 In painting Cimabue thought that he Should hold the field, now Giotto has the cry, So that the other's fame is growing dim. So has one Guido from the other taken The glory of our tongue, and he perchance Is born, who from the nest shall chase them both.  Walks in Florence - Page 176by Susan Horner, Joanna B. Horner - 1873Full view - About this book
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1845 - 886 pages
...Dutch poetry, and by its darkness increases the brilliancy of that which preceded it : "O thou Tain glory of the human powers, How little green upon thy summit lingers, If Ч be not followed by a grosser age ! " An English writer pronoifhces the following summary and severe... | |
 | Dante Alighieri - 1867 - 780 pages
...forfeiture ;' And yet I should not be here, were it not That, having power to sin, I turned to God. 90 O thou vain glory of the human powers, How little...he Should hold the field, now Giotto has the cry, 95 So that the other's fame is growing dim. So has one Guido from the other taken The glory of our... | |
 | Dante Alighieri - 1867 - 432 pages
...was bent. Here of such pride is paid the forfeiture ; And yet I should not be here, were it not • O thou vain glory of the human powers, How little...he Should hold the field, now Giotto has the cry, 95 So that the other's fame is growing dim. So has one Guido from the other taken The glory of our... | |
 | Dante Alighieri - 1867 - 264 pages
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 | 1867 - 784 pages
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 | 1867 - 1052 pages
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 | Dante Alighieri - 1867 - 782 pages
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 | Dante Alighieri - 1870 - 468 pages
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 | Maria Francesca Rossetti - 1871 - 338 pages
...forfeiture ; And yet I should not be here, were it not That, having power to sin, I turned to God. O thou vain glory of the human powers, How little...lingers, If 't be not followed by an age of grossness ! l In painting Cimabue thought that he Should hold the field, now Giotto has the cry, So that the... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1871 - 954 pages
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