Since brass, nor stone, nor earth, nor boundless sea, But sad mortality o'er-sways their power, How with this rage shall beauty hold a plea, Whose action is no stronger than a flower... Life. Hist. drama. Poems - Page 157by William Shakespeare - 1887Full view - About this book
| William Shakespeare - 1804 - 268 pages
...thought is as a death, which cannot chuse But weep to have that which it fears to lose. INJURIOUS TIME. How with this rage shall beauty hold a plea, Whose...no stronger than a flower; O ! how shall summer's hungry breath hold ont Against the wrackful siege of battering days; When rocks impregnable are not... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1808 - 224 pages
...it fears to lose. Since brass, nor stone, nor earth, nor boundless sea, But sad mortality o'er-sways their power : How with this rage shall beauty hold...no stronger than a flower ; O ! how shall summer's hungry breath hold out Against the wrackful siege of battering days ; When rocks impregnable are not... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1812 - 372 pages
...action rs no stronger than a flower ; O ! how shall summer's hungry breath hold out Against the wrackful siege of battering days ; When rocks- impregnable...time's chest lie hid? Or what strong hand can hold this swift foot back ? Or who his spoil on beauty can forbid ? ' O ! none ! unless this miracle have... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1812 - 380 pages
...it fears to lose. Since brass, nor stone, nor earth, nor boundless sea, But sad mortality o'ersways their power : How with this rage shall beauty hold...no stronger than a flower ; O ! how shall summer's hungry breath hold out Against the wrackful siege of battering days ; When rocks impregnable are not... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1821 - 486 pages
...fears to lose. LXV. Since brass, nor stone, nor earth, nor boundless sea, But sad mortality o'er-sways their power, How with this rage shall beauty hold...hold out Against the wreckful siege of battering days s When rocks impregnable are not so stout, Nor gates of steel so strong, but time decays ? O fearful... | |
| William Shakespeare, William Harness - 1830 - 654 pages
...fears to lose. LXV. Since brass, nor stone, nor earth, nor boundless sea, But sad mortality o'er-sways their power, How with this rage shall beauty hold...battering days, When rocks impregnable are not so stoutNor gates of steel so strong, but time decays ? O fearful meditation! where, alack ! Shall time's... | |
| William Shakespeare, William Harness - 1830 - 638 pages
...earth, nor boundless sea, But sad mortality o'er-sways their power, How with this rage shall beauty bold a plea, Whose action is no stronger than a flower?...how shall summer's honey breath hold out Against the wrcckful siege of battering days, When rocks impregnable are not so stout, Nor gates of steel so strong,... | |
| Charles Granville Gepp - English poetry - 1880 - 194 pages
...X. (Shakespeare). Since brass, nor stone, nor earth, nor boundless sea, But sad mortality o'ersways their power, How with this rage shall beauty hold a plea, Whose action is no stronger than a flower ? H 2 O how shall summer's honey breath hold out 5 Against the wreckful siege of battering days, When... | |
| William Shakespeare, Thomas Price - 1839 - 480 pages
...earth, nor boundless sea, But sad mortality o'er-sways their power, * Fight for. t Acts xvi. 16—18. How with this rage shall beauty hold a plea, Whose...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 1 Or what... | |
| William Shakespeare, Thomas Price - 1839 - 478 pages
...stone, nor earth, nor boundless sea, But sad mortality o'er-sways their power, fr MORAL PHILOSOPHY. 87 How with this rage shall beauty hold a plea, Whose action is no stronger than a flower? O, how shall Bummer's honey breath hold out Against the wreckful siege of battering days, When rocks impregnable... | |
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