 Thy waters washed 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 on...  English Poetry (1170-1892). - Page 385by John Matthews Manly - 1907 - 580 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 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,...creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now. Thou glorious niirror, where the Almighty's form Glasses itself in tempests ; in all time, Calm or convuls'd —... | |
 | 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...• Such as creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now CLXXXIII. Thou glorious mirror , where the Almighty's form Glasses itself in tempests, in tempests... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 292 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...Such as creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now. CLXXXIII. Thou glorious mirror, where the Almighty's form Glasses itself in tempests ; in all time,... | |
 | 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,... | |
 | 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... | |
 | John Johnstone - 1827 - 596 pages
...areempires,changed inallsavethee— 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'sforni... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 266 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...Almighty's 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,)—... | |
 | 1828 - 398 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...brow — Such as creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest DOW. Thou glorious mi rror, where th e Almlgh ty 's form Glasses itself in tempests ; in all time,... | |
 | J[ohn] H[anbury]. Dwyer - 1828 - 314 pages
...their shores obey The stranger, slave, or savage ; their decay Has dried up realms to desarts : — not so thou, Unchangeable save to thy wild waves'...Almighty's form Glasses itself in tempests ; in all time, Calm or convuls'd — in breeze, or gale, or storm, Icing the pole, or in the torrid clime Dark heaving;... | |
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