 | Robert Chambers - 1837 - 342 pages
...thee — 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...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... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1837 - 338 pages
...thee — 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...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... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1837 - 982 pages
...thee— Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are thr> ?vl Thy waters wasted them while they were fret-, \ \ \ \ Y Z Y \ \ \ Y Y Y browSuch as creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now. CLXXXJU. Thou gloiious mirror, where the Almighty's... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1837 - 356 pages
...Carthage, what arc they ? * Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a tyrant since j their shores obey The stranger, slave, or savage ;...wrinkle on thine azure brow — Such as creation's dawn beheldj thou rollest now. 1 [When Lord Byron wrote this stanza, he had, no doubt, the following passage... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1837 - 568 pages
...empires which have flourished and fallen on the borders of the ocean with its own unchanged stability. . Their decay Has dried up realms to deserts : — not...play : Time writes no wrinkle on thine azure brow ; Snob u creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now. CHILLI E HAROLD, Canto IT. CHAPTER XVII. ELEVATION... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1837 - 480 pages
...Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they .\2 \ Thy waters wasted them while they were free, Aud 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 —... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1837 - 352 pages
...are they ? 1 Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a tyrant sinee ; their shores ohey The stranger, slave, or savage ; their decay Has dried up realms to deserts : — not so thou, Unchangeahle save to thy wild waves' play — Time writes no wrinkle on thine azure hrow — Such as... | |
 | Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 pages
...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,...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... | |
 | Jesse Olney - 1838 - 346 pages
...thee — 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,...Such as creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now. 6. Thou, glorious mirror, \vhere the Almighty's form Glasses itself in tempests ; in all time, (Calm... | |
 | William Martin - 1838 - 368 pages
...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,...Such as creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now. CLXXXIII. Thou glorious mirror, where the Almighty's form Glasses itself in tempests, in all time,... | |
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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 
