Thy waters wasted them 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 Poems - Sida 616efter George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1872Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
| Hamilton Lanphere Smith - 1848 - 336 sidor
...Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they ? Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a~tyrant since ; their shores obey The stranger, slave, or...deserts :— not so thou. Unchangeable, save to thy wild wave's play — Time writes no wrinkle, on thine azure brow — 'Such as Creation's dawn beheld, thou... | |
| Eliot Warburton (i.e. Bartholomew Elliott George) - 1848 - 354 sidor
...since. They now obey The stranger, slave, or savage : — their decay Has dried up realms to nations — not so thou ; Unchangeable, save to thy wild waves'...azure brow ; Such as creation's dawn beheld, thou rollout now ! Childe Harold. The " Levant" of the Italians, the " Orient" of the French, the " Morgenland"... | |
| 1848 - 802 sidor
...thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they ? Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a tyrant since ; their shores obey The stranger,...decay Has dried up realms to deserts : — not so thon, Unchangeable save to thy wild waves' play — Time writes no wrinkle on thine azure brow —... | |
| William Holmes McGuffey - 1849 - 348 sidor
...thee ; Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage,—what are they ? Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a tyrant since ; their shores obey The stranger,...thy wild waves' play ; Time writes no wrinkles on thy azure brow ; Such as creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now. 5. Thou glorious mirror, where the... | |
| William Russell - 1849 - 320 sidor
...thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are theyl Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a tyrant since ; their shores obey The stranger,...Unchangeable save to thy wild waves' play — Time writes no wrinkle on thy azure brow — Such as Creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now ! Thou glorious mirror,... | |
| William Russell - 1849 - 310 sidor
...thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they? Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a tyrant since ; their shores obey The stranger,...Unchangeable save to thy wild waves' play — Time writes no wrinkle on thy azure brow — Such as Creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now ! Thou glorious mirror,... | |
| Frederick Earle Emmons, Thomas Waterman Huntington - 1928 - 454 sidor
...Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they? Thy waters washed them power while they were free, And many a tyrant since; their shores obey The stranger,...Unchangeable save to thy wild waves' play, Time writes no wrinkle on thine azure brow; Such as creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now. Thou glorious mirror,... | |
| Caroline Miles Hill - 1928 - 888 sidor
...Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they? Thy waters washed them power while they were free, And many a tyrant since; their shores obey The stranger,...Unchangeable, save to thy wild waves' play, Time writes no wrinkle on thine azure brow : Such as creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now. Thou glorious mirror,... | |
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