 Not marble, nor the gilded monuments Of princes, shall outlive this powerful rhyme ; But you shall shine more bright in these contents Than unswept stone, besmear'd with sluttish time. When wasteful war shall statues overturn, And broils root out the...  The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare - Page 276by William Shakespeare - 1821Full view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1843 - 596 pages
...youth, When that shall fade, my verse distils your truth. LV. Not marble, nor the gilded monuments Of princes, shall out-live this powerful rhyme ; But...overturn, And broils root out the work of masonry, • — and FOISON of the year ;] " Foison " is plenty. See Vol. vii. p. 165. In this instance it is... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1843 - 600 pages
...youth, When that shall fade, my verse distils your truth. LV. Not marble, nor the gilded monuments Of princes, shall out-live this powerful rhyme ; But...more bright in these contents Than unswept stone, besinear'd with sluttish time. When wasteful war shall statues overturn, And broils root out the work... | |
 | James White - 1843 - 310 pages
...extending the " exegi monumentum, are perennius 1 ' of Horace : " Not marble, nor the gilded monuments Of princes, shall outlive this powerful rhyme ; But...more bright in these contents Than unswept stone, besmeared with sluttish time. When wasteful war shall statues overturn, And broils root out the work... | |
 | Martingale - Country life - 1843 - 314 pages
...however, extending the " exegi monumentum are perennius" of Horace : "Not marble, nor the gilded monuments Of princes, shall outlive this powerful rhyme ; But...more bright in these contents Than unswept stone, besmeared with sluttish time. When wasteful war shall statues overturn, And broils root out the work... | |
 | William Alfred Jones - English literature - 1847 - 352 pages
...princes shall outlive this powerful rhyme ; But you shall shine more bright in these contents Than unwept stone, besmear'd with sluttish time. When wasteful...overturn, And broils root out the work of masonry, Nor Mars's sword, nor war's quick fire shall burn The living record of your memory. The vulgar error of... | |
 | William Alfred Jones - English literature - 1847 - 322 pages
...out a lofty self-estimate, none the less true for its candor : Not marble, nor the gilded monuments Of princes shall outlive this powerful rhyme ; But...you shall shine more bright in these contents Than unwept stone, besmear'd with sluttish time. When wasteful war shall statues overturn, And broils root... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1849 - 582 pages
...youth, When that shall fade, by verse distils your truth. — 54. Not marble, not the gilded monuments Of princes, shall outlive this powerful rhyme; But...The living record of your memory. 'Gainst death and all oblivious enmityShall you pace forth ; your praise shall still find room, Even in the eyes of all... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1849 - 574 pages
...youth, When that shall fade, by verse distils your truth.— 54. Not marble, not the gilded monuments Of princes, shall outlive this powerful rhyme ; But...more bright in these contents Than unswept stone, besmcar'd with sluttish time. When wasteful war shall statues overturn, And broils root out the work... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1850 - 484 pages
...youth, When that shall fade, by - verse distils your truth. LV. Not marble, not the gilded monuments Of princes, shall outlive this powerful rhyme ; But...you shall shine more bright in these contents Than unsvvept stone, besmeared with sluttish time. When wasteful war shall statues overturn, And broils... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 446 pages
...youth, When that shall fade, by verse distils your truth. 54. Not marble, not the gilded monuments Of princes, shall outlive this powerful rhyme ; But...more bright in these contents Than unswept stone, besmeared with sluttish time. When wasteful war shall statues overturn, And broils root out the work... | |
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