 | 1848 - 588 pages
...incomparable worth of his possession) he termed him : — "Dear Son of memory, great heir of fame, Thou, in our wonder and astonishment, Hast built thyself a livelong monument." He also exclaims at the commencement of the same ' Epitaph" " What needs my Shakspere for his honored... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1849 - 668 pages
...his hallowed reliques should be hid Under a starrr-pointing pyramid t Hear Son of Memory, great Hrir of Fame, What need'st thou such weak witness of thy...astonishment Hast built thyself a livelong monument, And so sepulchred, in such pomp dost lie, That kings for buch a tomb would wish to die.' Page 498.... | |
 | Max Kaluza - 1911 - 422 pages
...in piled stones? Or that his hallow'd relics should be hid Under a star-ypointing pyramid? Dear son of Memory, great heir of Fame, What need'st thou such...our wonder and astonishment, Hast built thyself a life-long monument. For whilst, to th' shame of slow-endeavouring art Thy easy numbers flow; and that... | |
 | Robert Graves - 1989 - 212 pages
...stones? Or that his hallow'd reliques should be hid Under a starry pointing pyramid? . . . What need's! thou such weak witness of thy name? Thou, in our wonder...astonishment Hast built thyself a live-long monument .... The Milton poem, over, Diane Cilento bowed to the applauding audience with pleasing grace. "Who's... | |
 | Robert Graves - 1989 - 212 pages
...should be hid What need's! triou such weak witness of thy name? Under a starry pointing pyramid? . . . Thou, in our wonder and astonishment Hast built thyself a live-long monument.... The Milton poem, over, Diane Cilento bowed to the applauding audience with pleasing grace. "Who's that?"... | |
 | Margaret Bridges - 1990 - 244 pages
...noble tomb in a place like Westminster Abbey, it is his astonished admirers that are turned to stone: For whilst to the shame of slow-endeavouring art Thy...each heart Hath from the leaves of thy unvalued book 1 The most recent discussion is the new biography by David Riggs, who suggests the Malvolio of Twelfth... | |
 | David Richman - 1990 - 212 pages
...twenty-two-year-old Milton, writing verses for a new impression of the Folio in 1630, amplifies Jonson's theme: "Thou in our wonder and astonishment / Hast built thyself a livelong monument. "1= What chiefly moves wonder in these poets is the verse. Yet in drawing upon rhetoricians, literary... | |
 | James Shapiro - 1991 - 234 pages
...Under a star-ypointing pyramid? Dear son of memory, great heir of fame, What needs't thou such dull witness of thy name? Thou in our wonder and astonishment Hast built thyself a lasting monument. For whilst to the shame of slow-endeavouring art, Thy easy numbers flow, and that... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 pages
...in piled stones? Or that his hallowed relics should be hid Under a star-ypointing pyramid? Dear son 3-24) CH; LiTB; OxBoLi; PoRA OBET POETRY QUOTATIONS...Girl 45 "I am as brown as brown can be, And my eyes a Has built thyself a livelong monument. For whilst, to the shame of slow-endeavoring art, Thy easy numbers... | |
 | Judith Dundas - 1993 - 310 pages
...in piled Stones, Or that his hallow'd relics should be hid Under a Star-ypointing Pyramid"? Dear son of memory, great heir of Fame, What need'st thou such...Hast built thyself a livelong Monument, For whilst to th' shame of slow-endeavoring art. Thy easy numbers flow, and that each heart Hath from the leaves... | |
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WHAT needs my Shakespeare for his honoured bones The labour of an age in piled stones ? Or that his hallowed reliques should be hid Under a star-ypointing pyramid ? Dear son of memory, great heir of fame, What need'st thou such weak witness of thy name... 
