 The armaments which thunder-strike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations 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 of war ;—...  Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Page 2791838Full view - About this book
 | James Edward Murdoch, William Russell - Elocution - 1845 - 424 pages
...tremble in their capitals — The oak leviathans, whose huge ribs make Their clay Creator the vain title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war —...toys ; and, as the snowy flake, They melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. Thy shores are empires,... | |
 | Modern poetical speaker, Fanny Bury PALLISER - 1845 - 540 pages
...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 of war ; These...toys, and, as the snowy flake, They melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. Thy shores are empires... | |
 | William Draper Swan - American literature - 1845 - 482 pages
...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 of war, —...toys, and, as the snowy flake, ' They melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. Thy shores are empires,... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - Elocution - 1845 - 492 pages
...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 of war; These...toys, and, as the snowy flake, They melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. Thy shores are empires,... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - Anatomy - 1845 - 330 pages
...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 of war...toys, and, as the snowy flake, They melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike, the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. Thy shores are empires,... | |
 | John Hall Hindmarsh - 1845 - 464 pages
...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 of war ; These...thy toys, and, as the snowy flake, They melt into the yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. Thy shores are empires,... | |
 | General reciter - 1845 - 348 pages
...tremble in their capitals, — The oak leviathans, whose huge ribs make Their clay creator the vain title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war, —...thy toys ; and as the snowy flake, They melt into the yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. Thy shores are empires,... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - Elocution - 1845 - 312 pages
...of thee, and arbiter of war; These are thy toys, and, as the snowy flake, They melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils...Trafalgar. Thy shores are empires, changed in all save theeAssyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they I Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And... | |
 | 1858 - 708 pages
...tremble in their capitals — The oak-leviathans, whose huge ribs make Their clay creator the vain title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war, — These are thy toys, and as the snowy flake They sink into thy yeast of waves, which mar ** Alike the Armada's pride and spoils of Trafalgar." But this... | |
 | Jesse Olney - Elocution - 1845 - 348 pages
...their capitals, The oak leviathans, whose huge 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 of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's* pride, or spoils of Trafalgar.! 5. Thy shores are empires,... | |
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