 Thou art not, Penshurst, built to envious show Of touch or marble, nor canst boast a row Of polished pillars, or a roof of gold; Thou hast no lantern whereof tales are told, Or stairs or courts; but stand'st an ancient pile, And these, grudged at, art...  A Handbook for Travellers in Kent and Sussex - Page 127by John Murray (Firm), Richard J. King - 1863 - 395 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 746 pages
...numbers are so cold, When Love is fled, and I grow old. II. TO PENSHURST. THOU art not, Penshiirst, built to envious show, Of touch, or marble ; nor canst boast a row Of polish'd pillars, or a roofe of gold : Thou hast no lanthernp, whereof tales are told ; Or stayre, or courts ; but stand'st... | |
 | Ben Jonson, William Gifford - 1816 - 482 pages
...heirs : — having been forfeited to the crown by the rebellion of sir R. Fane, its last proprietor. * Thou art not, Penshurst, built to envious show Of touch or marble. ] The common kind of black marble Of polish'd pillars, or a roof of gold : Thou hast no lantern, whereof... | |
 | 1839 - 894 pages
..." if true, and in a case of such notoriety, scarcely possible." PENSHURBT. " Thou are not, Penhunt, built to envious show Of touch or marble : nor canst boast a row Or polished pillars, or a roof of gold ; Tbou hast no lantern, whereof tales are told) Or stair or... | |
 | John Chambers - 1829 - 654 pages
...Gilyht. k Ben Jon-oji, in his Forest poem II., has theic lines on Pcnsliurst:— Thon art not, Penshui*t, built to envious show Of touch or marble, nor canst boast a row Of polished pillars, or a roof of gold, Thon hast no lantern whereof tales arc told. I imagine there was... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1834 - 342 pages
...art not, Penshurst, built to envious show, Or touch, of marble ; nor canst boast a row Of polished pillars, or a roof of gold ; Thou hast no lantern, whereof tales are told ; Or stairs, or courts ; but stand'st an ancient pile : And these, grudged at, are reverenced the while.... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1835 - 350 pages
...Thou art not, Penshurst, built to envious show, Or touch, of marble; nor canst boast a row Of polished pillars, or a roof of gold ; Thou hast no lantern, whereof tales are told ; Or stairs, or courts ; but stand'st an ancient pile : And these, grudged at, are reverenced the while.... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1836 - 336 pages
...yee'le not abide him, Since yee heare his falser play, And that he is Venus run-away. TO FENSHURST. THOU art not, Penshurst, built to envious show, Of...; nor canst boast a row Of polish'd pillars, or a roofe of gold : Thou hast no lantherne, whereof tales are told ; Or stayre, or courts ; but stand'st... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1836 - 390 pages
...yee'le not abide him, Since yee heare his falser play, And that he is Venus run-away. TO PENSHURST. Tnou art not, Penshurst, built to envious show, Of touch,...; nor canst boast a row Of polish'd pillars, or a roofe of gold : Thou hast no lantherne, whereof tales are told ; Or stayre, or courts ; but stand'st... | |
 | William Howitt - 1840 - 540 pages
...describes. We shall have speedy reason to recur to this description to shew how true to the fact it is. Thou art not, Penshurst, built to envious show Of touch, or marble ; nor canst boast a row Of polished pillars, or a roofe of gold : Thou hast no lanlherne whereof tales are told ; Or stayre, or... | |
 | William Howitt - 1840 - 560 pages
...speedy reason to recur to this description to shew how true to the fact it is. Thou art not, Fcnshurst, built to envious show Of touch, or marble ; nor canst boast a raw Of polished pillars, or a roofc of gold : Thou hast no lantherne whereof tales are told ; Or stayre,... | |
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