 | John Watkins - 1822 - 452 pages
...to the Ocean, on the destruction of a poor sailor, who has , .,. .,.,. , .1 . . • •• : '•' " His petty hope in some near port or bay, And dashest him again to earth — there let him lay." While the noble author of Childe Harold was putting the last hand to that poem, he produced another... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1824 - 234 pages
...destruction thou dost all despise, Spurning him from thy bosom to the skies, And send'st him, shivering in thy playful spray And howling, to his Gods, where...in some near port or, bay, And dashest him again to earth:—there let him lay. The armaments which thunder-strike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1825 - 504 pages
...destruction thou dost all despise, Spurning him from thy bosom to the skies, And send'st him, shivering in thy playful spray And howling to his Gods, where...dashest him again to earth, — there let him lay. The oak leviathans, whose huge ribs makes Their clay creator the vain title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1825 - 906 pages
...destruction thou dost all despise, Spurning him from thy bosom to the skies, And send'st him, shivering in thy playful spray And howling, to his gods, where...in some near port or bay, And dashest him again to earth:—there let him lay. CLXXXI. The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built cities,... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1826 - 170 pages
...petty hope in some near port or bay, And dashest him again to earth :— there let him lay. CLXXXI. The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built...Their clay creator the vain title take Of lord of ihee, and arbiter of war ; These are thy toys, and, as the snowy flake, They melt into thy yeast of... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1826 - 852 pages
...despise, Spurning him from thy bosom to the skies. And send'st him, shivering in thy playful «pray And howling, to his Gods, where haply lies His petty...dashest him again to earth:— there let him lay. ' PILGRIMAGE. Ci*T The anuamente which thundentrike the wall« Of rock-huilt ciliée, bidding nations... | |
 | John White (A.M.) - 1826 - 340 pages
...him,—thou dost arise And shake him from thee; the vile strength he wields And send'st him, shivering, in thy playful spray, And howling; to his gods, where haply lies For earth's destruction, thou dost all despise,— Spurning him from thy bosom to the skies; His petty... | |
 | George Gordon Noël Byron - 1826 - 804 pages
...destruction thou dost all despise, Spurning him from thy bosom to the skies. And send'st him, shivering Pray for his gallant spirit's bright repose; ForhewasFreedom'xr .-i petty hope in some near port or bay. And dasheflt him again to earth : — UK-IT let PILGRIMAGE.... | |
 | John Cole - 1827 - 166 pages
...thee; the vile strength he wields Spurning him from thy bosom to the skies, And send'st him shivering in thy playful spray And howling to his gods, where...in some near port or bay, And dashest him again to earth:—there let him lay. The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding... | |
 | John Johnstone - 1827 - 596 pages
...destruction thou dost all despise. Spurning him from thy bosom to the skies, And send'st him, shivering in thy playful spray And howling, to his gods, where haply lies His petty hope in some near fort or bay, Anddashest him again to earth:—there let him lay. The armaments which thunder-strike... | |
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His steps are not upon thy paths, — thy fields Are not a spoil for him, — thou dost arise And shake him from thee; the vile strength he wields For earth's destruction, thou dost all despise, Spurning him from thy bosom to the skies, And send'st him,... 
