 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 Jove; As he pronounces lastly on each deed, Of so...  New Monthly Magazine, and Universal Register - Página 47editado por - 1835Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
 | John Milton - 1826 - 312 páginas
...reply'd, and touch'd my trembling ears; Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glist'ring foil Set off to th' .world, nor in broad rumour lies,...eyes, And perfect witness of all-judging Jove; As he pronounces lastly on each deed, Of so much fame in Heav'n expect thy meed. 0 fountain Arethuse,... | |
 | New elegant extracts - 1827 - 402 páginas
...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...eyes, And perfect witness of all-judging Jove ; As he pronounces lastly on each deed, Of so much fame in heaven expect thy meed.' O fountain Arethuse,... | |
 | 1827 - 552 páginas
...plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glistering foil Set off to the world, nor in broad rumor lies, But lives and spreads aloft by those pure eyes And perfect witness of all judging Jove, As he pronounces lastly on each deed." May such fame as this, be my country's meed... | |
 | Leeds grammar sch - 1828 - 364 páginas
...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 lives and...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... | |
 | Laconics - 1829 - 352 páginas
...the abhorred shears, And slits the thin-spun life. But not the praise; Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glistering foil Set off to...eyes, And perfect witness of all-judging Jove; As he pronounces lastly on each deed, Of so much fame in heaven expect thy meed. DCXCVIII. .1.i/1 ii!us—Milton.... | |
 | John Timbs - 1829 - 354 páginas
...the abhorred shears, And slits the thin-spun life. But not the praise; Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glistering foil Set off to...eyes, And perfect witness of all-judging Jove; As he pronounces lastly on each deed, Of so much fame in heaven expect thy meed. Lycidas— Milttn. Dcxcvm... | |
 | 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 perfect witness of all-judging Jove ; As he pronounces lastly on each deed, Of so much fame in heav'n expect thy meed. O fountain Arethuse,... | |
 | Sir James Mackintosh - 1832 - 320 páginas
...the purest praise of man, to more sublime contemplations. Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, But lives and spreads aloft, by those pure eyes And perfect witness of all-judging Jove. Those who have most inculcated the doctrine of utility have given another notable example of the very... | |
 | Sir James Mackintosh - 1832 - 380 páginas
...the purest praise of man, to more sublime contemplations. Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, But lives and spreads aloft, by those pure eyes And perfect witness of all -judging Jove. Those who have most inculcated the doctrine of utility have given another notable... | |
 | Robert Walsh - 1836 - 536 páginas
...not prompt men to great deeds and great discoveries. "Fame is no plant that grows in mortal soil, Noi in the glistering foil Set off to th' world, nor in...pure eyes, And perfect witness of all-judging Jove." " The last infirmity of noble minds'' is still an infirmity. It is a false motive when it is a sole... | |
| |
