 Phoebus replied, and touched my trembling ears ; ' Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glistering foil Set off to the world, nor in broad rumour lies : But lives and spreads aloft by those pure eyes And perfect witness of all-judging...  The Life of Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Pagina 124door James Gillman - 1838 - 362 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Theodore Parker - 1850 - 40 pagina’s
...but a subtle cheat, but this is the true Shekinah and presence of God in your heart: as this ——" pronounces lastly on each deed, Of so much fame in heaven expect your meed." If I am consciously and continually false to this, it is of no avail that I seem loyal... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1851 - 282 pagina’s
...plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glist'ring foil Set off to the world, nor in broad rumor lies, But lives, and spreads aloft by those pure eyes,...deed, Of so much fame in heaven expect thy meed." That came in Neptune's plea ; He ask'd the waves, and ask'd the felon winds, What hard mishap hath... | |
 | Marcus Tullius Cicero - 1851 - 240 pagina’s
...the sixth and seventh chapters, we may compare the lines in Milton's Lycidas, 78 -84 : " Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glistering foil Set off to the world, nor in broad rumor lies; But lives and spreads aloft by those pure eyes, And perfect witness of all-judging Jove... | |
 | Arethusa Hall - 1851 - 422 pagina’s
...thin-spun life. K But not the praise," Phcebus replied, and touche<J my trembling ears; " Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glistering foil ; Set off to the world, nor in broad rumor lies; But lives and spreads aloft by those pure eyes, And perfect witness of all-judging Jove... | |
 | Joseph Guy - 1852 - 458 pagina’s
...thin-spun life. " But not the praise," Phoebus replied, and touch'd my trembling ears: " Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil. Nor in the glistering...deed, Of so much fame in heaven expect thy meed." O fountain Arethuse, and thou honour'd flood, Smooth-sliding Mincius, crown'd with vocal reeds ! That... | |
 | Irene Rathbone - 1989 - 532 pagina’s
...through. It's not as though soldiering were your line, either. Remember: "Fame is no plant that grows in mortal soil, Nor in the glistering foil set off to the world, Nor in broad rumour lies;" Remember too: "And gilded honour shamefully misplaced." The poets do understand; they do — always.'... | |
 | Thomas N. Corns - 1993 - 340 pagina’s
...is the point when you won't be around to revel in it? The answer is rapidly presented: 'Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glistering foil Set off to th'world, nor in broad rumor lies, But lives and spreads aloft by those pure eyes And perfect witness... | |
 | John Milton - 1994 - 630 pagina’s
...grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glistering foil Set off to the world, nor in broad rumour lies, 80 But lives and spreads aloft by those pure eyes And...perfect witness of all-judging Jove; As he pronounces lasdy on each deed, Of so much fame in heaven expect thy meed.' O fountain Arethuse,105 and thou honoured... | |
 | Brian McGuinness, G. Oliveri - 1994 - 414 pagina’s
...on his deathbed. All the same, the true view of the matter must be God's: to turn to Milton again: As He pronounces lastly on each deed, Of so much fame in Heav'n expect thy meed. The idea of a Last Judgement, and the idea that it is God who searches the... | |
 | John T. Shawcross - 1995 - 500 pagina’s
...as the spur, and the obtainment of it as a guerdon. There is a difficulty in these lines: Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glistering foil, Set off to the world. [70-2] It seems doubtful whether the metaphor of a plant in the first line is continued to the second,... | |
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