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 - Drama - 1995 - 196 pages
...vowels of words in a sequence. Sonnet 55 is notably alliterative: Not marble nor the gilded monuments Of princes shall outlive this powerful rhyme But you...shine more bright in these contents Than unswept stone besmeared with sluttish time ... allusion An indirect reference. Whereas direct quotations usually... | |
| Diana E. Henderson - History - 1995 - 304 pages
...the process: "Not marble nor the gilded monuments / Of princes shall outlive this pow'rful rhyme"; "Nor Mars his sword nor war's quick fire shall burn / The living record of your memory" (Sonnets 55.1-2, 7-8). So much for "brazen tombs" won by these hermetic "conquerors" of their own affection,... | |
| Johan Elsness - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1997 - 456 pages
...Copyright 1997 by Walter de Gruyter & Co., D-10785 Berlin For Turid Noi marble, nor the gilded monuments Of princes, shall outlive this powerful rhyme; But...more bright in these contents Than unswept stone, be smear'd with sluttish time. When wasteful war shall statues overturn, And broils root out the work... | |
| William Gerber - Immortality in literature - 1998 - 148 pages
...says: until the day of judgment). (276) Not marble nor the gilded monuments Of princes shall out live this powerful rhyme. But you shall shine more bright...masonry, Nor Mars his sword nor war's quick fire shall bum 'Gainst death and all-oblivious enmity Shall you pace forth: your praise shall still find room... | |
| Laurie Rozakis - Fiction - 1999 - 406 pages
...this powerful rime; But you shall shine more bright in these contents Than unswept stone, besmeared with sluttish time. ' When wasteful war shall statues...broils root out the work of masonry, Nor Mars his 2 sword nor war's quick fire shall burn The living record of your memory. 'Gainst death and all-oblivious... | |
| Dennis Klass - Family & Relationships - 1999 - 252 pages
...with their children. Shakespeare again reminds us how this works. 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. . . . So, til the judgement that yourself arise. You live in this, and... | |
| Franck Lessay - English drama - 1999 - 204 pages
...plusieurs reprises dans ses sonnets, notamment dans le Sonnet 55 : Not marble nor the gilded monuments Of princes shall outlive this powerful rhyme, But...shine more bright in these contents Than unswept stone besmeared with sluttish time. 53. Michael Neill suggère qu'à l'époque de Shakespeare c'était la... | |
| Axel Stähler - Architecture - 2000 - 584 pages
...monumentalen Repräsentationsarchitektur des Fürsten(-grabes)i: Not marble nor the gilded monumems Of princes shall outlive this powerful rhyme. But...more bright in these contents Than unswept stone, besmeared with sluttish time. [Shakespeare ed. Kerrigan 1986, Sonnet 55: 1-4]. Der alte poetische Topos... | |
| Catherine M. S. Alexander, Stanley Wells - Drama - 2000 - 254 pages
...is the defiant sentiment: Not marble nor the gilded monuments Of princes shall outlive this pow'rful rhyme; But you shall shine more bright in these contents...Than unswept stone, besmear'd with sluttish time. (Sonnet 55) The humanistic verses of Omar Khayyam are considered worse than irreverent — they are... | |
| Roy Eriksen - Literary Criticism - 2001 - 224 pages
...architectural structures and the kind of "room" created in poetry: 1 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. 5 When wasteful war shall statues overturn, And broils root out the work... | |
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