 | Joseph Guy - 1852 - 458 页
...hope to find, And think to burst out into sudden blaze, Comes 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 no plant that grows on mortal soil. Nor in the glistering foil... | |
 | 1853 - 560 页
...hope to find, And think to burst out into sudden blaze, Comes the blind Fury with th' abhorred shears, And slits the thin-spun life. " But not the praise,"...mortal soil, Nor in the glistering foil Set off to th' world, nor in broad rumour lies, But lives and spreads aloft by those pure eyes, And perfect witness... | |
 | John Milton - 1853 - 380 页
...abhorred shears, And slits the thin-spun life. " But not the praise," Phoebus replied, and touch'd my trembling ears ; " Fame is no plant that grows...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... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1853 - 722 页
...such glory far, very far, from my country. Never, never may it be accursed with such fame. " Fame is no 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,... | |
 | Maria Weston Chapman - 1853 - 336 页
...of youth with fresh spring flowers. History will borrow her • tone from neither of these. Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glistering foil Set off to th' world, nor in broad rumor lies ; But lives, and spreads aloft, by those pure eyes, And perfect... | |
 | University of Sydney - 1853 - 810 页
...that grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glittering foil Set off to the world, nor in broad rumour lies, But lives and spreads aloft by those pure eyes, And perfect witness of nil-judging Jove ; As he pronounces lastly on each deed, Of so much fame in Heaven expect thy meed.... | |
 | George Washington Burnap - 1853 - 424 页
...her great adopted son. Has lost ? Oh, no ! "I still live" is truer than the sick man knew: — " He lives and spreads aloft by those pure eyes And perfect witness of all-judging God." 107 His memory will long live with us, still dear to many a loving heart. What honor shall we... | |
 | John Milton - 1853 - 372 页
...river in Thrace. * ' Amaryllis,' &c. : see Horace. Comes the blind Fury1 with the abhorred shears, And slits the 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 foil... | |
 | John Milton, George Gilfillan - 1853 - 376 页
...river in Thrace. ' ' Amaryllis,' &c. : see Horace. Comes the blind Fury1 with the abhorred shears, And slits the 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 foil... | |
 | George Croly - 1854 - 426 页
...to find, .Vnd think to burst out into sudden blaze, ' omes the blind Fury with th' abhorred shears, And slits the thin-spun life. ' But not the praise,'...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... | |
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Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble mind) To scorn delights and live laborious days: But the fair guerdon when we hope to find, And think to burst out into sudden blaze, Comes the blind Fury with the abhorred... 
