CLXXXI The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built cities. bidding nations quake, And monarchs tremble in their capitals, The oak leviathons, whose huge ribs make Their clay creator the vain title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war -- These are thy toys, and, as the snowy flake, They melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada’s pride or spoils of Trafalgar.