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, shivering... Childe Harold's pilgrimage, a romaunt - Page 156by George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1826Full view - About this book
| John Wilson - 1842 - 360 pages
...uncoffin'd, and unknown. " 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...in some near port or bay, And dashest him again to earth:—there let him lay. " The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding... | |
| American poetry - 1842 - 480 pages
...Without a grave, unknell'd, uncoffin'd, and unknown. His steps are not upon thy paths — thy fields Are not a spoil for him — thou dost arise And shake...despise, Spurning him from thy bosom to the skies, And seud'st him, shivering in thy playful spray And howling, to his gods, where haply lies His petty hope... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1843 - 560 pages
...grave, unknell'd, uncoffin'd, and unknown. CLXXX. His steps are not upon thy paths, — thy fields Are not a spoil for him, — thou dost arise And shake...dashest him again to earth : — there let him lay. The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake, And monarchs... | |
| Felicia Dorothea Hemans - 1844 - 376 pages
...in its ministry of wrath, and recounts, as with a fierce joy, its dealings with its victim, man ! " The vile strength he wields For earth's destruction,...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 pages
...Without a grave, unknelled, uncoffined, and unknown. His steps are not upon thy paths — thy fields Are The armaments which thunderstrikc the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake, And monarchs... | |
| Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1844 - 738 pages
...Without a grave, unknelled, uncoffined, and unknown. His steps are not upon thy paths — thy fields Are ot a spoil for The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake, And monarchs... | |
| Samuel Maunder - 1844 - 544 pages
...Without a grave, unknell'd, uncoflm'd, and unknown. His steps are not upon thy paths, — thy fields Are not a spoil for him, — thou dost arise And shake...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... | |
| John Walker Ord - Cleveland (England) - 1845 - 434 pages
...Without a grave, unknell'd, uncoffin'd, and unknown. His steps are not upon thy paths, — thy fields Are not a spoil for him, — thou dost arise And shake...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,... | |
| John Hall Hindmarsh - 1845 - 464 pages
...Without a grave, unknelled, uncoflined, and unknown. His steps are not upon thy paths, — thy fields Are not a spoil for him, — thou dost arise And shake...dashest him again to earth : — there let him lay. The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake And monarchs... | |
| Jesse Olney - Elocution - 1845 - 348 pages
...a grave, unknell'd, uncoffin'd, and unknow; 3. His steps arc not upon thy paths, — thy fields Are not a spoil for him, — thou dost arise And shake...haply lies His petty hope in some near port or bay, Then dashest him again to earth : — there let him lay. 4. The armaments which thunderstrike the walls... | |
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