 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' play; Time writes no wrinkle on thy azure...  The forget me not: a selection of simple songs - Page 29by Forget-Me-Not, Forget-me-not - 1853 - 118 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1818 - 638 pages
...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' play — Time writes no wrinkle on thine azure brow— •Such as creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now. Thou glorious niirror, where... | |
 | 1902 - 642 pages
...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... | |
 | England - 1838 - 884 pages
...deserts : — 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. " Thou glorious mirror, where the Almighty's form Glasses itself in tempests ; in all time, Calm or convulsed — in breeze, or gale,... | |
 | England - 1848 - 788 pages
...obey The stranger, slave, or savage : 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 — Such as creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now. " Than glorious mirror, where... | |
 | DAVID WILLISON - 1818 - 572 pages
...deserts : — not so thou, Unchangeable save to 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 the Almighty's form Glasses itself in tempests ; in all time, Calm or convuls'd — in breeze, or gale,... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1819 - 176 pages
...shores obey The stranger , 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 azure brow — • Such as creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now CLXXXIII. Thou glorious mirror... | |
 | Friedrich Johann Jacobsen - English poetry - 1820 - 796 pages
...deserts: — not so thout Unchangeable save to thy wild waves' pity — Time writes no wrinkle on thine azure brow — Such as creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now. Thou glorious mirror, where the Almighty's form Glasses itself in tempests ; in all time, Calm or convuls'd — in breeze , or... | |
 | Almanacs, English - 1820 - 422 pages
...obey The stranger, 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 azure browSuch as creation's dawn beheld, thoo rollest now. Thon glorious mirror, where the Almighty's... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1821 - 478 pages
...obey The stranger, slave, or savage ; their decay Has dried up realms to desarts : — not so thou, j Unchangeable save to thy wild waves' play — Time writes no wrinkle on thine azure browSuch as creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now. CLXXXI1I. Thou glorious mirror, where... | |
 | 1853 - 640 pages
...bubbling groan, Without a grave, unknell'd, uncoffin'd, and unknown. " Time writes no wrinkles on thine azure brow ; Such as creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now, Thou glorious mirror, where the' Almighty's form Glasses itself in tempests: in all time Calm or convulsed, in breeze, or gale,... | |
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