 | Jasper Sprange - 1797 - 388 pages
...by the celebrated Waller in the following mannerGo, boy, and carve this passion on the bark Ofyonder tree, which stands the sacred mark Of noble Sidney's...such benign, Such more than mortal making stars did shim, That there it cannot but for ever prove The monument and pledge of humble love. Ben Johnson also... | |
 | 1801 - 446 pages
...in circumference. It ' is celebrated by Waller, the poet, in these lines, dated from Penshurst — Go, boy ! and carve this passion on the bark Of yonder tree, which stands the sacred mark. Of noble Sydney's birth — when such benign, Such more than mortal-making stars did shine, That there they... | |
 | Edmund Waller - 1806 - 320 pages
...that of harmony in sound. Ye lofty beeches ! tell this matchless dame* That if together ye fed alt one flame, It could not equalize the hundredth part...Sidney's birth ; when such benign, Such more than mortal-making stars did shine, That there they canuot but for ever prove The monument and pledge of... | |
 | Thomas Zouch - 1809 - 424 pages
...written during his residence at this delightful seat : . * t " 'Go, boy, and carve this passion en the bark " Of yonder tree, which stands the sacred mark " Of noble Sidney's birth." IT is asserted on the authority of Verstegan, that the family of the Sidneys or Sydnies (3), originally... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 654 pages
...one flame, It could not equalize the hundredth part Of what her eyes have kindled in my heart ! C-<x boy, and carve this passion on the bark Of yonder...such benign. Such more than mortal making stars did thine ; That there they cannot but for ever prove The monument and pledge of humble love : Ifis humble... | |
 | Jasper Sprange - Tunbridge Wells (England) - 1814 - 394 pages
...park upon that occasion, which is alluded to by the celebrated Waller in the following manner: — Go, boy, and carve this passion on the bark Of yonder...more than mortal making stars did shine* That there it cannot but for ever prove The monument and pledge of bumble love. Ren Johnson also has alluded to... | |
 | Ben Jonson, William Gifford - Dramatists, English - 1816 - 482 pages
...written at Penshurst where he amused himself with falling in love, has an allusion to this oak : " Go, boy, and carve this passion on the bark Of yonder...which stands the sacred mark Of noble Sidney's birth," &c. On which the commentator on his poems observes that though no tradition of th« circumstance remained... | |
 | John Evans - England - 1818 - 564 pages
...circumference. It is celebrated by Waller, in these lines, dated from Penshurst— 4>4>8 TUNBRIDGE WELLS. Go, boy ! and carve this passion on the bark Of yonder tree, which stands the sacred mark Of noble Sydney's birth — when such benign, Such more than mortal making stars did shine, That there they... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 280 pages
...so made stones and timber leap Into fair figures from a confused heap : And in the symmetry' of her parts is found A power like that of harmony in sound....Sidney's birth ; when such benign, Such more than mortal-making stars did shine, That there they cannot but for ever prove The monument and pledge of... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...timber leap Into fair figures from a confus'd heap : And in the symmetry of her parts is found A pow'r Psyche sprung. His temples, last, with poppies were...Presage of sway from twice six vultures took. Th' Sydney's birth ; when such benign, Such more than mortal-making stars did shine, That there they cannot... | |
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Go, boy, and carve this passion on the bark " Of yonder tree, which stands the sacred mark Of noble Sidney's birth ; when such benign, Such more than mortal-making stars did shine, That there they cannot but for ever prove The monument and pledge of humble... 
