How with this rage shall beauty hold a plea, Whose action is no stronger than a flower ? O, how shall summer's honey breath hold out Against the wrackful siege of battering days, When rocks impregnable are not so stout, Nor gates of steel so strong, but... Shakspereis Works XII - Page 221by Kegan Paul - 1883Full view - About this book
| William Shakespeare - 1804 - 268 pages
...thought is as a death, which cannot chuse But weep to have that which it fears to lose. INJURIOUS TIME. How with this rage shall beauty hold a plea, Whose...no stronger than a flower; O ! how shall summer's hungry breath hold ont Against the wrackful siege of battering days; When rocks impregnable are not... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1808 - 224 pages
...seen the hungry ocean gain Advantage on the kingdom of the shore, And the firm soil win of the wat'ry main, Increasing store with loss, and loss with store...no stronger than a flower ; O ! how shall summer's hungry breath hold out Against the wrackful siege of battering days ; When rocks impregnable are not... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 728 pages
...SÍXCE brass, nor stone, nor earth, nor boundless sea, Bui sad mortality o'er-sways their power, Ho» with this rage shall beauty hold a plea, Whose action is no stronger than a flower ? О how shall Summer's honey breath hold out* Azainst the wreckful siege of battering days, Wien rocks... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1812 - 372 pages
...seen the hungry ocean gain Advantage on the kingdom of the shore, And the firm soil win of the wat'ry main, Increasing store with loss, and loss with store...with this rage shall beauty hold a plea, Whose action rs no stronger than a flower ; O ! how shall summer's hungry breath hold out Against the wrackful siege... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1812 - 380 pages
...interchange of state, Or state itself confounded, to decay : Ruin hath taught me thus to ruminate, The time will come and take my love away. This thought...no stronger than a flower ; O ! how shall summer's hungry breath hold out Against the wrackful siege of battering days ; When rocks impregnable are not... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1821 - 486 pages
...This thought is as a death, which cannot choose But weep to have that which it fears to lose. LXV. Since brass, nor stone, nor earth, nor boundless sea,...hold out Against the wreckful siege of battering days s When rocks impregnable are not so stout, Nor gates of steel so strong, but time decays ? O fearful... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1821 - 486 pages
...This thought is as a death, which cannot choose But weep to have that which it fears to lose. LXV. Since brass, nor stone, nor earth, nor boundless sea,...their power, How with this rage shall beauty hold a plea4, Whose action is no stronger than a flower ? 0, how shall summer's honey breath hold out Against... | |
| William Shakespeare, William Harness - 1830 - 654 pages
...This thought is as a death, which cannot choose But weep to have that which it fears to lose. LXV. Since brass, nor stone, nor earth, nor boundless sea,...battering days, When rocks impregnable are not so stoutNor gates of steel so strong, but time decays ? O fearful meditation! where, alack ! Shall time's... | |
| Charles Granville Gepp - English poetry - 1830 - 194 pages
...band. — 10. When will that mournful day pass away (cado) from my mind? EXERCISE X. (Shakespeare). Since brass, nor stone, nor earth, nor boundless sea,...a plea, Whose action is no stronger than a flower ? H 2 O how shall summer's honey breath hold out 5 Against the wreckful siege of battering days, When... | |
| William Shakespeare, William Harness - 1830 - 638 pages
...This thought is as a death, which cannot choose But weep to have that which it fears to lose. LXV. Since brass, nor stone, nor earth, nor boundless sea,...o'er-sways their power, How with this rage shall beauty bold a plea, Whose action is no stronger than a flower? O how shall summer's honey breath hold out... | |
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