 | 1839 - 320 ページ
...war ; These are thy toys, and, as the snowy flake, They melt into thy yest of waves, which mar like the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. Thy shores...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... | |
 | Gideon Algernon Mantell - 1839 - 518 ページ
...discourse. " 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 to deserts : — not so thou,... | |
 | Gideon Algernon Mantell - 1839 - 488 ページ
...Byron in the following sublime apostrophe to the Ocean, with which I will conclude this discourse. " 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... | |
 | Gideon Algernon Mantell - 1839 - 522 ページ
...Byron in the following sublime apostrophe to the Ocean, with which I will conclude this discourse. " 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... | |
 | John William Carleton - 1847 - 708 ページ
...the phrase that were born of the occasion, when thus I looked and thought upon thee, Eternal Sea ! Thy shores are empires, changed in all, save thee : Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage — what are they ? Thy waten washed them while they yet were free, And many a tyrant since their shores... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1841 - 474 ページ
...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 thy yeast of waves,...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... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1841 - 998 ページ
...Their clay creator the vain title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war ; These are thy toys, and, always now the ear: Those days are gone — CLXXXIL Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what... | |
 | Anna Eliza Bray - 1841 - 996 ページ
...• • Thy shores are empires, changed in all tare 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 to deserts : — not so thou,... | |
 | Andrew Comstock - 1841 - 410 ページ
...shores are em'pires, | chang'd 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 dri'd up realms to deserts : — | not... | |
 | George Newenham Wright - 1840 - 396 ページ
...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 hundred miles... | |
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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 are thy toys, and, as the snowy flake, They melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike... 
