| John Milton - 1812 - 78 pągines
...thin-spun life. "But not the praise — (Phoebus reply'd, and 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, " But lives and spreads aloft by those pure eyes, " And perfect... | |
| 1823 - 732 pągines
...hard blow on thy tender flowers with their foggy breath, doubt not the advent of due guerdon. Fame it no plant that grows on mortal soil; Nor in the glistering foil, Set of to the world : nor in broad rumour lies. Relinquish not our art — lest thine own in anger desert... | |
| Laconics - 1829 - 352 pągines
...the blind Fury with 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 th' world, nor in broad rumour lies, But lives and spreads aloft by those pure eyes, And perfect witness... | |
| John Timbs - 1829 - 354 pągines
...the blind Fury with 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 th' world, nor in broad rumour lies, But lives and spreads aloft by those pure eyes, And perfect witness... | |
| 1836 - 558 pągines
...the 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... | |
| James Flint - 1844 - 354 pągines
...especially,—might his perfected spirit address us from the bright abode of his rest,— " 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 witness... | |
| George Hooker Colton, James Davenport Whelpley - 1846 - 694 pągines
...Goldsmith, they mistake the footman for the lord. Fame is no longer the Fame of Milton— ",Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glistering foil, Set oft' to the world, nor in broad rumor lies, But lives and spreads aloft by those pure And perfect witness... | |
| John Milton - 1852 - 424 pągines
...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 O fountain Arethuse, and thou honour'd flood, Smooth-sliding Mincius, crown'd with vocal reeds! That... | |
| Maria Weston Chapman - 1853 - 336 pągines
...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... | |
| 1853 - 560 pągines
...the 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 off to th' world, nor in broad rumour lies, But lives and spreads aloft by those pure eyes, And perfect witness... | |
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