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 - Page 149by Charles Walker Connon - 1845 - 168 pagesFull view - About this book
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...plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glist'ring foil Set off to the 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 heaven expect thy meed." That came in Neptune's plea; He ask'd the waves, and ask'd... | |
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...in the glist'ning foil Set off to the world, nor in broad rumor lies, But lives, and spreads alofi by those pure eyes, And perfect witness of all-judging Jove; As he pronounces lastly on each deed, Of so much fame in heaven expect thy meed." That came in Neptune's plea; He ask'd the waves, and ask'd... | |
| Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1845 - 278 pages
...in the glist'ring foil Set off to the world, nor in broad rumor lies, But lives, and spreads alofi by those pure eyes, And perfect witness of all-judging Jove ; As he pronounces lastly on each deed, Of so much fame in heaven expect thy meed." That came in Neptune's plea; He ask'd the waves, and ask'd... | |
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...the purest praise of man, to more sublime contemplations. Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, But lives and spreads aloft, by those pure eyes And perfect witness of all-judging Jove.* Those who have most earnestly inculcated the doctrine of Utility have given another notable example... | |
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...the purest praise of man, to more sublime contemplations. Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, But lives and spreads aloft, by those pure eyes And perfect witness of all-judging Jove.J Those who have most earnestly inculcated the doctrine of Utility have given another notable... | |
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...glistering foil, Set oft' to the world, nor in broad rumor lies, But lives and spreads aloft by those pure And perfect witness of all-judging Jove : As he pronounces lastly on each deed, Of so much fame in heaven expect thy • eyes, meed—" but an impudent, pretentious, coarsely painted... | |
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