 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' play — Time writes no wrinkle on...  The Complete Poetical Works of Lord Byron - Page 80by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1905 - 1055 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Robert Chambers - English language - 1837 - 294 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. Thou glorious mirror, where the Almighty's form Glasses itself in tempests ; in all time, Calm or convulsed—... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1837 - 356 pages
...Carthage, what arc they ? * Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a tyrant since j their shores obey The stranger, slave, or savage ;...wrinkle on thine azure brow — Such as creation's dawn beheldj thou rollest now. 1 [When Lord Byron wrote this stanza, he had, no doubt, the following passage... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1837 - 982 pages
...thee— Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are thr> ?vl Thy waters wasted them while they were fret-, \ \ \ \ Y Z Y \ \ \ Y Y Y browSuch as creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now. CLXXXJU. Thou gloiious mirror, where the Almighty's... | |
 | English literature - 1871 - 608 pages
...* * » * * ' Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they? Thy waters wash'd them power while...Such as creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now. * This is the correct reading. The older editions have — ' Thy waters wasted them while they were... | |
 | William Martin - Readers - 1838 - 368 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...creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now. CLXXXIII. Thou glorious mirror, where the Almighty's form Glasses itself in tempests, in all time, Calm or convuls'd,... | |
 | Jesse Olney - Readers - 1838 - 346 pages
...changed in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they 1 Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a tyrant since ; their...Such as creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now. 6. Thou, glorious mirror, \vhere the Almighty's form Glasses itself in tempests ; in all time, (Calm... | |
 | Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 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. Thou glorious mirror, where the Almighty's form Glasses itself in tempests; in all time, Calm or convulsed... | |
 | 1838 - 876 pages
...changed in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they 1 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... | |
 | Gideon Algernon Mantell - Geology - 1839 - 488 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 !" LECTURE II. 1. Introductory observations. 2. Extinction of animals. 3. Animals extirpated by human... | |
 | William Huffington - Delaware - 1839 - 500 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. Thou glorious mirror, where the Almighty's form Glasses itself in tempests; in all time, Calm or convulsed... | |
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