 | 1829 - 440 pages
...pyramid ? Dear son of memory, great heir of fame, What need'st thou such weak witness of thy name i Thou in our wonder and astonishment, Hast built thyself a live-long monument ; — and, at a later period, after a new era in English literature had begun, Dryden, in his Essay on Dramatic... | |
 | 1829 - 434 pages
...hid, Under a starry-pointing pyramid ? Dear son of memory, great heir of famo, What need'st thou such weak witness of thy name :' Thou in our wonder and astonishment, Hast bnilt thyself a live-long monument ; — and, at a later period, after a new era in English literature... | |
 | Shakespeare club Sheffield - 1829 - 190 pages
...the rest. " Dear Son of Memory, great Heir of Fame, What need'st thou a dull witness of thy name 1 Thou, in our wonder and astonishment, Hast built thyself a live-long monument." Gentlemen, I shall make no apology for detaining you so long. I will rather apologise that I say no... | |
 | John Milton - 1832 - 354 pages
...Under a star-y-pointing pyramid ? Dear son of memory, great heir of fame, 5 What need'st thou such weak witness of thy name ? Thou in our wonder and...astonishment Hast built thyself a live-long monument. For whilst to th' shaire of slow-endeavouring art Thy easy numbers flow, and that each heart 10 Hath... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1832 - 364 pages
...our fancy of itself bereaving, Dost make us marble with too much conceiving ; And, so sepulcher'd, in such pomp dost lie, That kings, for such a tomb, would wish to die. TEMPEST. HISTORICAL NOTICE OF THE TEMPEST. No one has hitherto heen fortunate enough to discover the... | |
 | Joseph Lehmann - 1864 - 872 pages
...impression took Then thou, our fancy of itself bereaving, Dost make us marble with too much conceiving, And so sepulchred in such pomp dost lie That Kings for such tomb would wish to die. „28a¿ bebarfft 5)u eineé CDenfmale für Seine gefeierten ®e» beine? !T>u... | |
 | John Milton - 1834 - 432 pages
...star-ypointing pyramid ? Dear son of memory, great heir of fame, 5 What need'st thou such weak wituess of thy name! Thou, in our wonder and astonishment, Hast built thyself a livelong monument. For whilst, to th' shame of slow-endeavouring art, Thy easy numbers flow; and that each heart 10 Hath,... | |
 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1836 - 382 pages
...Dear son of memory, great heir of fame, What need'st thou such weak witness of thy name ? Tin Hi , in our wonder and astonishment, Hast built thyself...lie, That Kings, for such a tomb, would wish to die. Michael Angelo, surveying the fate and the genius of Dante, exclaims : Pur fuss' io tal * ' * * Per... | |
 | 1836 - 780 pages
...Dnder a stary pointing pyramid? Dear son of memory , gréât beir of fanic, What need'st tbou such veak witness of thy name? Thou in our wonder and astonishment Hast built thyself a live-long monument. And so sepulchr'd in such pomp dost lie, Thaï Kings, for such a tomb , would wish to die. Hichel-Ànge, enviant... | |
 | 1836 - 388 pages
...Dear son of memory , gréât heir of famé , What need'st thou such veak witness of thy name ? Thon in our wonder and astonishment Hast built thyself a live-long monument. And so sepulchr'd in such pomp dost lie , That Kings, for such a tomb, would wisli to die. Michel- Ange, enviant... | |
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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... 
