 Thy waters wash'd them power 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 Complete Poetical Works of Lord Byron - Page 82de George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1905 - 1055 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | 1818 - 638 pages
...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... | |
 | 1838 - 884 pages
...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.... | |
 | DAVID WILLISON - 1818 - 572 pages
...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...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... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1819 - 176 pages
...thee — Assyria , Greece , Rome , Carthage , what are they ? Thy waters wasted them while they we free , And many a tyrant since ; their shores obey...the Almighty's form Glasses itself in tempests, in tempests in all time, Calm or convuls'd — in breeze, or gale, or storm, Icing the pole, or in the... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1819 - 466 pages
...changed in all gave thec — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage,* what are they? Tliy wattrs wasted ihfm while they were free, And many a tyrant since; their...Unchangeable save to thy wild waves' play — Time wriits no wrinkle on thine azure brow — Such as creation's dawn beheld, Ikon rollest now. CLXXXIH.... | |
 | 1822 - 418 pages
...chang'd in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Home, Carthage, what are they ? Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a tyrant since ; their...to thy wild waves' play— Time writes no wrinkle in thine azure brow— Such as creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now. Thou glorious mirror, where... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1823 - 492 pages
...changed in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, — what are they t Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a tyrant since ; their...Unchangeable save to thy wild waves' play — Time writes no wrinkles on thine azure brow — Such as creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now. Ltssov 132.] FIRST... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Alfred Howard - 1824 - 226 pages
...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...azure brow — Such as creation's dawn beheld, thou rollcst now. Thou glorious mirror, where the Almighty's form Glasses itself in tempests ; in all time,... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1825 - 906 pages
...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—...form Glasses itself in tempests; in all time, Calm or convulsed—in breeze, or gale, or storm, Icing the pole, or in the torrid clime Dark-heaving;—boundless,... | |
 | John White (A.M.) - 1826 - 340 pages
...chang'd 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...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... | |
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