Stanzas in "Childe Harold" (Vol. iv., p. 223.).
—Surely nothing can be clearer than the construction in the lines quoted by our correspondent T. W.:
"Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee—
Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they?
Thy waters wasted them while they were free,
And many a tyrant since (has wasted them)."
To add one word to confirm what is so transparent, would be merely occupying your space without the slightest necessity.
JAS. CROSSLEY.
[J. G. R., H. C. K., J. MN., H. L., CHAS. PASLAM, J. A. PICTON, A. E. B., G. S., C. B., SELEUCUS, EDW. S. JACKSON, H. M. A., and many other friends, have kindly furnished similar replies to T. W.'s Query, some at considerable length. We have therefore selected the above, as one of the shortest and first that reached us.]