 | Andrew Comstock - Elocution - 1841 - 410 pages
...which mar, Ali/ce, the Armada's0 pride, | or spoils of Trafalgar^ | Thy shores are em'pires, | chang'd in all save thee' — | Assyria,| Greece',| Rome',|...stranger, slave', or savage ; | their decay , Has dri'd up realms to deserts : — | not so thou', | Unchangeable, | save to thy wild waves' play, —... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1841 - 998 pages
...They melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. CLXXXIL n her hundred isles! II. She looks a sea Cybcle, fresh from ocean, (2) Rising with her tiara of pro '.VV Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a tyrant since; their shores obey The stranger,... | |
 | George Newenham Wright - Engraving - 1840 - 396 pages
...picture of the fortunes of the great cities and kingdoms that once stood on and occupied her shores. " Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee, Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, where are they ?" The Mediterranean, Mare Intemum of the ancients, extends about two thousand three... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1842 - 866 pages
...the headland of Пгсамип and the Cape of Tcrracinj See 60 CHILDE HAROLD'S PILGRIMAGE. CLXXXH. h is a virtue, and a soul Which multiplies itself throughout all time, thine azure brow — Such as creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now. cLxxxni. Thou glorious mirror,... | |
 | American poetry - 1842 - 480 pages
...flake, They 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—...thy wild waves' play — Time writes no wrinkle on thine azure brow — Such as creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now. Thou glorious mirror, where... | |
 | John Wilson - 1842 - 360 pages
...flake, They melt into thy yest of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. " Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee—...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... | |
 | 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,...thy wild waves' play — Time writes no wrinkle on thine azure browSuch as creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now. Thou glorious mirror, where the Almighty's... | |
 | English literature - 1842 - 416 pages
...perseveres : — " The armaments, which thunderstrike the walls " &c. to the end of the stanza. Again, " Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee !...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... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - Elocution - 1842 - 386 pages
...— Assyria', Greece', Rome', Carthage', what are they*? Thy waters wasted them while they were/ree', And many a tyrant since'; their shores obey' The stranger',...decay' Has dried up realms to deserts': — not so £/*««', Unchangeable', save to thy wild waves' play' — Time writes 710 wrinkle on thine azure*'... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1843 - 320 pages
...flake, They 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 —...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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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... 
