 | William Sidney Gibson - 1840 - 328 Seiten
...that remains unchanging amidst the perpetual changes of the land, and to which Byron sublimely sang— Time writes no wrinkle on thine azure brow, Such as creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now ! This phenomenon is obvious, not only as regards those strata of marine formation which... | |
 | Anna Eliza Bray - 1841 - 996 Seiten
...uncotfin'd, and unknown ! • • • • • Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thec — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they ? Thy...azure brow,— Such as creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now. Thou glorious mirror, where the Almighty's form Classes itself in tempests ; in all time,... | |
 | Andrew Comstock - 1841 - 410 Seiten
...Ali/ce, the Armada's 0 pride, | or spoils of Trafalgar^ | Thy shores are em'pires, | chang'd in all save thee ' — | Assyria,| Greece ' ,| Rome ' ,| Carthage,|...stranger, slave', or savage ; | their decay , Has dri'd up realms to deserts : — | not so thou ' , | Unchangeable, | save to thy wild waves' play ,... | |
 | Moses Severance - 1841 - 312 Seiten
...brow:—• Such as creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now. 4. Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee; Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they ? Thy waters wasted them while they were free, Calm or convuls'd—in breeze, or gale, or storm, Icing the pole, or in the torrid chme Dark iieaving,—boundless,... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1842 - 866 Seiten
...Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. CLXXXH. Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are...azure brow — Such as creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now. cLxxxni. Thou glorious mirror, where the Almighty's form Glasses itself in tempests ;... | |
 | 1842 - 480 Seiten
...which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee— Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are...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 thine... | |
 | John Wilson - 1842 - 360 Seiten
...mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. "Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee— Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are...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 thine... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1842 - 520 Seiten
...which have flourished and fallen on the borders of the ocean with its own unchanged stability. • Their decay Has dried up realms to deserts: — not...azure brow ; Such as creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now. CHILDE HAROLD, Canto iv. CHAPTER XVIII. ELEVATION AND SUBSIDENCE OF LAND WITHOUT EARTHQUAKES.... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - 1842 - 386 Seiten
...Alike', the Armada's pride', or spoils of Trafalgar.'t Thy shores are empires', changed in all save thee'— Assyria', Greece', Rome', Carthage', what...obey' The stranger', slave', or savage'; their decay 1 Has dried up realms to deserts':—not so thou', Unchangeable', save to thy wild waves' play'—... | |
 | 1842 - 416 Seiten
...thunderstrike the walls " &c. to the end of the stanza. Again, " Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee ! Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they...them while they were free, And many a tyrant since." What connection between these two facts ? " Time writes no wrinkle on thy azure brow, Such as creation's... | |
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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, slave, or savage ; their decay Has dried up realms to deserts :—not so thou, Unchangeable... 
