Roll on, thou deep and dark blue ocean, roll! Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain ; Man marks the earth with ruin — his control Stops with the shore ; upon the watery plain The wrecks are all thy deed, nor doth remain A shadow of man's ravage,... Poetry of Byron - Page 44by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1895 - 276 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1833 - 1056 pages
...watery plain The wrecks are all thy deed, nor doth remain A shadow of man's ravage, save his own, AVhen for a moment, like a drop of rain, He sinks into thy...depths with bubbling groan, Without a grave, unknell'd. uncoffia'd, and unknown." I HAD been invited to breakfast on board the corvette, on the morning after... | |
| 1833 - 1032 pages
...murks th.1 earth with ruin— his control Stop* with the shore, — upon the watery plain The wreck* are all thy deed, nor doth remain A shadow of man's ravage, save his own, W hvn for a moment, like a drop of rain, He sinks into thy depths with bubbling groan. Without a grave,... | |
| Michael Scott - 1834 - 702 pages
...vain : Man marks the earth with ruin — his control Stops with the shore, — upon the watery plain The wrecks are all thy deed, nor doth remain A shadow...Without a grave, unknell'd, uncoffin'd, and unknown." Childe Harold. I HAD been invited to breakfast on board the corvette, on the morning after this ; and... | |
| 1849 - 782 pages
...rain ; Han marks the earth with ruin — his control Stops with the shore ; — upon the watery plain The wrecks are all thy deed, nor doth remain A shadow...his own. When, for a moment, like a drop of rain, lie sinks into thy depths with bubbling groan. Without a grave, unknelt'd, uncornn'd and unknown. His... | |
| William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - 1834 - 536 pages
...world. Of the handed despot, proudly may we say to Britain, as Ocean may say of man, — • " Hie steps are not upon thy paths, — thy fields Are not...— thou dost arise And shake him from thee ; the Tile itrength he wields For earth's destruction, thou dost all despise !" n Scopuli nequicqnam et spumea... | |
| Samuel Kirkham - 1834 - 360 pages
...control' Stops with the shore'; — upon the watery plain' The wrecks are all thy deed', nor dothc remain' A shadow of man's ravage', save his own', When', for a moment',d like a drop of rain', He sinks into thy depths with bubbling groan', Without a grave', unknelled',... | |
| John Pierpont - 1835 - 484 pages
...vain, Man marks the earth with ruin — his control Stops with the shore : — upon the watery plain The wrecks are all thy deed, nor doth remain A shadow...into thy depths with bubbling groan, Without a grave, unknelled, uncoffined, and unknown. ********* The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built... | |
| Bela Bates Edwards - 1835 - 328 pages
...drop of rain, He sinks into thy depths with bubbling groan, Without a grave, unknclled, uncoffined and unknown. His steps are not upon thy paths, —...fields Are not a spoil for him, — thou dost arise * Professor Playfair said that the number of those in Great Britain who could read the work of Laplace,... | |
| Michael Scott - 1835 - 360 pages
...vain : Man marks the earth with ruin — his control Stops with the shore, — upon the watery plain The wrecks are all thy deed, nor doth remain A shadow of man's ravage save hn own, When for a moment, like a drop of rain He sinks into thy depths with bubbling groan, Without... | |
| Joseph C. Hart - 1835 - 210 pages
...the slip, — To seize the flying prey ! Lord of the Islet. Deep and dark-blue Ocean ! — They sink into thy depths, with bubbling groan, Without a grave — unknell'd — uncoffin'd — and unknown ! BYaoN. " GIVE way, my lads — give way !'' exclaimed the first officer of the Grampus, in the sailor-phrase... | |
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