 | William Oldys - 1740 - 326 sidor
...clay, G 6 But But thofe of brafs and marble were : fo we Give more unto thy ghoft, than unto thee. Dr. And if unfit for tomb or hearfe Our legend be, it will be fit for verfe ; And if no piece of chronicle we prove, We'll build in fonnets pretty rooms : As well, a well-wrought... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 728 sidor
...one, are it : So to one neutral thing both sexes fit. We die and rise the same, and prove Mysterious by this love. We can die by it, if not live by love. And if unfit for tomb or hearse Our legend be, it will be fit for verse ; Aid if no piece of chronicle we prove, We '11 build... | |
 | George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates - 1861 - 586 sidor
...Grace, Or the King's real or his stamped face Contemplate. What you will, approve, So you will let me love. We can die by it, if not live by Love. And if unfit for tomb or hearse Our legend he, it will be fit for verse; And if no piece of chronicle we prove, We'll build... | |
 | 1861 - 584 sidor
...Grace, Or the King's real or his stamped face Contemplate. What you will, approve, So yon will let me love. We can die by it, if not live by Love. And if unfit for tomb or hearse Our legend be, it will be fit for verse; And if no piece of chronicle we prove, We'll 'build... | |
 | John Skelton - 1879 - 932 sidor
...one, are it : So to one neutral thing both sexes fit. We die and rise the same, and prove Mysterious by this love. We can die by it, if not live by love. And if unfit for tomb or hearse Our legend be, it will be fit for verse ; And if no piece of chronicle we prove, We '11 build... | |
 | John Donne - 1895 - 326 sidor
...one, are it; So to one neutral thing both sexes fit. We die and rise the same, and prove Mysterious by this love. We can die by it, if not live by love, And if unfit for tombs and 5 hearse Our legends 6 be, it will be fit for verse, And if no piece of chronicle we prove,... | |
 | John Donne - 1896 - 320 sidor
...one, are it ; So, to one neutral thing both sexes fit. We die and rise the same, and prove Mysterious by this love. We can die by it, if not live by love, And if unfit for tomb or hearse Our legend be, it will be fit for verse ; 30 And if no piece of chronicle we prove, We'll build... | |
 | John Donne - 1896 - 448 sidor
...are it ; So, to one neutral thing both sexes lit. We die and rise the same, and prove }\ ' Mysterious by this love. We can die by it, if not live by love, And if unfit for tomb or hearse Our legend be, it will be nt for verse ; 30 And if no piece of chronicle we prove, We'll build... | |
 | John Donne - 1896 - 322 sidor
...one, are it ; So, to one neutral thing both sexes fit. We die and rise the same, and prove Mysterious by this love. We can die by it, if not live by love, And if unfit for tomb or hearse Our legend be, it will be fit for verse ; 30 And if no piece of chronicle we prove, We'll build... | |
 | Edmund Gosse - 1899 - 362 sidor
...individuality, and makes them a conjoint and mystic body, a modern Phoenix. And then he closes thus — " We can die by it, if not live by love, And if unfit for tomb or hearse Our legend be, it will be fit for verse ; And if no piece of chronicle we prove, We'll build... | |
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And if no piece of Chronicle we prove, We'll build in sonnets pretty rooms; As well a well-wrought urn becomes The greatest ashes, as half-acre tombs, And by these hymns all shall approve Us canonized for Love... 
