 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
 | Scotland - 1848 - 798 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... | |
 | England - 1848 - 806 pages
...Carthage, what are they ? A~.n~-iM- ' Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a tyrani since ; their shores obey The stranger, slave, or...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... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1848 - 428 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 thy azure brow — Such as creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now. Thou glorious mirror, where the... | |
 | Gideon Algernon Mantell - Creation - 1849 - 146 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...Time writes no wrinkle on thine azure brow : Such as Creation' s dawn beheld, thou rottest now ! Thou glorious mirror, where the Almighty's form Glasses... | |
 | William Russell - Elocution - 1849 - 320 pages
...changed in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are theyl Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a tyrant since ; their...thy wild waves' play — Time writes no wrinkle on thy azure brow — Such as Creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now ! Thou glorious mirror, where the... | |
 | William Russell - 1849 - 310 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 thy azure brow — Such as Creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now ! Thou glorious mirror, where the... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Readers - 1849 - 348 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...Unchangeable save to 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,... | |
 | English literature - 1849 - 540 pages
...empires, changed in all save thee. Assyria, Greece, Home, Carthage, what are they ? Thy waters wasted them while they were free. And many a tyrant since ; their...so thou, Unchangeable save to thy wild waves' play. ( 51 ) A DAY AT SYRACUSE IN SEPTEMBER, 1847. BY WILLIAM ROBERTS HARRIS, ESQ. Mr dreams of sometimes... | |
 | Thomas King Greenbank - 1849 - 446 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...deserts: — not so thou Unchangeable save to thy wide waves' play — Time writes no wrinkle on thine azure brow — Such as Creation's dawn beheld,... | |
 | Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 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...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... | |
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