Has dried up realms to deserts:—not so thou, Unchangeable save to thy wild waves' play— Time writes no wrinkle on thine... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - 1842 - 386 pages
...— Assyria', Greece', Rome', Carthage', what are they*? Thy waters wasted them while they were/ree', And many a tyrant since'; their shores obey' The stranger',...decay' Has dried up realms to deserts': — not so £/*««', Unchangeable', save to thy wild waves' play' — Time writes 710 wrinkle on thine azure*'... | |
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