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" 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 Jove ; As he pronounces lastly on each deed, Of... "
Additional Speeches, Addresses, and Occasional Sermons - Page 292
by Theodore Parker - 1855
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 88

England - 1860 - 668 pages
...grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glistering foil Set off to the world, nor in broad rumour lice ; But lives and spreads aloft by those pure eyes, And perfect witness of all-judging Jove ; As he pronounces lastly on each deed, Of so much fame in heaven expect thy meed.' " "But don't...
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 88

England - 1860 - 856 pages
...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 Jove ; As ho pronounces lastly on each deed, Of so much fame in heaven expect thy meed."' "But don't...
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The Philosophy of Progress in Human Affairs

Henry James Slack - Civilization - 1860 - 260 pages
...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 love, As he pronounces lastly on each deed, Of so much fame in heaven expect the meed !"...
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The Golden Treasury of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English ...

Francis Turner Palgrave - English poetry - 1861 - 356 pages
...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 Jove ; As he pronounces lastly on each deed, Of so much fame in heaven expect thy meed.' Smooth-sliding...
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The Cambridge Companion to English Poetry, Donne to Marvell

Thomas N. Corns - Literary Criticism - 1993 - 340 pages
...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 of all-judging )ove; As he pronounces lastly on each deed, Of so much fame in Heav'n expect thy meed.' (lines 78-84)...
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The Columbia Anthology of British Poetry

Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - Literary Criticism - 1995 - 936 pages
...grows on mortal soil. Nor in the glistering foil Set off to th'world, nor in broad rumor lies, 80 But lives and spreads aloft by those pure eyes And perfect witness of all-judging Jove; As he pronounces lastly on each deed, Of so much fame in Heav'n expect thy meed," O fountain...
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Milton: The life

William Riley Parker - Poets, English - 1996 - 708 pages
...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 Jove; As he pronounces lastly on each deed, Of so much fame in heaven expect thy meed. (78-84) The...
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The Classic Hundred Poems: All-time Favorites

William Harmon - Literary Collections - 1998 - 386 pages
...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 of all-judging Jove: As he pronounces lastly on each deed, Of so much fame in Heav'n expect thy meed." O fountain...
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Romantic Poets and the Culture of Posterity

Andrew Bennett - Literary Criticism - 1999 - 288 pages
...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-judgingjove; As he pronounces lasdy on each deed, Of so much fame in heaven expect thy meed.64...
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November: Lincoln's Elegy at Gettysburg

Kent Gramm - History - 2001 - 350 pages
...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 of all-judging Jove; As he pronounces lastly on each deed, Of so much fame in Heav'n expect thy meed." O Fountain...
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