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... The Works of Lord Byron - Página 190por George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1843Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| 1818 - 638 páginas
...thee— • Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they ? Thy waters wasted them while they were fre6, And many a tyrant since ; their shores obey The stranger,...•Such as creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now. Thou glorious niirror, where the Almighty's form Glasses itself in tempests ; in all time, Calm or... | |
| 1902 - 642 páginas
...mutability of human affairs with the steadfastness of the ocean, which the poet apostrophises as ' Unchangeable, save to thy wild waves' play ; Time...Such as creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now.' * Book ii. chapters 10-12. t See 'Danmarks Stilling og Tilstand,' by HJ Hanson, Ph.D., FM Linn. Soc.,... | |
| 1848 - 788 páginas
...Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee— Assyria, Greece, liome, Carthage, what are they ? Thy waters wasted them while they were free, . And...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 —... | |
| 1838 - 884 páginas
...save thce— Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they ? Thy waters wasted them while they wore free, And many a tyrant since ; their shores obey...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.... | |
| 1818 - 762 páginas
...Thy shores are empire*, changed in ;H save thee— Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they? Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many...obey The stranger, slave, or savage ; their decay H as dried up realms to desarts : — not so thou. Unchangeable save to thy wild waves' playTime writes... | |
| DAVID WILLISON - 1818 - 572 páginas
...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...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... | |
| Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1818 - 648 páginas
...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...slave, or savage ; their decay Has dried up realms to desarts :— not so thou. Unchangeable save to thy wild wave's play — Time writes no wrinkle on thine... | |
| 1818 - 806 páginas
...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...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 thineazure... | |
| 1820 - 422 páginas
...Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thec — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they i Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many...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... | |
| Friedrich Johann Jacobsen - 1820 - 796 páginas
...what are they? Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a tyrant since; their sliores obey The stranger, slave, or savage; their decay Has dried up realms to deserts: — not so thout Unchangeable save to thy wild waves' pity — Time writes no wrinkle on thine azure brow —... | |
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