 | 802 pages
...the occasion, when thus I looked and thought upon thee, Eternal Sea ! Thy shores are empires, changed in all, save thee : Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage — what are they ? Thy waters washed them while they yet were free, And many a tyrant since their shores obey—- The stranger, slave,... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1832 - 488 pages
...which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. CLXXXII. Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage,...— Time writes no wrinkle on thine azure browSuch a? creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now. CLXXXIII. Thou glorious mirror, where the Almighty's form... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1832 - 488 pages
...which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. CLXXXII. Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage,...waves' play — Time writes no wrinkle on thine azure brow — • Such as creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now. CLXXXIII. Thou glorious mirror, where... | |
 | Bela Bates Edwards - 1832 - 338 pages
...waves, which mar Alike the armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. .t Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee— Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage,...waves' play— Time writes no wrinkle on thine azure brow— Such as creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now. Thou glorious mirror, where the Almighty's... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1832 - 310 pages
...bubbling groan, Without a grave, unknell'd, uncoffin'd, and unknown. Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage,...waves' play — Time writes no wrinkle on thine azure brow — Such as creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now* And I have loved thee, Ocean ! and my joy... | |
 | Moses Severance - 1832 - 312 pages
...waves, which mar Alike th' Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. 4. Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee : Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage,...thy wild waves' play : — Time writes no wrinkle on thy azure brow : — Such as creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now. 5. Thou glorious mirror, where... | |
 | 1866 - 728 pages
...flake, They melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. " Thy shores are empires, chang'd in all save thee,...obey The stranger, slave, or savage ; their decay Has driod up realms to deserts ; not so thou, Unchangeable save to thy wild waves' play : Time writes no... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1832 - 634 pages
...borders of the ocean, with its own unchanged stability. Their decay Has dried up realms to deserts:—not so thou, Unchangeable, save to thy wild waves' play: Time writes no wrinkle on thine azure brow; Such as creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now. CHILOE HAKoLB, Canto iv. CHAPTER XXVI. Subterranean... | |
 | James Hedderwick - 1833 - 232 pages
...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,...waves' play — Time writes no wrinkle on thine azure brow — Such as creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now. Thou glorious mirror, where the Almighty's... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - 1834 - 360 pages
...which mar', Alike', the Armada's pride', or spoils of Trafalgar. 'E Thy shores are empires', changed in all save thee' — Assyria', Greece', Rome', Carthage',...play' — Time writes no wrinkle on thine azure'' brow' — Such' . . as creation's dawn beheld', thou rollest now'. Thou glorious mirror', where the... | |
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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... 
