 Tis but to fill A certain portion of uncertain paper. Some liken it to climbing up a hill, Whose summit, like all hills, is lost in vapour. For this men write, speak, preach, and heroes kill, And bards burn what they call their midnight taper, To have,...  The Stratford Bust and the Droeshout Engraving - Pàgina 3per Sir Granville George GREENWOOD - 1925 - 71 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1819 - 242 pàgines
...this men write, speak, preach, and heroes kill, And bards burn what they call their " midnight taper," To have, when the original is dust, A name, a wretched picture, and worse bust CCXIX. What are the hopes of man ? old Egypt's King Cheops erected the first pyramid And largest, thinking... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 486 pàgines
...men write, speak, preach, and heroes kill, And bards burn what they call their « midnight taper, » To have, when the original is dust, A name, a wretched picture, and worse bust. CCXIX. What are the hopes of man ? old Egypt's King Cheops erected the first pyramid And largest, thinking... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1823 - 258 pàgines
...this men write, speak, preach, and heroes kill, And bards burn what they call their " midnight taper," To have, when the original is dust, A name, a wretched picture, and worse bust. CCXIX. What are the hopes of man ! old Egypt's King Cheops erected the first pyramid And largest, thinking... | |
 | Louise Swanton-Belloc - 1824 - 400 pàgines
...write, speak , preach , and heroes kill, And bards burn what they call thcir « midnight taper, » To have , when the original is dust, A name, a wretched picture, and worse bust. 219. What are the hopes of man ? old Egypt's King Cheops erected the first pyramid And largest, thinking... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1824 - 324 pàgines
...this men write, speak, preach, and heroes kill, And hards hurn wh'at they call their "midnight taper," To have, when the original is dust, A name, a wretched picture, and worse hast. CCXIX. What are the hopes of man? old Egypt's King Cheops erected the first pyramid And largest,... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1825 - 906 pàgines
...men write, speak, preach, and heroes kill, And bards burn what they call their « midnight taper,» To have, when the original is dust, A name, a wretched picture, and worse bust. CCXIX. W hat are the hopes of man ? old Egypt's king Cheops erected the first pyramid And largest,... | |
 | John Bull - 1825 - 782 pàgines
...men write, speak, preach, and heroes kill. And bards burn what they call their " midnight 'taper," To have, when the original is dust, A name, a wretched picture, and worse burt. What arc the hopes of man ? old Egypt's King Cheops erected the flrst pyramid And largest, thinking... | |
 | Charles Caleb Colton - 1826 - 288 pàgines
...this men write, speak, preach, and heroes kill, And bards burn what they call their ' midnight taper,' To have, when the original is dust, A name, a wretched picture, and worse bust." The reflections contained in this stanza are as pure as they are beautiful ; fame is indeed a bubble... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1832 - 542 pàgines
...this men write, speak, preach, and heroes kill, And bards burn what they call their " midnight taper," To have, when the original is dust, A name, a wretched picture, and worse bust. CCXIX. What are the hopes of man ? old Egypt's king, Cheops, erected the first pyramid And largest,... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - 1834 - 360 pàgines
...write', speak', preach', and heroes kill'; And bards' . . burn what they call their "midnight taper'," To have', when the original is dust', A name', a wretched picture', and worse bust'. What are the hopes of man'? old Egypt's king' Cheops', erected the first pyramid', And largest', thinking... | |
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