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" Against the wreckful siege of battering days, When rocks impregnable are not so stout, Nor gates of steel so strong, but Time decays ? O fearful meditation ! where, alack, Shall Time's best jewel from Time's chest lie hid ? Or what strong hand can hold... "
The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare: Poems. Verses among the additional ... - Page 175
by William Shakespeare - 1851 - 38 pages
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A dictionary of poetical illustrations

Robert Aitkin Bertram - 1877 - 766 pages
...bear, Some, none resist, though not exceeding fair. Ytung. 278. BEAUTY : its decay inevitable. SINCE owever bright That crown of joy above, What is it...This joy e'en now on earth is ours, But only, Lord, a Where rocks impregnable are not so stout, Nor gates of steel so strong, but Time decays? О fearful...
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The Plays and Poems of Shakespeare

William Shakespeare - 1878 - 730 pages
...Hut weep to have that which it fears to lose. LSV. Bince brass, nor stone, nor earth, nor txmuilless sea, But sad mortality o'ersways their power : How...alack ! Shall time's best jewel from time's chest lie hid ? Or what strong hand can hold his swift foot back ? Or who his spoil of beauty can forbid...
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The plays and poems of William Shakespeare, ed. by J.P. Collier, Volume 8

William Shakespeare - 1878 - 380 pages
...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, But...no stronger than a flower ? O ! how shall summer's honey-breath hold out Against the wreckful siege of battering days, When rocks impregnable arc not...
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The Poems

William Shakespeare - 1878 - 408 pages
...which cannot choose But weep to have that which it fears to lose. Since brass, nor stone, norearth, nor boundless sea, But sad mortality o'ersways their...a plea, Whose action is no stronger than a flower ? 0, how shall summer's honey breath hold out Against the wreckful siege of battering days, When rocks...
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Songs and Sonnets

William Shakespeare - Songs, English - 1879 - 274 pages
...TIME AND LOVE C INCE brass, nor stone, nor earth, nor boundless sea, But sad mortality o'er-svvays their power, How with this rage shall beauty hold...where, alack, Shall Time's best jewel from Time's chest lie hid ? Or what strong hand can hold his swift foot back ? Or who his spoil of beauty can forbid...
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The Poetical Works of William Shakespeare and Ben Jonson, Volumes 1-2

William Shakespeare, Ben Jonson - English poetry - 1879 - 844 pages
...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, But...stout, Nor gates of steel so strong, but time decays ? 0 fearful meditation ! where, alack ! Shall time's best jewel from time's chest lie hid ? Or what...
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A treasury of English sonnets, ed. with notes by D.M. Main

David M. Main - 1880 - 506 pages
...is as a death, which cannot choose But weep to have that which it fears to lose. LXXIII (65) CINCE brass, nor stone, nor earth, nor boundless sea, But...where, alack, Shall Time's best jewel from Time's chest lie hid ? Or what strong hand can hold his swift foot back ? Or who his spoil of beauty can forbid...
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The praise of books, as said and sung by English authors, selected by J. A ...

English authors - 1880 - 178 pages
...that yourself arise, You live in this, and dwell in lovers' eyes. (Sonnet 55.) LOVE'S MIRACLE. Since brass, nor stone, nor earth, nor boundless sea, But...stout, Nor gates of steel so strong, but Time decays 1 O, fearful meditation ! where, alack, Shall Time's best jewel from Time's chest lie hid ? Or what...
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The Columbia Granger's Dictionary of Poetry Quotations

Edith P. Hazen - Literary Criticism - 1992 - 1172 pages
...NoP; OAEL-1; OBSC; PoE; PoRA; Son LXV. Since brass, nor stone, nor earth, nor boundless sea 212 Since he one hand, good. And do not, on the other hand, be bad; For that is very wrackful siege of batt'ring days, When rocks impregnable are not so stout, Nor gates of steel so strong...
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Sonetti

William Shakespeare - Poetry - 1992 - 220 pages
...morte, poiché fa sì ch'io mi dolga di possedere ciò che temo di perdere. Since brasi, nor stane, nor earth, nor boundless sea, But sad mortality o'ersways...flower? O how shall summer's honey breath hold out, 5 Against the wrac\jul siege of batt'ring days, When roc\s impregnable are not so stout, Nor gates...
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