 | C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 330 lehte
...The oak leviathans, whose huge ribs make Their clay creator, the vain title take — Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war ! These are thy toys, and, as the...all save thee— Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, wbat are they ? Thy waters wasted them, while they were free, And many a tyrant since ; their shores... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1845 - 312 lehte
...capitals, The oak leviathans, whose huge ribs make Their clay creator the vain title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war; These are thy toys, and, as the...Trafalgar. Thy shores are empires, changed in all save theeAssyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they I Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And... | |
 | James Edward Murdoch, William Russell - 1845 - 374 lehte
...— The oak leviathans, whose huge ribs make Their clay Creator the vain title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war — These are thy toys ; and, as...pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. Thy shores are empires, chang'd in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they ? Thy waters wasted them... | |
 | Modern poetical speaker, Fanny Bury PALLISER - 1845 - 540 lehte
...capitals, The oak leviathans, whose huge ribs make Their clay creator the vain title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war ; These are thy toys, and, as the...pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. Thy shores are empires ', chang'd in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they? Thy waters wasted them... | |
 | Jesse Olney - 1845 - 348 lehte
...capitals, The oak leviathans, whose huge ribs make Their clay creator the vain title take Of iOrd of thee, and arbiter of war ! These are thy toys, and as the...Alike the Armada's* pride, or spoils of Trafalgar.! 5. Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 398 lehte
...theoAssyria, Greece, Rome, Cajlhj^j, wltat are they ? Thy waten watted turai, while (hey were free, Aud many a tyrant since ; their shores obey The stranger, slave, or savage; their decay Has dried up realm* to dewrtt :— not y> tbou— Unchan-ealjle, save lo thy wilJ waves' play— Time writes no... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 334 lehte
...thee— Aieyria, Grew*, Rome, drthagf, what are they ? Thy WTilcn waited them, while they wtrefae, Ami many a tyrant since ; their shores obey The stranger, slave, or savage; their decay Has dried up realmi to deserts:—not so them— Unchangixtble, save to thy wild waves' play— Tune writeMm wrinkle... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 390 lehte
...empires, changed io all sare th«eAstyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they > Thy walcri waited them, while they were free, And many a tyrant since ; their shores obey The stranger, slave, or nvage ; their decay Hai dried up realms to desert* :— not «o thou — Unchani^eable, save to thy... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 lehte
...understand; Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. The whisjwr'd thought of hearts allied, Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they 1 Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a tyrant since; their shores obey The stranger,... | |
 | John Hall Hindmarsh - 1845 - 464 lehte
...; The oak leviathans, whose huge ribs make Their clay creator the vain title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war ; These are thy toys, and, as the snowy flake, They melt into the yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. Thy shores are empires,... | |
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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... 
