 You cannot eat your cake and have it too." — Proverb. How fever'd is the man, who cannot look Upon his mortal days with temperate blood, Who vexes all the leaves of his life's book, And robs his fair name of its maidenhood : It is as if the rose should...  The Century: 1902 - Page 4861902Full view - About this book
 | Richard Monckton Milnes (1st baron Houghton.) - 1848 - 324 pages
...it, she will follow you. XIV. ON FAME. " You cannot eat your cake and have it too."— Proverb. 1819. How fever'd is the man, who cannot look Upon his mortal...muddy gloom : But the rose leaves herself upon the briar, For winds to kiss and grateful bees to feed, And the ripe plum still wears its dun attire, The... | |
 | John Keats - 1871 - 402 pages
...it, she will follow you. 1319. . ON FAME. " You cannot eat your cake and have it too." — Proverb. How fever'd is the man, who cannot look Upon his mortal...muddy- gloom : But the rose leaves herself upon the briar, For winds to kiss and grateful bees to feed, And the ripe plum still wears its dim attire, '... | |
 | John Keats - 1883 - 310 pages
...eat your cake and have it too." — Proverb. ^f~\ OW fever'd is the man, who cannot look «-*— G Upon his mortal days with temperate blood, Who vexes...muddy gloom ; But the rose leaves herself upon the briar, For winds to kiss and grateful bees to feed, And the ripe plum still wears its dim attire; The... | |
 | John Keats - 1883 - 608 pages
...end of Sir Charles Dilke's copy of Endymion. This manuscript shows no variation beyond a few stops. It is as if the rose should pluck herself, Or the...muddy gloom, But the rose leaves herself upon the briar, For winds to kiss and grateful bees to feed, And the ripe plum stillwears its dim attire, The... | |
 | John Keats - 1884 - 420 pages
...adieu, Then, if she likes it, she will follow you. ON FAME OW fever'd is the man, who cannot look I 1 Upon his mortal days with temperate blood, Who vexes...muddy gloom : But the rose leaves herself upon the briar, For winds to kiss and grateful bees to feed, And the ripe plum still wears its dim attire, The... | |
 | John Keats - 1884 - 310 pages
...life's book, And robs his fair name of its maidenhood ; It is as if the rose should pluck herself, On the ripe plum finger its misty bloom, As if a Naiad,...muddy gloom : But the rose leaves herself upon the briar, For winds to kiss and grateful bees to feed, And the ripe plum still wears its dim attire, The... | |
 | Eleanor Vere Boyle - 1885 - 322 pages
...Keats. (" Ode to a Nightingale.") T is as if the Rose should pluck herself, Or the ripe plum forget his misty bloom, As if a Naiad, like a meddling elf, Should darken the pure grot with muddy gloom : 209 But the Rose leaves herself upon the brier, For winds to kiss... | |
 | John Keats - 1891 - 236 pages
...she likes it, she will follow you. II. "You cannot eat your cake and have it too." — Proverb. 11 OW fever'd is the man, who cannot look Upon his mortal...muddy gloom, But the rose leaves herself upon the briar, For winds to kiss and grateful bees to feed, And the ripe plum still wears its dim attire, The... | |
 | John Keats - 1895 - 700 pages
..."You cannot eat your cake and have it too." — Proverb, O\V fever'd is the man, who cannot look H Upon his mortal days with temperate blood, Who vexes...muddy gloom, But the rose leaves herself upon the briar, For winds to kiss and grateful bees to feed, And the ripe plum still wears its dim attire, The... | |
 | John Keats - 1896 - 412 pages
...teazing the world for grace, Spoil his salvation for a fierce miscreed ? * Lord Houghton printed : — " As if a Naiad, like a meddling elf, Should darken her pure grot wilh muddy gloom." The text is from the journal-letter of Feb. 14— May 3, 1819. II. FAME, like a... | |
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