Here's an acre sown indeed With the richest, royal'st seed, That the earth did e'er suck in Since the first man died for sin; Here the bones of birth have cried, "Though gods they were, as men they died"; Here are sands, ignoble things Dropt from the... Beaumont and Fletcher: Or, The Finest Scenes, Lyrics, and Other Beauties of ... - Page 357by Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, Leigh Hunt - 1855 - 363 pagesFull view - About this book
| William Hazlitt - 1821 - 380 pages
...hands. Where from their pulpits seal'd in dust, They preach ' In greatness is no trust.' Here's an acre sown indeed With the richest, royal'st seed That the...Gods they were, as men they died. Here are sands, ignoble things, Dropp'd from the ruin'd sides of kings. Here's a world of pomp and state Buried in... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1821 - 374 pages
...hands. Where from their pulpits seal'd in dust, They preach ' In greatness is no trust.' Here's an acre sown indeed With the richest, royal'st seed That the...Gods they were, as men they died. Here are sands, ignoble things, Dropp'd from the ruin'd sides of kings. Here's a world of pomp and state Buried in... | |
| 1824 - 624 pages
...palace ; and that in many a royal cemetery — " Here 'e an acre sown indeed With the richest royal seed That the earth did e'er suck in Since the first man died for .-in. Here are sands, ignoble things, Dropt from the royal sides of kings." happiest period of his... | |
| 1826 - 310 pages
...hand» Where from their pulpits seal'd with dust, They preach, in greatness is no trust. Here's an acre sown indeed, With the richest, royal'st seed, That...bones of birth have cried, Though gods they were, yet men they died : Here are sands, ignoble things, Dropp'd from the ruin'd sides of kings. Here's... | |
| Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pages
...dust They preach, "In greatness is no trust." Here's an acre sown indeed With the richest royallest seed That the earth did e'er suck in Since the first...gods they were, as men they died!" Here are sands, ignoble things, Dropt from the niin'd sides of kings: Here's a world of pomp and state Buried iu dust,... | |
| Giles Fletcher - 1836 - 442 pages
...Where, from their pulpits seal'd with dust, They preach — in greatness is no trust. Here's an acre sown indeed With the richest, royal'st seed, That...gods they were, as men they died : Here are sands, ignoble things, Dropt from the ruin'd sides of kings. Here's a world of pomp and state Buried in dust,... | |
| Richard Cattermole - 1836 - 436 pages
...Where, from their pulpits seal'd with dust, They preach — in greatness is no trust. Here's an acre sown indeed With the richest, royal'st seed, That...gods they were, as men they died : Here are sands, ignoble things, Dropt from the ruin'd sides of kings. Here's a world of pomp and state Buried in dust,... | |
| 1844 - 582 pages
...duet, They preach, 'In greatness is no trust " Here's an acre, sown indeed Wth the richest royall'st seed That the earth did e'er suck in, Since the first man dy'd for sin." The multitude of monuments which it contains, from that of King Henry III. upwards (omitting,... | |
| Sacred cabinet - 1841 - 222 pages
...preach — in greatness is no trust. Here's an acre sown indeed With the richest, royal'st seed, 104 That the earth did e'er suck in Since the first man...Though gods they were, as men they died Here are sands, ignoble things, Dropt from the ruin'd sides of kings. Here's a world of pomp and state Buried in dust,... | |
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