 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 rumour lies, But lives and spreads aloft by those pure eyes And perfect witness of all-judging Jove;...  A System of English Grammar - Seite 149von Charles Walker Connon - 1845 - 168 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | John Milton - 1999 - 1024 Seiten
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 | William Harmon - 1998 - 386 Seiten
...plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glistering foil Set off to th' world, nor in broad rumor lies; But lives, and spreads aloft by those pure eyes...all-judging Jove: As he pronounces lastly on each deed, Of so much fame in Heav'n expect thy meed." O fountain Arethuse, and thou honor'd flood, Smooth-sliding... | |
 | Andrew Bennett - 1999 - 288 Seiten
...praise, 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...spreads aloft by those pure eyes, And perfect witness of all-judgingjove; As he pronounces lasdy on each deed, Of so much fame in heaven expect thy meed.64... | |
 | Robert Cummings - 2000 - 586 Seiten
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 | William Rowan Hamilton - 2000 - 866 Seiten
...the heavenly fame, the words of the immortal Milton, that 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 abroad, by those pure eyes, And perfect witness of alljudging God: As He pronounces lastly of each... | |
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