 Not marble, nor the gilded monuments Of princes, shall outlive 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 Dramatic Works of Shakespeare - Page 66by William Shakespeare - 1826 - 830 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - Poetry - 1992 - 220 pages
...overturn, 5 And brotls root out the wor\ of masonry, Nor Mars his sword, nor war's quic\ fire shall bum The living record of your memory. 'Gainst death, and...you pace forth, your praise shall still find room, 10 Even in the eyes of all postenty That wear this world out to the ending doom. So till the jttdgment... | |
 | Lars Engle - Drama - 1993 - 284 pages
...this pow'rml rhyme. Hut you 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. '(lainst death and all oblivious emnity Shall you pace forth; your praise shall still find room. Ev'n... | |
 | William Shakespeare - English poetry - 1994 - 212 pages
...Of princes, shall oudive this powerful rime; But you shall shine more bright in these contents Than unswept stone, besmear'd with sluttish time. When...still find room Even in the eyes of all posterity That wears this world out to the ending doom. So, till the judgement that yourself arise, You live in this,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 1995 - 196 pages
...to stand in the same relation to both of them but in fact makes sense with only one, eg Sonnet 55: Nor Mars his sword, nor war's quick fire shall burn The living record of your memory. 'Burn' makes perfect sense with 'war's quick fire' but not with 'Mars his sword', for which another... | |
 | Diana E. Henderson - History - 1995 - 304 pages
...the process: "Not marble nor the gilded monuments / Of princes shall outlive this pow'rful rhyme"; "Nor Mars his sword nor war's quick fire shall burn / The living record of your memory" (Sonnets 55.1-2, 7-8). So much for "brazen tombs" won by these hermetic "conquerors" of their own affection,... | |
 | Johan Elsness - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1997 - 456 pages
...this powerful rhyme; But you shall shine more bright in these contents Than unswept stone, be smear'd with sluttish time. When wasteful war shall statues...find room, Even in the eyes of all posterity That wears this world out to the ending doom. So, till the judgement that yourself arise, You live in this,... | |
 | William Gerber - Immortality in literature - 1998 - 148 pages
...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...masonry, Nor Mars his sword nor war's quick fire shall bum 'Gainst death and all-oblivious enmity Shall you pace forth: your praise shall still find room... | |
 | Ilona Bell - History - 1998 - 298 pages
...poems like Shakespeare's proclaim the poet's power to conquer time: "Gainst death and all oblivious enmity / Shall you pace forth; your praise shall still find room / Even in the eyes of all posterity."46 Carpe diem poems like Herrick's "Gather ye rosebuds" summon poetic authority to urge... | |
 | Laurie Rozakis - Fiction - 1999 - 406 pages
...this powerful rime; But you shall shine more bright in these contents Than unswept stone, besmeared with sluttish time. ' When wasteful war shall statues...broils root out the work of masonry, Nor Mars his 2 sword nor war's quick fire shall burn The living record of your memory. 'Gainst death and all-oblivious... | |
 | Roy Eriksen - Literary Criticism - 2001 - 224 pages
...But you shall shine more bright in these contents Than unswept stone, besmeared with sluttish time. 5 When wasteful war shall statues overturn, And broils...your memory. 'Gainst death, and all-oblivious enmity 10 Shall you pace forth, your praise shall still find room, Even in the eyes of all posterity That... | |
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