 | John William Carleton - 1847 - 708 pagine
...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 obey— The stranger,... | |
 | Andrew Comstock - 1841 - 410 pagine
...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 pagine
...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 - 1840 - 396 pagine
...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... | |
 | John Wilson - 1842 - 360 pagine
...toys, and, as the snowy flake, They melt into thy yest of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. " Thy shores are empires, changed...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... | |
 | 1842 - 416 pagine
...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 - 1842 - 386 pagine
...— 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 pagine
...and, as the snowy flake, They melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. ~* Thy shores are empires, changed...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... | |
 | Quaver - 1844 - 552 pagine
...; 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, changed...stranger, slave, or savage ; their decay Has dried up reahus to deserts : — not so thou, Unchangeable, save to thy wild waves' play ; Time writes no wrinkle... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 pagine
...Thy shores are empires, changed in all Rave thee— Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they 1 success. We subjoin an amusing and instructive fable...by this worthy divine : — The Chameleon. Oft has deserte : not so thou ; Unchangeable save to thy wild waves' play. Time writes no wrinkle on thine... | |
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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... 
