 | John Milton - 1810 - 540 sidor
...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." O fountain Arethuse, and th'ou honour'd flood, Smooth-sliding Mincius, crown'd with vocal reeds! That... | |
 | William Hayley - 1810 - 418 sidor
...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." O fountain Arethuse, and thou honour'd flood, Smooth-sliding Mincius, crown'd with vocal reeds! That... | |
 | John Milton - 1812 - 78 sidor
...touch'd my trembling ears ;) " Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, " Nor in the glistering foil " Set off to th' world, nor in broad rumour lies,...deed, " Of so much fame in heaven expect thy meed." O fountain Arethuse, and them, honour'd flood, Smooth-sliding Mincius, crowned with vocal reeds, That... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 sidor
...plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor in the gliit'ring foil, Set off to th' world : nor in broad rumor lies, But lives and spreads aloft by those pure eyes,...each deed, Of so much fame in heaven expect thy meed. O fountain Arethusc,and thouhonor'd flood, Smooth-sliding Mincius, crown'd with vocal reeds, That strain... | |
 | 1860 - 796 sidor
...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...deed, Of so much fame in heaven expect thy meed.'" "But don't you see," I replied, " that there is an ambiguity in this : for Milton, though he uses the... | |
 | John Aikin - 1820 - 832 sidor
...lies : But lives and spreads aloft by those pure eyes, And perfect witness of all-judging Jove ; 81 As he pronounces lastly on each deed, Of so much fame in Heaven expect thy meed." O fountain Arethuse, and thou honour'd flood, Smooth-sliding Mincius, crown'd with vocal reeds ! That... | |
 | John Watkins - 1822 - 476 sidor
...letter his lordship reiterated what the Counsel had advanced, respecting Milton, — but to as littl epurpose, for the author of Paradise Lost was a believer...Opinions on the French Revolution — on Politics — and Religion. Mr. Southey's Letter. — Parody on the " Vision of Judgment " THE Spaniards have a good... | |
 | John Watkins - 1822 - 452 sidor
...from that which now awaits him ; for, as Milton observes in his Lycidas, " Fame ia no plant that grow* on mortal soil, Nor in the glittering foil, Set off...deed, Of so much fame in heaven expect thy meed." CHAFFER XX. Spanish Proverb. — Lord Byron's Attacks on Mr. Southey. — Reply of the latter in his... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 296 sidor
...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,...deed, Of so much fame in heaven expect thy meed." O fountain Arethuse ! and thou hoiior'd flood, Smooth-sliding Mincius, crown'd with vocal reeds ! That... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1823 - 492 sidor
...grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glistering foil, Set off to the world, nor in broad rumour lies : Br.t lives and spreads aloft by those pure eyes, And perfect...deed, Of so much fame in Heaven expect thy meed." O fountain Arethuse, and thou honoured flood, Smooth-sliding Mincius, crowned with vocal reeds I That... | |
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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 Jove;... 
