 I know that all the muse's heavenly lays, With toil of sprite which are so dearly bought, As idle sounds, of few or none are sought, That there is nothing lighter than mere praise.  Retrospective Review - Page 361edited by - 1824Full view - About this book
 | William Hazlitt - 1902 - 442 pages
...thought, and uniform terseness of expression. The reader may judge for himself from a few examples. ' I know that all beneath the moon decays, And what by mortals in this world is wrought In time's great periods shall return to nought ; That fairest states have fatal nights and... | |
 | Washington Irving - American prose literature - 1906 - 472 pages
...in this world is brought, In time's great period shall return to nought. I know that all the muse's heavenly lays, With toil of sprite which are so dearly...none are sought, That there is nothing lighter than mere praise. DRUMMOND OP HAWTHOBNDEN. THERE are certain half-dreaming moods of mind, in which we naturally... | |
 | Henry Van Dyke, Hardin Craig - American poetry - 1907 - 308 pages
...shall be no more: Death, thou shalt die! 1633. John Donne. "I KNOW THAT ALL BENEATH THE MOON DECAYS" I KNOW that all beneath the moon decays, And what...brought, In Time's great periods shall return to nought ; The fairest states have fatal nights and days. I know that all the muse's heavenly lays, With toil... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1905 - 460 pages
...Achilles, or the far-famed Portland vase. THE MUTABILITY OF LITERATURE A COLLOQUY IN WKSTMINSTER ABBEY I know that all beneath the moon decays, And what...mortals in this world is brought, In time's great period shall return to nought. I know that all the muse's heavenly lays, With toil of sprite which... | |
 | English poetry - 1906 - 218 pages
...bright gold their blue : Here is the pleasant place, And every thing, save her, who all should grace. I KNOW that all beneath the moon decays, And what...fairest states have fatal nights and days : I know how all the Muse's heavenly lays, With toil of spright which are so dearly bought, As idle sounds,... | |
 | Niccolò Machiavelli - English literature - 1907 - 440 pages
...great periods of time" an old English poet has lessened this very idea which he intended to magnify : I know that all beneath the moon decays; And what...brought, In time's great periods shall return to nought I know that all the muse's heavenly lays, With toil of sprite which are so dearly bought. As idle sounds,... | |
 | William Stanley Braithwaite - English poetry - 1907 - 892 pages
...love shall live, and later life renew. E. Spenser 5J<5". / Know That All Beneath the Moon Decays T KNOW that all beneath the moon decays, And what by...is brought In time's great periods shall return to naught; That fairest states have fatal nights and days. I know how all the Muse's heavenly lays, With... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1907 - 556 pages
...brought, In time's great period shall return to nought I know that all the muse's heavenly lays, With toll of sprite which are so dearly bought, As Idle sounds,...none are sought, That there is nothing lighter than mere praise. DRUMMOND OF HAWTHOBSDMC. HERE are certain half-dreaming moods of mind, in which we naturally... | |
 | Washington Irving - Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) - 1907 - 328 pages
...notes on Westminster Abbey, see p. 300. THE MUTABILITY OF LITERATURE A COLLOQUY IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY I know that all beneath the moon decays, And what...mortals in this world is brought, In time's great period shall return to nought. I know that all the muse's heavenly lays, With toil of sprite which... | |
 | Walter Cochrane Bronson - English poetry - 1909 - 572 pages
...Therefore depart ; you shall not kiss me." 1620. WILLIAM DRUMMOND I KNOW THAT ALL BENEATH THE MOON DECAYS I know that all beneath the moon decays, And what...is brought In Time's great periods shall return to naught ; That fairest states have fatal nights and days; I know how all the Muse's heavenly lays, 5... | |
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