 Phoebus replied, and touched my trembling ears : " Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glistering foil Set off to the world, nor in broad rumor lies, But lives and spreads aloft by those pure eyes And perfect witness of all-judging...  The World's Best Poetry ... - Page 4161904Full view - About this book
 | Dublin city, univ - 1858 - 264 pages
...abhorred shears, And slits the thin-spun life. " But not the praise," Phoebus replied, and touch'd my trembling ears ; " Fame is no plant that grows...glistering foil Set off to the world, nor in broad rumour lies, And perfect witness of all-judging Jove; But lives and spreads aloft by those pure eyes,... | |
 | James Patrick Muirhead - 1858 - 656 pages
...intently, tranquilly, and reverently searches out the mysterious works and ways of Creation. " Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, " Nor in the glistering foil " Set off to the world, nor in broad rumour lies ; " But lives and spreads aloft by those pure eyes " And perfect witness of all-judging... | |
 | Elizabeth Sara Sheppard - 1858 - 382 pages
... RUMOUR. BY THE AUTHOR OF " CHAELES AUCHESTEE," " COUNTER PAETS," &c. &c. ' Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glistering foil Set off to the world, nor in broad Rumour lies: But lives and spreads aloft by those pure eyes, And perfect witness of all-judging Jove... | |
 | James Patrick Muirhead - 1859 - 440 pages
...plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glistering foil Set off to the world, nor in broad rumour lies ; But lives and spreads aloft by those pure eyes...deed, Of so much fame in Heaven expect thy meed." * * Milton, 'Lycidas,' 1. 78-84. PUBLISHEES' NOTE. % THE Publishers have omitted portions of the original... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1859 - 780 pages
...»1» victims or Ihe watrr."— T. Warto*. Phccbus replied, and touch'd my trembling cars j " Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glistering...foil Set off to the world, nor in broad rumor lies ; 80 But lives nnd spreads aloft by those pure eyes, And perfect witness of all-judging Jove : As he... | |
 | James Patrick Muirhead - 1859 - 652 pages
...intently, tranquilly, and reverently searches out the mysterious works and ways of Creation. " Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, " Nor in the glistering foil " Set off to the world, nor in broad rumour lies ; " But lives and spreads aloft by those pure eyes " And perfect witness of all-judging... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1860 - 778 pages
...grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glistering foil Set off to the world, nor in broad rumor lies ; 8C But lives and spreads aloft by those pure eyes, And...deed, Of so much fame in Heaven expect thy meed." 0 fountain Arethuse, and tliou honor'd flood, 85 Smooth-sliding Mincius, crown'd with vocal reeds,... | |
 | 1860 - 668 pages
...said Garitón, "you must not omit the answer, and a noble one it is — ' But not the praise, Phcebus replied, and touched my trembling ears ; Fame is no...glistering foil Set off to the world, nor in broad rumour lice ; But lives and spreads aloft by those pure eyes, And perfect witness of all-judging Jove... | |
 | 1860 - 856 pages
...said Garitón, "you must not omit the answer, and a noble one it is — ' But not the praiso, Phœbus replied, and touched my trembling ears ; Fame is no...glistering foil Set off to the world, nor in broad rumour lies ; But lives and spreads aloft by those pure eyes, And perfect witness of all-judging Jove... | |
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