| Methodist Church - 1847 - 668 pages
...Shakspeare for his honor'd bonea The labor of an age in piled stones \ Or that his hallow'd relics should be hid Under a stary-pointing pyramid ? Dear...of memory, great heir of fame ! What need'st thou suck weak witness of thy name ? Thou, in our wonder and astonishment, Hast built thyself a long-lived... | |
| William Howitt - Literary landmarks - 1847 - 524 pages
...needs my Shakspeare for his honour'd bones, The labour of an age in piled stones ] Or that his hallowed reliques should be hid Under a star-ypointing pyramid? Dear son of memory, great heir of fame ! What need's! thou such weak witness of thy name ''. Thou in our wonder and astonishment Hast built thyself... | |
| British empire - 1847 - 856 pages
...force, even by those who do not quite agree with the poet in holding any monument unnecessary : * " bear Son of Memory, great heir of fame, What need'st thou such weak witness of thy name ?" Phillips's, with its profile effigy, and wreath of laurel and apple-leaves, in illustration of his... | |
| Villemain (M., Abel-François) - Literature - 1847 - 408 pages
...What needs my Shakspeare for his honour'd bones, The labour of au age in-piled stones; Or that lus hallow'd reliques should be hid Under a stary-pointing pyramid. Dear son of memory, great heir of famé, What need'st thou such weak witness of thy name ; Thou in our wonder and ustonishment Hast built... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1847 - 736 pages
...edition of his Poems in 1645, octavo. We give them as they stand there, because it is evident that him in the justice of his cause. Mar. In God's name, and the king's, * 1 Dear son of memory, great heir of fame. What need'st thou such weak witness of thy name ? Thou, in... | |
| Caroline Howard Gilman - Quotations - 1848 - 320 pages
...Shakspeare for his honored bones The labor of an age in piled stones ? Or that his hallowed relics should be hid Under a star-ypointing pyramid ? Dear...astonishment Hast built thyself a live-long monument. And so sepulchred, in such pomp dost lie, That kings for such a tomb would wish to die. MILTON. 2.... | |
| Julius Charles Hare, Augustus William Hare - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1848 - 426 pages
...an age in piled stones ! Or that his hallowed relics should be hid Under a star-ypointing pyramid 1 Dear son of memory, great heir of fame, What needst thou such weak witness of thy name t Thou in our wonder and astonishment Hast built thyself a live-long monument ; And so sepulcred in... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1849 - 668 pages
...his hallowed reliques should be hid Under a starrr-pointing pyramid t Hear Son of Memory, great Hrir of Fame, What need'st thou such weak witness of thy...astonishment Hast built thyself a livelong monument, And so sepulchred, in such pomp dost lie, That kings for buch a tomb would wish to die.' Page 498.... | |
| William [poetical works] Wordsworth - 1849 - 406 pages
...labour of an age in piled stones, Or that his hallowed reliques should be hid Under a starry-pointing pyramid ? Dear Son of Memory, great Heir of Fame, What need'st thou such weak witness of thy name r Thou in our wonder and astonishment Hast built thyself a livelong monument, And so sepulchred, in... | |
| Charles Knight - 1849 - 582 pages
...Under a star-ypointing pyramid ? Dear sou of memory, great heir of fame, What necd'st thou such dull witness of thy name? Thou in our wonder and astonishment Hast built thyself a lasting monument. For whilst to th' shame of slow endeavouring art Thy easy numbers flow, and that... | |
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