 O eloquent, just, and mighty Death ! whom none could advise, thou hast persuaded ; what none hath dared, thou hast done ; and whom all the world hath flattered, thou only hast cast out of the world and despised ; thou hast drawn together all the far-stretched...  Poems - Page 101by Samuel Rogers - 1834 - 295 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Donne, Gary A. Stringer, Paul A. Parrish - Poetry - 2005 - 730 pages
...answer to Raleigh's claim in History of the World (1614): "O eloquent, just and mighty death! . . . thou hast drawn together all the far-stretched greatness,...the pride, cruelty and ambition of man, and covered all over with these two narrow words, Hie iacet" (bk. 5, ch. 6, sect. 12). Ferry (1983, 220) notes... | |
 | Margreta de Grazia, Maureen Quilligan, Peter Stallybrass - History - 1996 - 422 pages
...just, and mighty Death! . . . whom all the world hath flattered, thou only hath cast out of the world and despised; thou hast drawn together all the far-stretched...and covered it all over with these two narrow words: Hicjacet! There is something at work here which recalls that interplay of power and desire in Sir Thomas... | |
 | Tony Davies - Literary Criticism - 1997 - 170 pages
...assured', or his contemporary Ralegh invokes the figure of 'eloquent, just, and mighty Death' to rebuke 'all the far-stretched greatness, all the pride, cruelty, and ambition of man', the impulse has nothing in common with 'humanism': a generalised 'man' is called up only to be exposed... | |
 | Massachusetts Historical Society - Massachusetts - 1875 - 546 pages
...dared, thou hast done ; and whom all the world hath flattered, thou only hast cast out of the world and despised; thou hast drawn together all the far-stretched...and covered it all over with these two narrow words, — Hie jacet " / In conclusion, we can hardly doubt that the speech was made substantially as it has... | |
 | Jonathan Dollimore - Civilization, Western - 1998 - 424 pages
...flattered, thou only hath cast out of the world and despised; thou hast drawn together all the far-fetched greatness, all the pride, cruelty, and ambition of...and covered it all over with these two narrow words: Hie jacet! (History, p. 396) An adoring identification with a ruthless omnipotence is made from an... | |
 | Howard Marget Spiro, Mary G. McCrea Curnen, Lee Palmer Wandel - Medical - 1998 - 244 pages
...and despised: thou hast drawne together all the farre stretched greatnesse, all the pride, crueltie and ambition of man, and covered it all over with these two narrow words, Hie iacet" (Greenblatt 1973, 153). Galileo had a rather different experience with the death anxieties... | |
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