 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...  Moral and Sacred Poetry - Page 90by Thomas Willcocks - 1829 - 296 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1825 - 504 pages
...waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they ? Thy waters wasted them whde they were free, And many a tyrant since ; their shores obey The stranger, slave, or savage ; their... | |
 | John White (A.M.) - 1826 - 340 pages
...Trafalgar. Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war—*- • A These are thy toys, and, as the snowy flake, Thy shores are empires, chang'd in all save thee—...to thy wild waves' play— Time writes no wrinkle on thine azure browSuch as Creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now ! Thou glorious mirror, where the... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1826 - 170 pages
...which mar A like the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. CLXXXII. Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage,...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 thine... | |
 | George Gordon Noël Byron - 1826 - 804 pages
...waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee — Assyria , Greece , Rome , Carthage...free. And many a tyrant since; their shores obey The stronger, slave, or savage; their decay Has dried up realms to deserts: — not so thou, Unchangeable... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1826 - 852 pages
...Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. Thy «höre* are empires, changed in all вате thee — Assyria , Greece , Rome , Carthage , what...many a tyrant since; their shores obey The stranger, «lave, or savage; theirdecay Has dried up realms to deserts : — not so I linn , Unchangeable save... | |
 | John Johnstone - 1827 - 596 pages
...mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. Thy shores areempires,changed inallsavethee— Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they ? Thy...to thy wild waves' play— Time writes no wrinkle on thine azure browSuch as creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now. Thou glorious mirror, where the... | |
 | John Cole - 1827 - 166 pages
...waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee— Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage,...slave, or savage; their decay Has dried up realms to deserts:—not so thou, Unchangeable save to thy wild waves' playTime writes no wrinkle on thy azure... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1827 - 888 pages
...Trafalgar. CLXXX II. Thy shores are empires, changed in all »ave thee— Assyria, Greece, Rome, Curtilage, what are they? Thy waters wasted them while they were free. And many a tyrant unce ; their shores obey The stranger, slave, or savage ; their decay Ha* dried up realm«» to desert»:... | |
 | 1828 - 398 pages
...of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. Thy shores are empires changed in all save thee— Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage,...to thy wild waves' play— Time writes no wrinkle on thine azure brow — Such as creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest DOW. Thou glorious mi rror, where... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 266 pages
...waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage,...to thy wild waves' play — Time writes no wrinkle on thine azure brow — Such as creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest noW. Thou glorious mirror, where... | |
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