 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...  The works, of ... lord Byron - Page 75by George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1819Full view - About this book
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1824 - 334 pages
...stranger, slave, or savage ; their deeay Hast dricd up realms to deserts :— not so thou, Unehangeahle save to thy wild waves' play — Time writes no wrinkle on thine azure hrow — Sueh as ereation's dawn heheld, thou rollest now. CLXXXIH. Thou glorious mirror, where the... | |
 | James Wallace (ship's surgeon.) - 1824 - 192 pages
...He sinks into thy depths with bubbling groan, Without a grave, unknell'd, uncoffin'd, and unknown. " Thou glorious mirror, where the Almighty's form Glasses itself in tempests ! — in all time, Calm or convuls'd, in breeze or gale or storm, Icing the pole, or in the torrid clime Dark... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1825 - 906 pages
...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...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... | |
 | John White (A.M.) - 1826 - 340 pages
...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...waves' play— Time writes no wrinkle on thine azure browSuch as Creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now ! Thou glorious mirror, where the Almighty's form... | |
 | George Gordon Noël Byron - 1826 - 804 pages
...Thy waters wasted them while they were free. And many a tyrant since; their shores obey The stronger, n the haughtiest cedar nil lest now. Thon glorious mirror, where the Almighty's form Glasses itself in tempests ; in all time,... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1826 - 170 pages
...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...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... | |
 | English poetry - 1826 - 434 pages
...He sinks into thy depths with bubbling groan, Without a grave, unknell'd, uncoffin'd, and unknown. Thou glorious mirror, where the Almighty's form Glasses itself in tempests; in all lime, Calm or convuls'd—in breeze, or gale, or storm, Icing the pole, or in the torrid clime... | |
 | John Johnstone - 1827 - 596 pages
...inallsavethee— Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they ? Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a tyrant since ; their shores obey...waves' play— Time writes no wrinkle on thine azure browSuch as creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now. Thou glorious mirror, where the Almighty'sforni... | |
 | John Cole - 1827 - 166 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 264 pages
...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...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,... | |
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