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" 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? "
The Golden Pomp: A Procession of English Lyrics from Surrey to Shirley - Page 19
edited by - 1895 - 382 pages
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Poems, with illustrative remarks [ed. by W.C. Oulton]. To which is ..., Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1804 - 268 pages
...thought is as a death, which cannot chuse But weep to have that which it fears to lose. INJURIOUS TIME. How with this rage shall beauty hold a plea, Whose...no stronger than a flower; O ! how shall summer's hungry breath hold ont Against the wrackful siege of battering days; When rocks impregnable are not...
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The Poems of William Shakespeare: Comprehending Venus and Adonis, Tarquin ...

William Shakespeare - 1808 - 224 pages
...away. This thought is as a death, which cannot choose But weep to have that which it fears to lose. Since brass, nor stone, nor earth, nor boundless sea,...no stronger than a flower ; O ! how shall summer's hungry breath hold out Against the wrackful siege of battering days ; When rocks impregnable are not...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including ..., Volume 5

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 728 pages
...SÍXCE brass, nor stone, nor earth, nor boundless sea, Bui sad mortality o'er-sways their power, Ho» with this rage shall beauty hold a plea, Whose action is no stronger than a flower ? О how shall Summer's honey breath hold out* Azainst the wreckful siege of battering days, Wien rocks...
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The Works of William Shakespeare, Volume 9

William Shakespeare - 1812 - 380 pages
...away. This thought is as a death, which cannot choose But weep to have that which it fears to lose. Since brass, nor stone, nor earth, nor boundless sea,...no stronger than a flower ; O ! how shall summer's hungry breath hold out Against the wrackful siege of battering days ; When rocks impregnable are not...
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The Works of William Shakespeare: In Nine Volumes, Volume 9

William Shakespeare - 1812 - 372 pages
...away. This thought is as a death, which cannot choose But weep to have that which it fears to lose. Since brass, nor stone, nor earth, nor boundless sea,...with this rage shall beauty hold a plea, Whose action rs no stronger than a flower ; O ! how shall summer's hungry breath hold out Against the wrackful siege...
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections ..., Volume 20

William Shakespeare - 1821 - 486 pages
...This thought is as a death, which cannot choose But weep to have that which it fears to lose. LXV. Since brass, nor stone, nor earth, nor boundless sea,...hold out Against the wreckful siege of battering days s When rocks impregnable are not so stout, Nor gates of steel so strong, but time decays ? O fearful...
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, Volume 20

William Shakespeare - 1821 - 486 pages
...This thought is as a death, which cannot choose But weep to have that which it fears to lose. LXV. Since brass, nor stone, nor earth, nor boundless sea,...their power, How with this rage shall beauty hold a plea4, Whose action is no stronger than a flower ? 0, how shall summer's honey breath hold out Against...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare, Volume 8

William Shakespeare, William Harness - 1830 - 654 pages
...This thought is as a death, which cannot choose But weep to have that which it fears to lose. LXV. Since brass, nor stone, nor earth, nor boundless sea,...battering days, When rocks impregnable are not so stoutNor gates of steel so strong, but time decays ? O fearful meditation! where, alack ! Shall time's...
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Progressive Exercises in Latin Elegiac Verse

Charles Granville Gepp - English poetry - 1830 - 194 pages
...band. — 10. When will that mournful day pass away (cado) from my mind? EXERCISE X. (Shakespeare). Since brass, nor stone, nor earth, nor boundless sea,...a plea, Whose action is no stronger than a flower ? H 2 O how shall summer's honey breath hold out 5 Against the wreckful siege of battering days, When...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare, Volume 8

William Shakespeare, William Harness - 1830 - 638 pages
...This thought is as a death, which cannot choose But weep to have that which it fears to lose. LXV. Since brass, nor stone, nor earth, nor boundless sea,...o'er-sways their power, How with this rage shall beauty bold a plea, Whose action is no stronger than a flower? O how shall summer's honey breath hold out...
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