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 Life of Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Pagina 124door James Gillman - 1838 - 362 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
| Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1835 - 570 pagina’s
...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 pagina’s
...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 pagina’s
...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 pagina’s
...thin-spun life. " But not the praise," Phoebus replied, and touched my 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... | |
| Cynosure - 1837 - 272 pagina’s
...thin-spun life. ' But not the praise,' Phoebus replied, and touch'd my trembling ears : ' Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glistering...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 pagina’s
...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... | |
| 1838 - 1050 pagina’s
...replied, and touch'd my trembling tars; Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil. Nor in the glist'ring foil , Set off to the world, nor in broad rumour lies....Jove ; As he pronounces lastly on each deed, Of so mucta fame In heav'n expect thy meed. • • • • . . Weep no more, woeful shepherds, weep no moro,... | |
| John Milton - 1838 - 496 pagina’s
...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, 85 Smooth-sliding Mincius, crown'd... | |
| John William Donaldson - 1838 - 140 pagina’s
...the glittering foil Set off to the world; nor in broad rumor lies; But lives, and spreads aloft, to those pure eyes, And perfect witness of all-judging Jove: As he pronounces lastly on each deed, REMARKS ON THE .OEIGIN AND STUDY OF CERTAIN MODERN LANGUAGES. Ut vineta egomet ctEdain mea.—HOT.... | |
| Monthly literary register - 1839 - 720 pagina’s
...fame which he sought was that " which the clear Spirit doth raise." " Fame is no plant that grows in mortal soil. Nor in the glistering foil Set off to...witness of all-judging Jove ; As he pronounces lastly on eacb deed. Of so much fame in heaven expect thy meed." immediate effects, was a "thankless" one; but... | |
| |