...strains: "Roll on, thou deep and dark blue ocean, roll; Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain; The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built...nations quake, And monarchs tremble in their capitals, These are thy toys, and as the snowy flake, They melt into the rest of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's...

...he wields For earth's destruction thou dost all despise, Spurning him from thy bosom to the skies, And send'st him, shivering in thy playful spray And...dashest him again to earth : — there let him lay. The armament which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake, And monarchs tremble...

...he wields For earth's destruction thou dost all despise, Spurning him from thy bosom to the skies, And send'st him, shivering in thy playful spray, And...lies His petty hope in some near port or bay, And dashcst him at/ain to earth — itit'tr Id him lay ! " Here is again the con test, again the rmniug...

...he wields for earth's destruction thou dost all despise, Spurning him from thy bosom to the skies, And send'st him, shivering in thy playful spray, And howling, to his god*, where haply lies His petty hope in some near port or bay, And dashcst him aiiain to earth —...

...And send'st him. shivering in thy playful spray. And howling, to his gods, where haply lies His potty hope in some near port or bay. And dashest him again to earUi— there let him lay!» Here is again the contest, again the ruining upon earth. — nay, he...

...He sinks into thy depths with bubbling groan, Without a grave, unknelled, uncoffined, and unknown ! The armaments, which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built...ribs make Their clay Creator the vain title take Of Jord of thee, and arbiter of war — These are thy toys ; and, as the snowy flake, They melt into thy...

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...he wields, For earth's destruction, thou dost all despise, Spurning him from thy bosom to the skies, And send'st him, shivering in thy playful spray And howling, to his gods, where haply lies His petty hopes in some near port or bay, And (lushest him again to earth : —there let him lay. The armaments...

...hirn, shivering in thy playful spray And bowling, to his gods, where haply lies His pelty hope iû some near port or bay, And dashest him again to earth; — there let him lay. LORDBYRON (Childe Harold. 1812.) CONRAD S PARTING WITH MEDORA. He O pass'd thé portai — cross'd...

...tense-formation goes by the board in Childe Harold, Canto IV, St. CLXXX : And send'st him shivering in the playful spray And howling, to his Gods, where haply...dashest him again to earth : — there let him lay. Rime again is the cause of the illogical coordination of the singular hath wrapt and the plural wrap...