Phoebus replied, and touched my trembling ears ; ' Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glistering foil Set off to the world, nor in broad rumour lies ; But lives and spreads aloft by those pure eyes And perfect witness of all-judging... The English Poets: Ben Jonson to Dryden - Página 324editado por - 1880Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Leeds grammar sch - 1828 - 364 páginas
...than Wordsworth — " Fame la no plant that grows on moital soil, " Nor in the glistering f oil " Let off to the world, nor in broad rumour lies ; ,< But...eyes, " And perfect witness of all-judging Jove." He has not, to use the words of a great master of eloquence,0 he has not (like many of the present... | |
| John Timbs - 1829 - 354 páginas
...not the praise; Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glistering foil Set off to th' world, nor in broad rumour lies, But lives and spreads...each deed, Of so much fame in heaven expect thy meed. Lycidas— Milttn. Dcxcvm When upon a trial, a man calls witnesses to his cha* racier, and those witnesses... | |
| Laconics - 1829 - 352 páginas
...not the praise; Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glistering foil Set off to th' world, nor in broad rumour lies, But lives and spreads...each deed, Of so much fame in heaven expect thy meed. DCXCVIII. .1.i/1 ii!us—Milton. When upon a trial, a man calls witnesses to his character, and those... | |
| John Milton - 1832 - 354 páginas
...grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glist'ring foil Set off to th' world, nor in broad rumour lies; so But lives and spreads aloft by those pure eyes, And...pronounces lastly on each deed, Of so much fame in heav'n expect thy meed. O fountain Arethuse, and thou honour'd flood, Smooth-sliding Mincius, crown... | |
| Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1835 - 570 páginas
...we shall be told, is " no plant that grows in mortal soil, Nor in the glistering foil Set off to th' world, nor in broad rumour lies, But lives, and spreads...And perfect witness of all-judging Jove—" — as that great poet has described it, whose works are a perpetual invocation before its altar. Shall we... | |
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1836 - 274 páginas
...Phoebus replied, and touched my trembling ears; Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor on the glistering foil Set off to the world, nor in broad...witness, of all-judging Jove; As he pronounces lastly in each deed, Of so much fame in heav'n expect thy meed." The sweetest music does not fall sweeter... | |
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1836 - 270 páginas
...and touched my trembling ears; Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor on the glistering (oil Set off to the world, nor in broad Rumour lies, But...witness of all-judging Jove; As he pronounces lastly in each deed, Of so much fame in heav'n expect thy meed." Philosophy or Metaphysics in England and... | |
| 1836 - 558 páginas
...trembling ears: " Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glistering foil Set nil t" the world, nor in broad rumour lies: But lives and...spreads aloft by those pure eyes, And perfect witness of all judging Jove; AS he pronounces lastly on each deed, Of so much fame in Heaven expect thy meed."... | |
| Cynosure - 1837 - 272 páginas
...the blind Fury with the abhorred shears, And slits the thin-spun life. ' But not the praise,' Phoebus replied, and touch'd my trembling ears : ' Fame is...each deed, Of so much Fame in Heaven expect thy meed !' MILTON. THE passions, by being too much conversant with earthly objects, can never fix in us a proper... | |
| Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1858 - 672 páginas
...renown, or, as Jeremy Bentham used to call it, " Love of the Trumpet :" Fame is no plant that grows in mortal soil, Nor in the glistering foil Set off to...Jove, As he pronounces lastly on each deed. Of so much praise in heaven expect thy meed. A notable invention has lately been adapted to the peal of six bells... | |
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