 Phoebus replied, and touched my trembling ears: "Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glistering foil Set off to the world, nor in broad rumour lies, But lives and spreads aloft by those pure eyes And perfect witness of all-judging Jove;...  Selections from the Prose and Poetry of John Milton - Էջ 99John Milton - 1923 - 310 էջԱմբողջությամբ դիտվող - Այս գրքի մասին
 | John Milton - 1807 - 434 էջ
...Heav'n expect thy meed. O fountain Arcthuse, and thou honor'd flood, Smooth-sliding Mincius, crown'd with vocal reeds, That strain I heard was of a higher...the herald of the sea That came in Neptune's plea ; He ask'd the Waves, and ask'd the fellon Winds, What hard mishaps hath doom'd this gentle swain?... | |
 | William Hayley - 1810 - 418 էջ
...broad rumour lies ; But lives and spreads aloft by those pure eyes, And perfect witness of all judging Jove; As he pronounces lastly on each deed, Of so...heaven expect thy meed." O fountain Arethuse, and thou honour'd flood, Smooth-sliding Mincius, crown'd with vocal reeds! That strain I heard was- of a higher... | |
 | John Milton - 1810 - 540 էջ
...broad rumour lies ; But lives and spreads aloft by those pure eyes, And perfect witness of all judging Jove; As he pronounces lastly on each deed, Of so...heaven expect thy meed." O fountain Arethuse, and th'ou honour'd flood, Smooth-sliding Mincius, crown'd with vocal reeds! That strain I heard was of a higher... | |
 | John Milton - 1812 - 78 էջ
...grows on mortal soil, " Nor in the glistering foil " Set off to th' world, nor in broad rumour lies, " But lives and spreads aloft by those pure eyes, "...heaven expect thy meed." O fountain Arethuse, and them, honour'd flood, Smooth-sliding Mincius, crowned with vocal reeds, That strain I heard was of... | |
 | John Milton - 1813 - 270 էջ
...mortal soil, Nor in the glist'ring foil Set off to th1 world, nor in broad rumour lies ; 80 But Kves and spreads aloft by those pure eyes, And perfect...pronounces lastly on each deed, Of so much fame in Heav'n expect thy meed.1* O fountain Arethuse, and thou honour'd flood, 85 Smooth-sliding Mincius,... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 էջ
...that grows on mortal soil, Nor in the gliit'ring foil, Set off to th' world : nor in broad rumor lies, But lives and spreads aloft by those pure eyes, And...so much fame in heaven expect thy meed. O fountain Arethusc,and thouhonor'd flood, Smooth-sliding Mincius, crown'd with vocal reeds, That strain I heard... | |
 | 1860 - 796 էջ
...that grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glistering foil Set off to the world, nor in broad rumour lies ; But lives and spreads aloft by those pure eyes, And...deed, Of so much fame in heaven expect thy meed.'" "But don't you see," I replied, " that there is an ambiguity in this : for Milton, though he uses the... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 366 էջ
...expect thy meed.' > f ; ~O fountain Arethuse, and thou honour'd flood, Smooth-sliding Mincius,* crown'd with vocal reeds That strain I heard was of a higher...the herald of the sea That came in Neptune's plea ; He ask'd the waves, and ask'd the felon winds, What hard mishap hath doom'd this gentle swain ? And... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 296 էջ
...that grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glistering foil Set off to the world, nor in broad rumor lies ; But lives and spreads aloft by those pure eyes, And...heaven expect thy meed." O fountain Arethuse ! and thou hoiior'd flood, Smooth-sliding Mincius, crown'd with vocal reeds ! That strain I heard was of a higher... | |
 | John Watkins - 1822 - 452 էջ
...that grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glittering foil, Set off to th' world, nor in broad rumour lies, But lives and spreads aloft by those pure eyes, And...deed, Of so much fame in heaven expect thy meed." CHAPTER XX. Spanish Proverb. — Lord Byron's Attacks on Mr. Southey. — Reply of the latter in his... | |
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