 Not marble, nor the gilded monuments Of princes, shall out-live this powerful rhyme ; But you shall shine more bright in these contents Than unswept stone, besmear'd with sluttish time. When wasteful war shall statues overturn, And broils root out the...  The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare - Page 284by William Shakespeare - 1821Full view - About this book
 | Richard Maurice Bucke - Consciousness - 2006 - 337 pages
...which his writings, especially the " Leaves," indicate. SONNET LV. Not marble, nor the gilded mouments Of princes, shall outlive this powerful rhyme ; But...fire shall burn The living record of your memory. 'Gainst death and all oblivious enmity Shall you pace forth ; your praise shall still find room, Even... | |
 | William Roetzheim - Poetry - 2006 - 760 pages
...this powerful rhyme; butyou shall shine more bright in these contents than unswept stone, besmeared with sluttish time. When wasteful war shall statues...fire shall burn the living record of your memory. 'Gainst death, and all-oblivious enmity shall you pace forth; your praise shall still find room Form:... | |
 | Oscar Wilde - 2006 - 78 pages
...particular play was meant, and that the play was none other but Romeo and Juliet. Not marble, nor the gilded monuments Of princes, shall outlive this powerful...stone besmear'd with sluttish time. When wasteful wars shall statues overturn, And broils root out the work of masonry, Nor Mars his sword nor war's... | |
 | Oscar Wilde - 2006 - 86 pages
...particular play was meant, and that the play was none other but Romeo and Juliet. Not marble, nor the gilded monuments Of princes, shall outlive this powerful...stone besmear'd with sluttish time. When wasteful wars shall statues overturn, And broils root out the work of masonry, Nor Mars his sword nor war's... | |
 | John N. King - Literary Criticism - 2006 - 17 pages
...William Shakespeare exemplifies the conventionality of this topos of text as monument: Not marble nor the gilded monuments Of princes shall outlive this powerful...shine more bright in these contents Than unswept stone besmeared with sluttish time, (lines 6 As quoted in Jennifer Summit, "Monuments and Ruins: Spenser... | |
 | Shakespeare, William - Sonnets, English - 2006 - 366 pages
...lovely youth, When that shall vade, by verse distils your truth. Sonnets Sonnet 55 Not marble nor the gilded monuments Of princes shall outlive this powerful...shine more bright in these contents Than unswept stone besmeared with sluttish time. When wasteful war shall statues overturn, And broils root out the work... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 2011 - 706 pages
...ie, when you yourself will 128 Shakespeare's Sonnets 129 55 Not marble nor the gilded '"monuments'1 Of princes shall outlive this powerful rhyme, But...shine more bright in these contents Than unswept stone besmeared with sluttish time. 4 When wasteful war shall statues overturn, And broils root out the work... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Poetry - 2007 - 297 pages
...beauteous and lovely youth, When that shall fade, by verse distils your truth. LV. Not marble, nor the gilded monuments Of princes, shall outlive this powerful...fire shall burn The living record of your memory, 'Gainst death and all-oblivious enmity Shall you pace forth; your praise shall still find room, Even... | |
 | Elliott M. Simon - Perfection - 2007 - 622 pages
...the male lover. 78. William Shakespeare used a similar conceit in his sonnet 55: Not marble, nor the gilded monuments Of princes, shall outlive this powerful...contents Than unswept stone besmear'd with sluttish time . . . 'Gainst death an all-oblivious enmity Shall you pace forth; your praise shall still find room... | |
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