 | 1842 - 818 Seiten
...earthquake carry more swift destruction in their course than an army with banners. "The arrrmments, which thunder-strike the walls Of rock-built cities,...nations quake, And monarchs tremble in their capitals," are dissipated by a breath of the storm-spirit, «id melt, like flakes of snow, in ocean's " yeast... | |
 | Felicia Dorothea Hemans - 1844 - 376 Seiten
...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 * " A Thought of the Sea." His petty hope in some near port or bay, And dashest him again to earth... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 Seiten
...For earth's destruction thou dost all despise, Spurning him from thy bosom to the skies, And send'st 0H $ thunderstrikc the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake, And monarchs tremble in their... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - 1844 - 544 Seiten
...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,...gods, where haply lies His petty hope in some near fort or bay, And dashest him again to earth : — there let him lay. The armaments which thunder-strike... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 Seiten
...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...bidding nations quake, And monarchs tremble in their capilals, The oak leviathans, whose huge ribs make Their clay creator the vain title take Of lord of... | |
 | John Walker Ord - 1845 - 434 Seiten
...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...And dashest him again to earth ; there let him lay." Childe Harold, Canto IV. v. 179 & 180. So writes in scornful magnificence the author of Childe Harold,... | |
 | 1858 - 708 Seiten
...is aroused by the storm and the tempest, with what ease can it destroy the proudest works of man. " The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built...quake, And monarchs tremble in their capitals — The oak-leviathans, whose huge ribs make Their clay creator the vain title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 396 Seiten
...He sinks into thy deplbs, with bubbling groan, Without a grave, uiiltnelloJ, uacoffined, and unkosvz The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake, . And monarch) tremble, in their capital!, The oak leviathans, whote huge rite make Their cUy creator, the... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1846 - 540 Seiten
...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...earth ; — there let him lay. The armaments which thundcrstrike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake, And monarchs tremble in their... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1846 - 1068 Seiten
...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...dashest him again to earth : — there let him lay CLXXXI. The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations qu.ike, •... | |
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His steps are not upon thy paths, — thy fields Are not a spoil for him, — thou dost arise And shake him from thee; the vile strength he wields For earth's destruction thou dost all despise, Spurning him from thy bosom to the skies, And send'st him,... 
