 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 - 1859 - 130 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 a plea, Whose action is no stronger than a flower ? Oh, how shall summer's honey breath hold out Against the wreckfal siege of battering days, When rocks... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1860 - 834 pages
...fears to lose. LXV. Since brass, nor stone, nor earth, nor boundless sea, But sad mortality o'er-sways rments." 1 0 fearful meditation ! where, alack ! Shall Time's best jewel from Time's chest lie hid ? Or what... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1860 - 840 pages
...fears to lose. LXV. Since brass, nor stone, nor earth, nor boundless sea, But sad mortality o'er-sways /H. -@$ , .V/=.Y& wrcckful siege of battering days, When rocks impregnable aro not so stout, Nor gates of steel so strong,... | |
 | William Sidney Walker - 1860 - 372 pages
...side." And Ixv., — " 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 ?" Merchant of Venice, iv. 1, — " I take this offer then, pay the bond thrice." His. Macbeth, ii.... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - English poetry - 1861 - 356 pages
...is as a death, which cannot choose But weep to have that which it fears to lose. IV W. Shakespeare How with this rage shall beauty hold a plea, Whose...stout Nor gates of steel so strong, but time decays ? Since brass, nor stone, nor earth, nor boundless sea, But sad mortality o'ersways their power, •... | |
 | English poetry - 1890 - 366 pages
...W. Shakespeare IV 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 ? 0 how shall summer's honey breath hold out Against the wreckful siege of battering days, When rocks... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1862 - 364 pages
...power, How with tbis rage shall beauty hold a plea, Whose action is no stronger than a flower \ Ob, how shall summer's honey breath hold out Against the...stout, Nor gates of steel so strong, but Time decays ? Oh fearful meditation ! where, alack ! Shall Time's best jewel from Time's chest lie hid ? Or what... | |
 | English poetry - 1863 - 982 pages
...Shakespeare nr 2 O INCE brass, nor stone, nor earth, nor boundless sea, vj But sad mortality o'ersways their power, How with this rage shall beauty hold...battering days, When rocks impregnable are not so stout, Jjor gates of steel so strong, but time decays ? O fearful meditation ! where, alack ! Shall Time's... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1863 - 116 pages
...nor boundless sea. 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 1 O how shall summer's honey-breath hold out Against the wreckful siege of batt'ring days ; When rocks... | |
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - 1864 - 692 pages
...plain is showne of what degree, and what race, he is growne. 14 • Passages for Translation 230 AGE HOW shall summer's honey breath hold out against the...nor gates of steel so strong, but time decays ? o M' 231 POWER OF MUSIC "USIC has charms to soothe a savage breast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted... | |
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