 | 1839
...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
...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
...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
...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
...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
...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 - 935 páginas
...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
...• • 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 - 364 páginas
...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 - 156 páginas
...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... 
