| 1806 - 422 sider
...soul. Yet still his claim the injured ocean layed, And oft at leapfrog o'er their steeples played ; As if on purpose it on land had come To show them what's their mare liberum. A daily deluge orer them does boil ; The earth and water play at level coyl. The fish... | |
| Harleian miscellany - 1808 - 644 sider
...the tea . a Tue Dutch. How did they rivet with gigantick piles Thorough the center their new-catchcd miles : And to the stake a struggling country bound, Where barking waves si ill bait the forced ground ; Building their wat'ry Babul far more high To reach the sea, than those... | |
| 1810 - 630 sider
...•• The »<•». How did they rivet with gigantick piles Thorough the center their new-catched miles : And to the stake a struggling country bound,...waves still bait the forced ground ; Building their wat'ry Babul far more high To reach the sea, than those to scale the sky ? Yet still his claim the... | |
| 1810 - 696 sider
...the sea. M The Dutch, How did they rivet with gigantick piles Thorough the center their new-catched miles : And to the stake a struggling country bound,...waves still bait the forced ground; Building their wat'ry Babel far more high To reach the sea, than those to scale the sky ? Yet still his claim the... | |
| 1810 - 620 sider
...their dunghill soul. How did they rivet with gigantick piles Thorough the center their new-catched miles : And to the stake a struggling country bound,...waves still bait the forced ground; Building their wat'ry Babel far more high To reach the sea, than those to scale the sky ? Yet still,his claim the... | |
| Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - 1825 - 392 sider
...their dunghill soul. How did they rivet, with gigantic piles, Thorough the centre their new-catched miles ; And to the stake a struggling country bound,...waves still bait the forced ground ; Building their watry Babel far more high To reach the sea, than those to scale the sky. Yet still his claim the injur'd... | |
| Leigh Hunt - 1820 - 432 sider
...hyperbole : — How did they rivet with gigantic piles Thorough the centre their new-catched milef ; And to the stake a struggling country bound, Where...waves still bait the forced ground ; Building their wat'ry Babel far more high To catch the waves, than those to scale the sky. Yet still his claim the... | |
| 1821 - 444 sider
...exquisite hyperbole : — How did they rivet with gigantic piles Thorough the centre t heir new-cat ched miles; And to the stake a struggling country bound,...waves still bait the forced ground ; Building their wat'ry Babel far more high To catch the waves, than those to scale the sky. Yet still his claim the... | |
| 1825 - 392 sider
...their dunghill soul. How did they rivet, with gigantic piles, Thorough the centre their new-catched miles ; And to the stake a struggling country bound,...waves still bait the forced ground ; Building their watry Babel far more high To reach the sea, than those to scale the sky. Yet still his claim the injur'd... | |
| 1825 - 390 sider
...their dunghill soul. How did they rivet, with gigantic piles, Thorough the. centre their new-catched miles; And to the stake a struggling country bound,...waves still bait the forced ground ; Building their watry Babel far more high To reach the sea, than those to scale the sky. Yet still his claim the injur'd... | |
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