 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 746 pages
...enough would fame thee in their hate. "Tofore, great men were glad of poets : now, I, not the worst, am covetous of thee. Yet dare not to my thought least hope allow Of adding to thy fame; thine may to tne, When in my book men reade but Cecil's name, And what I writ thereof ftnde farre, and free From... | |
 | Ben Jonson, William Gifford - Dramatists, English - 1816 - 482 pages
...enough would fame thee in their hate. Tofore, great men were glad of poets ; now, I, not the worst, am covetous of thee : Yet dare not to my thought least...poets' shame, As thou stand'st clear of the necessity. XLIV. ON CHUFJFE, BANKS the Usurer's Kinsman. CHUFFE, lately rich in name, in chattels, goods, And... | |
 | NBC University of the Air - America - 1852 - 456 pages
...in their hate. Tofore, great men were glad of poets ; now I, not the worst, am covetous of tliee ; Yet dare not to my thought least hope allow Of adding...thy fame ; thine may to me, When in my book men read hut Cecil's name, And what I write thereof find far and free From servile flatt'ry (common poet's shame)... | |
 | Robert Greene - 1876 - 576 pages
...enough would fame thee in their hate. Tofore, great men were glad of poets; now, I, not the worst, am covetous of thee; Yet dare not to my thought least...poets' shame, As thou stand'st clear of the necessity. XLIV. ON CHUFFE, BANBS THE USURER'S BINSMAN. Chuffe, lately rich in name, in chattels, goods, And rich... | |
 | Robert Greene, Christopher Marlowe, Ben Jonson - English poetry - 1878 - 576 pages
...longer nor he could make DM of him.' Tofore, great men were glad of poets ; now, I, not the worst, am covetous of thee ; Yet dare not to my thought least...poets' shame, As thou stand'st clear of the necessity. XLIT. ON CHUFFE, BANKS THE USURER'S KINSMAN. Chuffe, lately rich in name, in chattels, goods, And rich... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Ben Jonson - English poetry - 1879 - 844 pages
...enough would fame thee in their hate. 'Tofore, great men were glad of poets ; now, I, not the worst, am covetous of thee ; Yet dare not to my thought least...poets' shame.) As thou stand'st clear of the necessity. XLIV. ON CHtTFFE, TANKS THE VSL'HER'S KINSMAN. Chuffe, lately rich in name, in chattels, goods, And... | |
 | Philip Edwards - Drama - 1979 - 288 pages
...enough would fame thee in their hate. 'Tofore, great men were glad of poets: now, I, not the worst, am covetous of thee. Yet dare not, to my thought,...poets' shame) As thou stand'st clear of the necessity. To WILLIAM, EARL OF PEMBROKE. I do but name thee Pembroke, and I find It is an epigram on all mankind;... | |
 | Ben Jonson - Literary Collections - 2003 - 130 pages
...enough would fame thee in their hate. Tofore, great men were glad of poets: now, I, not the worst, am covetous of thee. Yet dare not, to my thought,...name. And what I write thereof find far, and free 10 From servile flattery (common poets' shame) As thou stand'st clear of the necessity. XUV On Chuff,... | |
 | Paul West - Fiction - 2001 - 374 pages
...about himself, Cecil says, and perhaps he is indeed the worst. God help him to a finer, cruder gift. Yet dare not, to my thought, least hope allow Of adding to thy fame; thine to meThere are four lines more of this unctuous claptrap, but Cecil cannot abide to read them again.... | |
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Tofore, great men were glad of poets ; now, I, not the worst, am covetous of thee ; Yet dare not to my thought least hope allow Of adding to thy fame; thine may to me, When in my book men read but Cecil's name. And what I write thereof find far, and free... 