 | Edmund Spenser - 1750 - 320 lehte
...earthly M.ii\ Devour'd of Time, in time to nought do pafs. But Fame with golden Wings aloft doth fiy, Above the reach of ruinous Decay, And with brave Plumes doth beat the azure Sky, A3mir'd of bafe-born Men from far away t Then whofo will with vertuous Deeds affay To mount to Heaven,... | |
 | 1788 - 510 lehte
...gain. " All such vain monuments of earthly mass, " Devour'dof Time, in time to nought do pass. 410 " But Fame, with golden wings aloft doth fly " Above...with brave plumes doth beat the azure sky, " Admir'd of base-born men from far away ; " Then whoso will with verruous deeds assay 4^5 " To mount to heaven,... | |
 | 1821 - 746 lehte
...Nor age, nor envy shall them ever waste. But Fame with golden wings doth fly aloft Above the icach of ruinous decay, And with brave plumes doth beat the azure sky, Admired of base born men from far away; Then, whoso will with virtuous deeds assay To mount to heaven,... | |
 | Dante Alighieri - 1833 - 462 lehte
...the clear spirit doth raise To scorn delights, and live laborious days." DD Milton, Lycidus, 70. " But Fame, with golden wings aloft doth fly, Above...decay ; And with brave plumes doth beat the azure skie, Admired of base born men from far away." Spencer, Ruines of Time. " Renown is not the child of... | |
 | George Field - 1835 - 310 lehte
...ofunnumber'd dyes. THOMSON. The poets almost invariably use blue with its proper contrast; thus — But Fame, with golden wings, aloft doth fly Above...decay, And with brave plumes doth beat the azure sky, Admired of base-born men from far away. SPENSER'S RUINS OF TIME. As then no wind at all there blew,... | |
 | George Field - 1841 - 458 lehte
...indeed from theorizing on colours, but from fine feeling, or copying the images of nature; thus — " But Fame, with golden wings, aloft doth fly Above...ruinous decay, And with brave plumes doth beat the azure shy, Admired of base-born men from far away." SPENSER : Ruins of Time. " As then no wind at all there... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1845 - 260 lehte
...rent for gain. All such vain moniments of earthly mass, Devoured of Time, in time to nought do pass. " But Fame with golden wings aloft doth fly, Above the...decay, And with brave plumes doth beat the azure sky, Admired of base-born men from far away : Then whoso will with virtuous deeds assay To mount to heaven,... | |
 | Dante Alighieri - 1845 - 360 lehte
...that the clear spirit doth raise To scorn delights, and live laborious days." Milton. Lycidas, 70. " But Fame, with golden wings aloft doth fly, Above...decay ; And with brave plumes doth beat the azure skie, Admired of base born men from far away." Spenser. Ruines of Time. " Renown is not the child of... | |
 | Dante Alighieri - 1845 - 346 lehte
...that the clear spirit doth raise To scorn delights, and live laborious days." Milton. Lycidas, 70. " But Fame, with golden wings aloft doth fly, Above...ruinous decay; And with brave plumes doth beat the azure skie, Admired of base born men from far away." Spenser. Ruinei of Time. "Renown is not the child of... | |
 | Edmund Spenser, George Gilfillan - 1859 - 350 lehte
...gain. All such vain monuments of earthly mass, Devour'd of Time, in time to nought do pass.' 420 ' But Fame with golden wings aloft doth fly, Above the...with brave plumes doth beat the azure sky, Admir'd of base-born men from far away : Then whoso will with virtuous deeds assay To mount to heaven, on Pegasus... | |
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In this eclogue he gives hints of that spacious style which was to distinguish him, and which, like his own Fame, " With golden wings aloft doth fly Above the reach of ruinous decay, And with brave plumes doth beat the azure sky, Admired of base-born... 
