 | Julius Charles Hare, Augustus William Hare - 1848 - 426 Seiten
...pyramid 1 Dear son of memory, great heir of fame, What needst thou such weak witness of thy name t Thou in our wonder and astonishment Hast built thyself a live-long monument ; And so sepulcred in such pomp dost lie, That kings for such a tomb would wish to die. The reader... | |
 | 1896 - 664 Seiten
...dominating personality is enshrined. Thus the tribute runs :— For whilst to the shame of flow-endeavouring art Thy easy numbers flow, and that each heart Hath from the leaves of thy unvalued book Those Delphic linee with deep impression took, Then thou, our fancy of itself bereaving, Dost make us marble... | |
 | Max Kaluza - 1911 - 422 Seiten
...should be hid Under a star-ypointing pyramid? Dear son of Memory, great heir of Fame, What need'st thou such weak witness of thy name? Thou, in our wonder and astonishment, Hast built thyself a life-long monument. For whilst, to th' shame of slow-endeavouring art Thy easy numbers flow; and that... | |
 | Robert Graves - 1989 - 212 Seiten
...Or that his hallow'd reliques should be hid Under a starry pointing pyramid? . . . What need's! thou such weak witness of thy name? Thou, in our wonder...astonishment Hast built thyself a live-long monument .... The Milton poem, over, Diane Cilento bowed to the applauding audience with pleasing grace. "Who's... | |
 | Robert Graves - 1989 - 212 Seiten
...should be hid What need's! triou such weak witness of thy name? Under a starry pointing pyramid? . . . Thou, in our wonder and astonishment Hast built thyself a live-long monument.... The Milton poem, over, Diane Cilento bowed to the applauding audience with pleasing grace. "Who's that?"... | |
 | Margaret Bridges - 1990 - 244 Seiten
...noble tomb in a place like Westminster Abbey, it is his astonished admirers that are turned to stone: For whilst to the shame of slow-endeavouring art Thy...each heart Hath from the leaves of thy unvalued book 1 The most recent discussion is the new biography by David Riggs, who suggests the Malvolio of Twelfth... | |
 | David Richman - 1990 - 212 Seiten
...twenty-two-year-old Milton, writing verses for a new impression of the Folio in 1630, amplifies Jonson's theme: "Thou in our wonder and astonishment / Hast built thyself a livelong monument. "1= What chiefly moves wonder in these poets is the verse. Yet in drawing upon rhetoricians, literary... | |
 | James Shapiro - 1991 - 234 Seiten
...Under a star-ypointing pyramid? Dear son of memory, great heir of fame, What needs't thou such dull witness of thy name? Thou in our wonder and astonishment Hast built thyself a lasting monument. For whilst to the shame of slow-endeavouring art, Thy easy numbers flow, and that... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 Seiten
...should be hid Under a star-ypointing pyramid? Dear son of memory, great heir of fame, What need'st thou NS The Brown Girl 45 "I am as brown as brown can be, And my eyes a Has built thyself a livelong monument. For whilst, to the shame of slow-endeavoring art, Thy easy numbers... | |
 | Judith Dundas - 1993 - 310 Seiten
...and astonishment Hast built thyself a livelong Monument, For whilst to th' shame of slow-endeavoring art. Thy easy numbers flow, and that each heart Hath from the leaves of thy unvalu'd Book Those Delphic lines with deep impression took. Then thou our fancy of itself bereaving.... | |
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What needs my Shakespeare for his honoured bones, The labour of an age in piled stones ? Or that his hallowed relics should be hid Under a star-ypointing pyramid ? Dear son of memory, great heir of fame, What need'st thou such weak witness of thy name... 
