 | Mathematics - 1836 - 798 pages
...may be extended from the earth's waters to every other form of matter : — "Time writes no wrinkles on thine azure brow; Such as creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now." If we start with the supposition, that the properties of the elements depend upon their size or form,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English language - 1837 - 338 pages
...they 1 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...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... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English language - 1837 - 342 pages
...they 1 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...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
...arc they ? * Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a tyrant since j their shores obey The stranger, slave, or savage ; their decay Has dried...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
...are thr> ?vl Thy waters wasted them while they were fret-, And many a tyrant since; their shores obey The stranger, slave, or savage; their decay Has dried...waves* play — Time writes no wrinkle on thine azure browSuch as creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now. CLXXXJU. Thou gloiious mirror, where the Almighty's... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - Geology - 1837 - 568 pages
...empires 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...play : Time writes no wrinkle on thine azure brow ; Snob u creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now. CHILLI E HAROLD, Canto IT. CHAPTER XVII. ELEVATION... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1837 - 352 pages
...are they ? 1 Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a tyrant sinee ; their shores ohey The stranger, slave, or savage ; their decay Has dried up realms to deserts : — not so thou, Unchangeahle save to thy wild waves' play — Time writes no wrinkle on thine azure hrow — Such as... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1837 - 480 pages
...they .\2 \ Thy waters wasted them while they were free, Aud many a tyrant since; their shores obey The stranger, slave, or savage ; their decay Has dried up realms to deserts: — not so thon, Unchangeable save to thy wild waves' play — Time writes no wrinkle on thine azure brow —... | |
 | English literature - 1871 - 608 pages
...they? Thy waters wash'd them power while they were free,* And many a tyrant since ; their shores obey The stranger, slave, or savage ; their decay Has dried...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... | |
 | Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 pages
...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...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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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 
