 | Georges Hardinge Champion - 1849 - 548 pages
...hirn, shivering in thy playful spray And bowling, to his gods, where haply lies His pelty hope iû some near port or bay, And dashest him again to earth; — there let him lay. LORDBYRON (Childe Harold. 1812.) CONRAD S PARTING WITH MEDORA. He O pass'd thé portai — cross'd... | |
 | Thomas King Greenbank - 1849 - 446 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 hopes in some near port or bay, And (lushest him again to earth : —there let him lay. The armaments... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1851 - 768 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...lay. The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rook-built cities, bidding nations quake, And monarchs tremble in their capitals; The oak leviathans,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1851 - 352 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. CLXXXI. The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake, And... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1851 - 780 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...bay, And dashest him again to earth : there let him lar. The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake, And monarchs... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1851 - 764 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...or bay, And dashest him again to earth : there let hm lay. The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock -built cities, bidding nations quake, And... | |
 | 1852 - 196 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...capitals ; The oak leviathans, whose huge ribs make ADDRESS TO THE OCEAN. 107 Their clay creator the vain title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war... | |
 | 1852 - 1170 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 blot which disfigures the last line of this fine stanza, in the use of the word lay for lie, has, I... | |
 | Scottish school-book assoc - 1852 - 322 pages
...him from thy bosom to the skies, And send'st him. shivering in thy playful spray Howling in agony, where haply lies His petty hope 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... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1853 - 502 pages
...dost all despise, Spnrning him from thy bosom to the skies, And send'st him, shivering in thy playfnl spray And howling, to his Gods, where haply lies His petty hope in some near port or bey, And dashest him again to earth:—there let him lay. The armaments which thnnderstrike the walls... | |
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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,... 
