The Book of Restoration VerseWilliam Stanley Braithwaite Brentano's, 1910 - 864 pages |
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Page 11
... Fame that her high worth to raise , Seem'd erst so lavish and profuse , We may justly now accuse Of detraction from her praise , Less than half we find exprest , Envy bid conceal the rest . Mark what radiant state she spreds , In circle ...
... Fame that her high worth to raise , Seem'd erst so lavish and profuse , We may justly now accuse Of detraction from her praise , Less than half we find exprest , Envy bid conceal the rest . Mark what radiant state she spreds , In circle ...
Page 105
... . Hence ' tis a wit that greatest word of fame Grows such a common name . And wits by our creation they become , Just so , as titular Bishops made at Rome . ' Tis not a tale , ' tis not a 105 RESTORATION VERSE 76. ...
... . Hence ' tis a wit that greatest word of fame Grows such a common name . And wits by our creation they become , Just so , as titular Bishops made at Rome . ' Tis not a tale , ' tis not a 105 RESTORATION VERSE 76. ...
Page 112
... fame , to make it theirs ; And has his sword and spoils ungirt , To lay them at the public's skirt : So , when the falcon high Falls heavy from the sky , She , having killed , no more doth search , But on the next green bough to perch ...
... fame , to make it theirs ; And has his sword and spoils ungirt , To lay them at the public's skirt : So , when the falcon high Falls heavy from the sky , She , having killed , no more doth search , But on the next green bough to perch ...
Page 116
... Fame , What need'st thou such weak witness of thy name ? Thou in our wonder and astonishment Hast built thy self a live - long Monument . For whilst to th ' shame of slow - endeavouring art , Thy easie numbers flow , and that each heart ...
... Fame , What need'st thou such weak witness of thy name ? Thou in our wonder and astonishment Hast built thy self a live - long Monument . For whilst to th ' shame of slow - endeavouring art , Thy easie numbers flow , and that each heart ...
Page 125
... Fame on such gentle acts as these , And he can spred thy Name o're Lands and Seas , What ever clime the Suns bright circle warms . Lift not thy spear against the Muses Bowre , The great Emathian Conqueror bid spare The house of Pindarus ...
... Fame on such gentle acts as these , And he can spred thy Name o're Lands and Seas , What ever clime the Suns bright circle warms . Lift not thy spear against the Muses Bowre , The great Emathian Conqueror bid spare The house of Pindarus ...
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The Book of Restoration Verse: Chosen and Edited with Notes (Classic Reprint) William Stanley Braithwaite No preview available - 2017 |
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