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" 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 to deserts: not so thou; Unchangeable save to thy wild waves "
Common School Readings: Containing New Selections in Prose and Poetry for ... - Page 191
by John Swett - 1868 - 230 pages
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The works of lord Byron, with notes by T. Moore [and others].

George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1842 - 866 pages
...CLXXXH. Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they ? * Thy waters wasted them while they were...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...
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Book of the Poets: The Modern Poets of the Nineteenth Century

American poetry - 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,...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...
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The London University Magazine, Volume 1

English literature - 1842 - 416 pages
...stanza. Again, " 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." What connection between these two facts ? " Time writes no wrinkle on thy azure brow, Such as creation's...
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An Essay on Elocution: With Elucidatory Passages from Various Authors

John Hanbury Dwyer - 1843 - 320 pages
...Trafalgar. ~* Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they ! Thy waters wasted them while they were...slave, or savage; their decay Has dried up realms to desarts: — not so thon, Unchangeable save to thy wild waves' play Time writes no wrinkle on thine...
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The universal class-book: a ser. of reading lessons

Samuel Maunder - 1844 - 544 pages
...Trafalgar. Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they ? Thy waters wasted them while they were...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...
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Cyclopędia of English Literature: A History, Critical and ..., Volume 2

Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1844 - 738 pages
...Thy shores are empires, changed in all Rave thee— Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they 1 success. We subjoin an amusing and instructive fable...by this worthy divine : — The Chameleon. Oft has deserte : not so thou ; Unchangeable save to thy wild waves' play. Time writes no wrinkle on thine...
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The Quaver; or, Songster's pocket companion

Quaver - Songs - 1844 - 552 pages
...Trafalgar. Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee ; — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, — what are they ? Thy waters wasted them while they were...stranger, slave, or savage ; their decay Has dried up reahus to deserts : — not so thou, Unchangeable, save to thy wild waves' play ; Time writes no wrinkle...
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Russia, Volume 1

Astolphe Louis L. marq. de Custine - Soviet Union - 1844 - 582 pages
...possible. The most wonderful events that take place on its bosom leave not a trace for future ages — " Unchangeable save to thy wild waves' play, Time writes...no wrinkle on thine azure brow; Such as creation's divwii beheld, thou rollest now." Might it not, however, sometimes be possible to erect a naval monument...
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The general reciter; a unique selection of the most admired and popular ...

General reciter - 1845 - 348 pages
...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,...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...
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Orthophony: Or, Vocal Culture in Elocution: A Manual of Elementary Exercises ...

James Edward Murdoch, William Russell - Elocution - 1845 - 374 pages
...Trafalgar. Thy shores are empires, chang'd in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they ? Thy waters wasted them while they were...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 thy...
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