 TO LAURELS. A FUNERAL stone Or verse I covet none, But only crave Of you that I may have A sacred laurel springing from my grave: Which being seen, Blest with perpetual green, May grow to be Not so much call'da tree As the eternal monument of me.  Sir Christopher Wren and His Times - Page 72by James Elmes - 1852 - 436 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Robert Herrick - 1823 - 330 pages
...No part besides must of thyselfe be known, But by the Topaz, Opal, Calcedon. TO LAURELS. A FUNERALL stone Or verse, I covet none ; But only crave > Of...have A sacred laurel springing from my grave ; Which being seen, Blest with perpetuall greene, May grow to be Not so much call'da tree, As the eternal monument... | |
 | Robert Herrick - 1825 - 334 pages
...No part besides must of thyselfe be known, But by the Topaz, Opal, Calcedou. TO LAURELS. A FUNERALL stone Or verse, I covet none ; But only crave Of you,...have A sacred laurel springing from my grave ; Which being seen. Blest with perpetuall greene, May grow to be Not so much call'da tree, As the eternal monument... | |
 | Mrs. Charles Meredith - 1836 - 400 pages
...We will quote Herrick again ; he wished a Laurel-tree to grow u]K>n his grave. A fuuerale stone ( >r verse, I covet none ; But only crave Of you that I may have Л sacred laurel springing from my grave ; 227 Which being seen Blust with perpetual grcene, May grow... | |
 | Catharine Harbeson Waterman - 1839 - 284 pages
...AMBITION. How dost thou wear and weary out thy days, Restless Ambition, never at an end. DANIEL. A funerale stone Or verse, I covet none ; But only crave Of you...have A sacred laurel springing from my grave ; Which being seen Blest with perpetual greene, May grow to be Not so much call'da tree, As the eternal monument... | |
 | Robert Herrick - 1852 - 744 pages
...can do, Sail against rocks, and split them too ; Aye, and a world of pikes pass through. TO LAURELS. A funeral stone Or verse, I covet none ; But only...I may have A sacred laurel springing from my grave i Which being seen, Blest with perpetual green, May grow to be Not so much call'da tree, As the eternal... | |
 | Benjamin Hall Kennedy - 1856 - 384 pages
...and now clap hands ? The first act 's doubtful ; but we say, It is the last commends the play. 778. A funeral stone Or verse, I covet none ; But only...have A sacred laurel springing from my grave ; Which being seen, Blest with perpetual green, May grow to be Not so much call'da tree, As the eternal monument... | |
 | Robert Herrick - 1856 - 380 pages
...- But by the topaz, opal, calcedon. TO LAUEELS. A FUNERAL stone, Or verse, I covet none ; But onely crave Of you that I may have A sacred laurel springing from my grave, * A Bracelet, from Dardanus so oall'd. Which being seen, Blest with perpetuall greene, May grow to... | |
 | Robert Herrick - 1859 - 660 pages
...No part besides must of thyselfe be known, But by the Topaz, Opal, Calcedon. TO LAURELS. A FUNERALL stone Or verse, I covet none ; But only crave Of you...have A sacred laurel springing from my grave, Which being seen, Blest with perpetuall greene, May grow to be Not so much call'da tree, As the eternal monument... | |
 | Sandhurst roy. military coll - 1859 - 672 pages
...rather the incursions of banditti than the operations of a regular army. For Elegiacs : — Which being seen, Blest with perpetual green, May grow to be, Not so much called a tree, ^ As the eternal monument of me. GREEK. REV. OSBORNE GORDON, BD Grammatical Questions.... | |
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - 1864 - 692 pages
...supply'd the epithalamie. R. HERRICK 1386 TO LAURELS AFUNERALL stone, or verse, I covet none ; but onely crave of you, that I may have a sacred laurel springing from my grave: which being seen, blest with perpetuall greene, may grow to be not so much called a tree, as the eternall... | |
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