 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 - 1864 - 868 pages
...fears to lose. LXV. Since brass, nor stone, nor earth, nor boundless sea, But sad mortality o'er-aways t («ы.1 Hamlet quotes from tho opening stanza of an ancient ballad, Î O, how shall summer's honey breath hold out Against the wreckful siege of battering days, \\ hen... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1865 - 362 pages
...lose. SONNET LXV. 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 2 O how shall summer's honey breath hold out Against the wreckful siege of battering days, When rocks... | |
 | Gerald Massey - Sonnets, English - 1866 - 624 pages
...fears to lose. (64.) Since braes, nor atone, nor earth, nor boundless sea, But sad mortality o'ersways their power, How with this rage shall beauty hold...but Time decays ? O fearful meditation! where, alack I Shall Time's best jewel from Time's chest lie hid? Or what strong hand can hold his swift foot back... | |
 | 1866 - 492 pages
...power, How with this rage shall beauty hold & plea, Whose action is no stronger than a flower? Oh, how shall summer's honey- breath hold out Against...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 strong... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1866 - 494 pages
...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,...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 ? Or what... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1866 - 500 pages
...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,...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 ? Or what... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - English poetry - 1867 - 360 pages
...lose. IV. Shakespeare Since brass, nor stone, nor earth, nor boundless sea, But sad mortality o'ersways their power, How with this rage shall beauty hold...stout Nor gates of steel so strong, but time decays T O fearful meditation ! where, alack ! Shall Time's best jewel from Time's chest lie hid * Or what... | |
 | Ethan Allen Hitchcock - Hermetic philosophers in literature - 1866 - 298 pages
...brass, nor stone, nor earth, nor boundless sea, But sad mortality o'ersways their power, How with his rage shall beauty hold a plea, Whose action is no...Against the wreckful siege of battering days, When rooksk impregnable are not so stout, Nor gates of steel so strong, but Time decays? O fearful meditation!... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1867 - 372 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 t 0, how shall summer's honey breath hold out Against the wreckful siege of battering days. When rocks... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1868 - 570 pages
...fears to lose.— 64. Since brass, nor stone, nor earth, nor boundless sea, But sad mortality o'ersways their power, How with this rage shall beauty hold...where, alack ! Shall Time's best jewel from Time's chestliehid? Or what strong hand can hold his swift foot back? Or who his spoil of beauty can forbid... | |
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