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" Phoebus replied, and touched my trembling ears: "Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glistering foil Set off to the world, nor in broad rumour lies, But lives and spreads aloft by those pure eyes And perfect witness of all-judging Jove;... "
An Historical and Critical Memoir of the Life and Writings of the Right ... - Page 388
by John Watkins - 1822 - 427 pages
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Poets of England and America: Being Selections from the Best Authors of Both ...

1853 - 560 pages
...and touched my trembling ears ; " Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glistering foil Set off to th' world, nor in broad rumour lies,...deed, Of so much fame in heaven expect thy meed." 388 LYC1DAS. O fountain Arethuse, and thou honoured flood, Smooth-sliding Mincius, crowned with vocal...
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Milton's Poetical Works: With Life, Critical Dissertation, and ..., Volume 2

John Milton, George Gilfillan - 1853 - 376 pages
...trembling ears ; " Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glistering foil Set off to the world, nor in broad rumour lies ; But lives and spreads...deed, Of so much fame in heaven expect thy meed." 0 fountain Arethuse, and thou honour'd flood, Smooth-sliding Mincius,2 crown'd with vocal reeds. That...
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Milton's Poetical Works: With Life, Critical ..., Page 109, Volume 2

John Milton - 1853 - 372 pages
...trembling ears ; " Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glistering foil Set off to the world, nor in broad rumour lies ; But lives and spreads...deed, Of so much fame in heaven expect thy meed." O fountain Arethuse, and thou honour'd flood, Smooth-sliding Mincius,2 crown'd with vocal reeds. That...
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Calendar of the University of Sydney

University of Sydney - 1853 - 810 pages
...broad rumour lies, But lives and spreads aloft by those pure eyes, And perfect witness of nil-judging Jove ; As he pronounces lastly on each deed, Of so much fame in Heaven expect thy meed. 3. How do the early poums of Milton illustrate his increasing Puritanism ? 4. (a) Describe fully the...
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The Liberty Bell, Volume 13

Maria Weston Chapman - 1853 - 336 pages
...broad rumor lies ; But lives, and spreads aloft, by those pure eyes, And perfect witness of all judging Jove. As he pronounces lastly on each deed Of so much fame in heaven expect thy meed. At some point in the story of human life historic justice must be done. If a man, on the breath of...
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The light of the forge; or, Counsels drawn from the sick-bed of E.M.

William Harrison - 1853 - 214 pages
...memories, that can preserve the record of our life. God's word is glory, and there is none besides. " As He pronounces lastly on each deed, Of so much fame in Heaven expect thy meed." Here, then, is a field of honour open to us all. Into these lists all may enter. It is the contest...
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The Beauties of the British Poets, with a Few Introductory Observations

George Croly - 1854 - 426 pages
...trembling ears ; Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glistering foil, Set off to the world, nor in broad rumour lies ; But lives and spreads...each deed, Of so much fame in Heaven expect thy meed. O fountain Arethuse, and thou honoured flood, Smooth-sliding Mincius, crowned with vocal reeds, That...
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A Compendium of English Literature, Chronologically Arranged from Sir John ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1854 - 796 pages
...grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glittering foil Set off to the world, nor in broad rumor lies ; go But lives and spreads aloft by those pure eyes, And...deed, Of so much fame in Heaven expect thy meed." O fountain Arethuse, and thou honor'd flood, Rfi Smooth-sliding Mincius, crown'd with vocal reeds,...
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The Complete Poetical Works of John Milton: With Life ...

John Milton - 1855 - 564 pages
...trembling ears ; " Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glistering foil Set off to the world, nor in broad rumour lies ; But lives and spreads...deed, Of so much fame in heaven expect thy meed." O fountain Arethuse, and thou honoured flood, Smooth-sliding Mincius, crowned with vocal reeds ! That...
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The Poetical Works of John Milton: A New Edition Carefully Revised from the ...

John Milton - 1855 - 644 pages
...trembling ears; " Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glistering foil Set off to the world, nor in broad rumour lies, But lives and spreads...deed, Of so much fame in Heaven expect thy meed." O fountain Arethuse, 1 and thou honoured flood, Smooth-sliding Mincius, crowned with vocal reeds, That...
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