 | Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 pages
...war; These are thy toys, 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...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... | |
 | William Martin - Readers - 1838 - 368 pages
...melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. CLXXXII. Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee,...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... | |
 | Scotland - 1838 - 938 pages
...war ; These are thy 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...free, And many a tyrant since ; their shores obey Tho stranger, slave, or savage ; their decay Has dried up realms to deserts : — not so thou, Unchangeable... | |
 | Jesse Olney - Readers - 1838 - 346 pages
...Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they 1 Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many...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... | |
 | 1838 - 876 pages
...war ; These are thy 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...— Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they 1 Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a tyrant since ; their shores obey The stranger,... | |
 | English literature - 1871 - 608 pages
...into thy depths with bubbling groan, Without a grave, unknell'd, uncoffin'd, and unknown. * * » * * ' Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee —...Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they? Thy waters wash'd them power while they were free,* And many a tyrant since ; their shores obey The stranger,... | |
 | William Huffington - Delaware - 1839 - 500 pages
...war; These are thy toys, and, as the snowy flake, They melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. •Thy...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... | |
 | 1839 - 320 pages
...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...slave, or savage ; ' their decay Has dried up realms to deserts : not so thou, Unchangeable save to thy wild waves' playlime writes no wrinkles on thy azure... | |
 | Gideon Algernon Mantell - Geology - 1839 - 488 pages
...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 —...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... | |
 | Gideon Algernon Mantell - Geology - 1839 - 522 pages
...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 —...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... | |
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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 
