 | 1842 - 818 pages
...earthquake carry more swift destruction in their course than an army with banners. "The arrrmments, which thunder-strike the walls Of rock-built cities,...nations quake, And monarchs tremble in their capitals," are dissipated by a breath of the storm-spirit, «id melt, like flakes of snow, in ocean's " yeast... | |
 | Felicia Dorothea Hemans - 1844 - 376 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 * " A Thought of the Sea." His petty hope in some near port or bay, And dashest him again to earth... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...destruction thou dost all despise, Spurning him from thy bosom to the skies, And send'st him, shivering t Chambers thunderstrikc the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake, And monarchs tremble in their... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - 1844 - 544 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, And dashest him again to earth : — there let him lay. The armaments which thunder-strike... | |
 | Joe Cowell - 1844 - 112 pages
...from " The armaments which thunder-strike the wall* Of rock*built cities, bidding nation's quak«, And monarc'hs tremble in their capitals ; The oak leviathans, whose huge ribs maEe Their clay creator, the vain title take Of lord of thee (the ocean) and arbiter of war." The Plymouth... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 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...bidding nations quake, And monarchs tremble in their capilals, The oak leviathans, whose huge ribs make Their clay creator the vain title take Of lord of... | |
 | Jesse Olney - 1845 - 348 pages
...His petty hope in some near port or bay, Then dashest him again to earth : — there let him lay. 4. The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built...ribs make Their clay creator the vain title take Of iOrd of thee, and arbiter of war ! These are thy toys, and as the snowy flake, They melt into thy yeast... | |
 | John Walker Ord - 1845 - 434 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...And dashest him again to earth ; there let him lay." Childe Harold, Canto IV. v. 179 & 180. So writes in scornful magnificence the author of Childe Harold,... | |
 | 1858 - 708 pages
...is aroused by the storm and the tempest, with what ease can it destroy the proudest works of man. " The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built...quake, And monarchs tremble in their capitals — The oak-leviathans, whose huge ribs make Their clay creator the vain title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 396 pages
...He sinks into thy deplbs, with bubbling groan, Without a grave, uiiltnelloJ, uacoffined, and unkosvz The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake, . And monarch) tremble, in their capital!, The oak leviathans, whote huge rite make Their cUy creator, the... | |
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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,... 
