 Not marble, nor the gilded monuments Of princes, shall out-live this powerful rhyme ; But you shall shine more bright in these contents Than unswept stone, besmear'd with sluttish time. When wasteful war shall statues overturn, And broils root out the...  Life. Hist. drama. Poems - Page 152by William Shakespeare - 1887Full view - About this book
 | Kilkenny Archaeological Society - Ireland - 1853 - 496 pages
...mistress the deathlessness of his own ' powerful rhyme :' — - When wasteful war shall statues orerturn, And broils root out the work of masonry, Nor Mars his sword nor war's quick fire shall burn, This living record of your memory. 'Gainst death and all-oblivious enmity Shall you pace forth ; your... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1855 - 280 pages
...the ensuing lines. But you shall shine more bright in these contents Than unswept stone, besmeared with sluttish time. When wasteful war shall statues...The living record of your memory. 'Gainst death and all-oblivious enmity Shall you pace forth ; your praise shall still find room Even in the eyes of all... | |
 | Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland - Ireland - 1855 - 508 pages
...of the poet, when promising to his mistress the deathlessness of his own ' powerful rhyme :' — • When wasteful war shall statues overturn, And broils...Nor Mars his sword nor war's quick fire shall burn, This living record of your memory. 'Gainst death and all-oblivious enmity Shall you pace forth ; your... | |
 | Gift books - 1855 - 354 pages
...life to thee. The whole of the 55th sonnet is dedicated to the same thought : — Not marble, nor the gilded monuments Of princes, shall outlive this powerful...more bright in these contents, Than unswept stone, besmeor'd with sluttish time. When wasteful war shall statues overturn, And broils root out the work... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Henry Howard Earl of Surrey, George Gilfillan - 1856 - 364 pages
...autumn. — 3 ' Canker-blooms : ' the blossoms of the canker, or dog-rose. LV. Not marble, not the gilded monuments Of princes, shall outlive this powerful...The living record of your memory. 'Gainst death and all-oblivious enmity Shall you pace forth ; your praise shall still find room, Even in the eyes of... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1857 - 336 pages
...lovely youth ; When that shall fade, my verse distils your truth. 1 Plenty. IV. Not marble, nor the gilded monuments Of princes, shall outlive this powerful...The living record of your memory. 'Gainst death and all-oblivious enmity Shall you pace forth ; your praise shall still find room, Even in the eyes of... | |
 | Delia Salter Bacon - Drama - 1857 - 706 pages
...printing, or that they are going to get printed — who does not know or care whether they are or not.] ' But you shall shine more bright in these contents,...sluttish time. When wasteful war shall statues overturn [iconoclasmj And broils [civil war] root out the work of masonry, Nor Mars his sword, nor war's quick... | |
 | William Alfred Jones - American literature - 1857 - 306 pages
...He fairly speaks out a lofty self-estimate, none the less true for its candour: >Tot marble, nor the gilded monuments Of princes shall outlive this powerful...you shall shine more bright in these contents Than unwept stone, besmear'd with sluttish time. When wasteful war shall statues overturn, And broils root... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1858 - 736 pages
...beauteous and lovely youth, When that shall fade, my verse distils your truth. LV. Not marble, nor the gilded monuments Of princes, shall out-live this powerful...The living record of your memory. 'Gainst death and all-oblivious enmity Shall you pace forth : your praise shall still find room Even in the eyes of all... | |
 | Chemistry - 1858 - 672 pages
...untergebt. 2. Not marble, uor the gilded monuments Of princes, shall outlive1 this powerful rhime ; But you shall shine more bright in these contents...statues overturn. And broils root out the work of masourv. Nor Marsis sword nor war's quick tire shall burn The living record of your memory. 'Gainst... | |
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