 | 1818 - 638 pagine
...thee— • Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they ? Thy waters wasted them while they were fre6, And many a tyrant since ; their shores obey The stranger,...waves' play — Time writes no wrinkle on thine azure brow— •Such as creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now. Thou glorious niirror, where the Almighty's... | |
 | 1902 - 642 pagine
...mutability of human affairs with the steadfastness of the ocean, which the poet apostrophises as ' Unchangeable, save to thy wild waves' play ; Time writes no wrinkle on thine azure brow. Such as creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now.' * Book ii. chapters 10-12. t See 'Danmarks... | |
 | 1838 - 884 pagine
...thce— Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they ? Thy waters wasted them while they wore free, And many a tyrant since ; their shores obey The stranger,...not so thou, Unchangeable save to thy wild waves' playTime writes no wrinkle on thine azure brow— Such as creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now.... | |
 | 1848 - 788 pagine
...thee— Assyria, Greece, liome, Carthage, what are they ? Thy waters wasted them while they were free, . And many a tyrant since ; their shores obey The stranger,...their decay Has dried up realms to deserts: — not so thon, Unchangeable save to thy wild waves' play — Time writes no wrinkle on thine azure brow —... | |
 | 1818 - 762 pagine
...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 H as dried up realms to desarts : — not so thou. Unchangeable save to thy wild waves' playTime writes... | |
 | DAVID WILLISON - 1818 - 572 pagine
...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,...thy wild waves' play — Time writes no wrinkle on thine1 azure brow — Such as creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now. Thou glorious mirror, where... | |
 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1818 - 648 pagine
...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 desarts :— not so thou. Unchangeable save to thy wild wave's play — Time writes no wrinkle on thine... | |
 | 1818 - 806 pagine
...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 desarts: — not so thou. Unchangeable save to thy wild waves* playTime writes no wrinkle on thineazure... | |
 | 1821 - 438 pagine
...are they ? Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a tyrant since ; their shores ebey The stranger, slave, or savage; their decay Has dried up realms to desaru : — not so thou. Unchangeable save to thy wild waves' playTime writes no wrinkle on thy azure... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1819 - 176 pagine
...— Assyria , Greece , Rome , Carthage , what are they ? Thy waters wasted them while they we free , And many a tyrant since ; their shores obey The stranger...waves' play — Time writes no wrinkle on thine azure brow — • Such as creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now CLXXXIII. Thou glorious mirror , where... | |
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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 Unchangeable, save to thy wild waves 
