 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 pluck herself Or the ripe plum finger its misty bloom, As if a clear Lake meddling...  The Century: 1902 - Page 4861902Full view - About this book
 | John Keats - 1883 - 608 pages
...she likes it, she will follow you. II. " You cannot eat your cake and have it too."—Proverb. JH. OW fever'd is the man, who cannot look Upon his mortal...life's book, And robs his fair name of its maidenhood ; Both these sonnets were given among the Literary Remains in the Life, Letters &c., with the date... | |
 | John Keats - 1884 - 310 pages
...it, she will follow you. VII ON FAME. n. " You cannot eat your cake and have it too." — Proverb. How fever'd is the man, who cannot look Upon his mortal...maidenhood ; It is as if the rose should pluck herself, On the ripe plum finger its misty bloom, As if a Naiad, like a meddling elf, Should darken her pure... | |
 | Eleanor Vere Boyle - 1885 - 322 pages
...full of dewy wine, The murmurous haunt of flies on summer eves. 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... | |
 | John Keats - 1891 - 412 pages
...same subject — ON FAME You cannot eat your cake and have it too. — Proverb. How fever'd is that Man who cannot look Upon his mortal days with temperate...herself Or the ripe plum finger its misty bloom, As if a clear Lake meddling with itself Should cloud its clearness with a muddy gloom. But the rose leaves... | |
 | John Keats - 1891 - 412 pages
...same subject — ON FAME You cannot eat your cake and have it too. — Proverb. How fever'd is that Man who cannot look Upon his mortal days with temperate...herself Or the ripe plum finger its misty bloom, As if a clear Lake meddling with itself Should cloud its clearness with a muddy gloom. But the rose leaves... | |
 | John Keats - 1895 - 616 pages
...same subject — ON FAME. You cannot eat your cake and have it too. — Proverb. How fever'd is that Man who cannot look Upon his mortal days with temperate...herself Or the ripe plum finger its misty bloom, As if a clear Lake meddling with itself Should cloud its pureness with a muddy gloom. But the rose leaves herself... | |
 | John Keats - 1895 - 644 pages
...same subject — ON FAME. You cannot tat your cake and have it too. — Proverb. > How fever'd is that Man who cannot look Upon his mortal days with temperate...herself Or the ripe plum finger its misty bloom, As if a clear Lake meddling with itself Should cloud its pureness with a muddy gloom. But the rose leaves herself... | |
 | John Keats - 1899 - 516 pages
...Georgian:! Keats, April 30, 1819, and printed in Life, Letters and Literary Remains. How fever'd is that man, who cannot look Upon his mortal days with temperate...vexes all the leaves of his life's book, And robs his fail- name of its maidenhood: It is as if the rose should pluck herself, Or the ripe plum finger its... | |
 | Percy Bysshe Shelley, John Keats - 1900 - 294 pages
...likes it, she will follow you. n " You cannot eat your cake and have it too. " — Proverb. How fevered is the man, who cannot look Upon his mortal days with...herself, Or the ripe plum finger its misty bloom, ao As if a Naiad, like a meddling elf, Should darken her pure grot with muddy gloom. But the rose leaves... | |
 | John Keats - 1820 - 296 pages
...cake and have it too,—F'roverb. -How is that Man mixed 1 , ., , .-> How fever'd is that Man jwho cannot look ' Upon his mortal days with temperate...is as if the rose should pluck herself Or the ripe plumb finger its misty bloom As if a clear Lake meddling with itself Should ffl-cloud its pureness... | |
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