 The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake, And monarchs tremble in their capitals; The oak leviathans, whose huge ribs make Their clay creator the vain title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war ; These...  The works of ... lord Byron - Page 184by George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1819Full view - About this book
 | Gem book - 1846 - 398 pages
...grave, uukneU'd,uncoffin'd,and unknown. The armaments which thunder-strike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake, And monarchs tremble...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?... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1846 - 540 pages
...him again to earth ; — there let him lay. The armaments which thundcrstrike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake, And monarchs tremble...vain title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war ; 220 These are thy toys, and, as the snowy flake, They melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1846 - 848 pages
...in their capital, The oak leviathans, whose huge ribs make The ir clay creator the vain title toko Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war; These are thy toys, and, as the snowy flake, They melt into thy yeusi of waves, which mar Alike tho Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. CLXXXIl. Thy shores are... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1846 - 1068 pages
...Capo of Terracina.— [See Historical notes , at the end or tin amo. No. \X4l.-li.j 163 And monarehs tremble in their capitals. The oak leviathans, whose huge ribs make Their day creator the vain tille lake Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war; These are thy toys, and, as the... | |
 | Hugh Gawthrop - Recitations - 1847 - 184 pages
...him again to earth : — there let him lay. The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake, And monarchs tremble...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... | |
 | Elocution - 1847 - 312 pages
...grave, unknelled, uncoffined, and unknown ! The armaments, which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake, And monarchs tremble...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?... | |
 | George Gordon Byron - Poetry - 1994 - 884 pages
...to earth :— there let him lay. CLXXXI. The armaments which thnnderstrike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake, And monarchs tremble...leviathans, whose huge ribs make Their clay creator the Tain title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war — These are thy toys, and, as the snowy flake,... | |
 | Stephen Bygrave - Literary Criticism - 1996 - 364 pages
...again to earth: - there let him lay. 181 The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake, And monarchs tremble...Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. 184 And I have loved thee, Ocean! and my joy Of youthful sports was on thy breast to be Borne, like... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - Poetry - 1996 - 868 pages
...petty hope in some near port or bay, CLXXX The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake, And monarchs tremble...capitals, The oak leviathans, whose huge ribs make 1625 Their clay creator the vain title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war; These are thy toys,... | |
 | Rodney Farnsworth - Art - 2001 - 360 pages
...termed a 'clay creator' — a base god: '['he armaments whieh thunderstrike the walls Of rock,buiIt cities. bidding nations quake. And monarchs tremble...Their clay creator the vain title take Of Lord of thce. and arbiter of war-- These are thy toys. and. as the snowy tlake. They meIt into thy yeast of... | |
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