 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 728 pages
...liv'd alone, Which three, till now, never kept seat in one. SONNET CVI. in the chronicle of wasted lime I see descriptions of the fairest wights, And beauty...days, Have eyes to wonder, but lack tongues to praise. SONNET CVII. NOT mipe own fears, nor the prophetiq soul Of the wide world dreaming on things to come,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1826 - 216 pages
...fairest wights, And beauty making beautiful old rhyme, In praise of ladies dead, and lovely knighU, Then in the blazon of sweet beauty's best, Of hand,...worth to sing For we, which now behold these present days,_ Have eye* to wonder , but lack tongues to praiseCVH. Not mine own fears, nor the prophetic soul... | |
 | William Shakespeare, William Harness - 1830 - 638 pages
...their antique pen would have express'd Even such a beauty as you master now. So all their praises arc but prophecies Of this our time, all you prefiguring...days, Have eyes to wonder, but lack tongues to praise. cvn. Not mine own fears, nor the prophetick soul Of the wide world dreaming on things to come, Can... | |
 | Alexander Dyce - English poetry - 1833 - 240 pages
...and true, have often liv'd alone, Which three, till now, never kept seat in one. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. WHEN in the chronicle of wasted time I see descriptions...days, Have eyes to wonder, but lack tongues to praise. o WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. NOT mine own fears, nor the prophetick soul Of the wide world dreaming on things... | |
 | English poetry - 1833 - 240 pages
...often liv'd alone, 80 WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. WHEN in the chronicle of wasted time I see de9criptions of the fairest wights, And beauty making beautiful...days, Have eyes to wonder, but lack tongues to praise. o 81 WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. NOT mine own fears, nor the prophetick soul Of the wide world dreaming on... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1842 - 338 pages
...invention spent ; Three themes in one, which wondrous scope affords. Fair, kind, and true have often lived alone ; Which three, till now, never kept seat in...days, Have eyes to wonder, but lack tongues to praise. Not mine own fears, nor the prophetic soul Of the wide world dreaming on things to come, Can yet the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1843 - 596 pages
...affords. Fair, kind, and true, have often liv'd alone, Which three, till now, never kept seat in one. CVL When in the chronicle of wasted time I see descriptions...look'd but with divining eyes, They had not skill enough3 your worth to sing : For we, which now behold these present days, Have eyes to wonder, but... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1843 - 606 pages
...beauty's best, Of hand, of foot, of lip, of eye, of brow, I see their antique pen \vould have expressed Even such a beauty as you master now. So all their...look'd but with divining eyes, They had not skill enough3 your worth to sing : For we, which now behold these present days, Have eyes to wonder, but... | |
 | William John Birch - Religion in literature - 1848 - 574 pages
...leads him, in the next atanza (cvi.), to descend still further ( into the details of religion: — So all their praises are but prophecies Of this our...days, Have eyes to wonder, but lack tongues to praise. He says (stanza cviii.) there is nothing in the round of thought and speech which he has not made tributary... | |
 | William John Birch - Religion in literature - 1848 - 570 pages
...religion: — So all their praises are but prophecies Of this our time, all you prefiguring ; And, tor they look'd but with divining eyes, They had not skill...days, Have eyes to wonder, but lack tongues to praise. He says (stanza cviii.) there is nothing in the round of thought and speech which he has not made tributary... | |
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When in the chronicle of wasted time I see descriptions of the fairest wights, And beauty making beautiful old rhyme, In praise of ladies dead and lovely knights, Then in the blazon of sweet beauty's best, Of hand, of foot, of lip, of eye, of brow, I... 
