 Save base authority from others' books. These earthly godfathers of heaven's lights, That give a name to every fixed star, Have no more profit of their shining nights, Than those that walk, and wot not what they are.  American Monthly Knickerbocker - Page 1491840Full view - About this book
 | Professor Hussein Baher - Science - 2001 - 526 pages
...earthly godfathers of heaven's lights That give a name to every fixed star Have no more profit of their shining nights Than those that walk and wot not what they are. Too much to know is to know nought but fame; And every godfather can give a name. ' Shakespeare 'Love's... | |
 | Harold Bloom - Characters and characteristics in literature - 2001 - 750 pages
...godfathers of heaven's lights, / That give a name to every fixed star, / Have no more profit of their shining nights / Than those that walk and wot not what they are. / Too much to know is to know nought but fame; / And every godfather can give a name. [I. i. 72-93]... | |
 | William Walling - Fiction - 2003 - 196 pages
...earthly godfathers of Heaven 's lights That give a name to every fixed star, Have no more profit of their shining nights Than those that walk and wot not what they are. " Neither of us said anything for seconds. Sir John straightened, a curious light in his eyes. "Come,... | |
 | Ben Coppin - Computers - 2004 - 772 pages
...earthly godfathers of Heaven's lights That give a name to every fixed star, Have no more profit of their shining nights Than those that walk and wot not what they are. — William Shakespeare, Love's Labours Lost Better the rudest work that tells a story or records a... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Paul Werstine - Drama - 2011 - 353 pages
...godfathers of heaven's lights, 90 That give a name to every fixed star, Have no more profit of their shining nights Than those that walk and wot not what they are. Too much to know is to know naught but fame. And every godfather can give a name. 95 KING How well... | |
 | John Russell Brown - Literary Criticism - 2005 - 264 pages
...earthly godfathers of heaven's lights That give a name to every fixed star Have no more profit of their shining nights Than those that walk and wot not what they are. (I. i. 88-91) When the others find that their affections have grown too strong for their affectation... | |
 | Helga Ramsey-Kurz - Language Arts & Disciplines - 2007 - 519 pages
...earthly godfathers of heaven's lights That give a name to every fixed star Have no more profit to their shining nights Than those that walk and wot not what they are. (Love's Labour's Lost, Li. 88-91) After all, he knows that too much to know "is to know nought but... | |
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