The armaments which thunder-strike 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... Childe Harold's pilgrimage: Italy - Стр. 132авторы: George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1872Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
| 1862 - Страниц: 512
...cir i'Tbe oak leviathans. wbose hu^^ rh* nuke Their clay creator the rain title take Of lord of tbee, and arbiter of war; These are thy toys, and. as the snowy flake. They melt into thy yeast of wares, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. Thy shores are empires, changed... | |
| 1842 - Страниц: 818
...swift destruction in their course than an army with banners. "The arrrmments, which thunder-strike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake, And monarchs tremble in their capitals," are dissipated by a breath of the storm-spirit, «id melt, like flakes of snow, in ocean's " yeast... | |
| John Wilson - 1842 - Страниц: 360
...preceding stanza about the sea's disposing of "the vile strength he wields for earth's destruction." " These are thy toys, and as the snowy flake, They melt into thy yest of waves," is mere repetition. "A drop of rain" and "the snowy flake" is but the same image; and... | |
| John Hanbury Dwyer - 1843 - Страниц: 320
...bubbling groan, Without a grave, unknell'd, uncoffin'd, and unknown. The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake,...melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. ~* Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee — Assyria,... | |
| John Hanbury Dwyer - 1844 - Страниц: 318
...bubbling groan, Without a grave, unknell'd, uncoffin'd, and unknown. The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake,...melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee— Assyria,... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1844 - Страниц: 738
...port or bay, And dashest him again to earth : there let him lay. The armaments which thunderstrike 'll allow — I've seen — and sure I ought to know.'...Now talked of this, and then of that ; Discoursed Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. Thy shores are empires, changed in all Rave thee— Assyria,... | |
| Samuel Maunder - 1844 - Страниц: 544
...or bay, And dashest him again to earth : — there let him lay. The armaments which thunder-strike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake,...melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike the' Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee — Assyria,... | |
| Quaver - 1844 - Страниц: 552
...grave, unknell'd, uncoffin'd, and unknown. The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock- built cities, bidding nations quake, And monarchs tremble...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,... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1844 - Страниц: 746
...haply lies His petty hope in some near port or bay, And dashest him again to earth : there let him lay. $ thé vain title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war: These arc thy toys, and, as the snowy flake,... | |
| Joe Cowell - 1844 - Страниц: 112
...from " The armaments which thunder-strike the wall* Of rock*built cities, bidding nation's quak«, And monarc'hs tremble in their capitals ; The oak leviathans, whose huge ribs maEe Their clay creator, the vain title take Of lord of thee (the ocean) and arbiter of war." The Plymouth... | |
| |