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" Nothing can cover his high fame, but Heaven ; No pyramids set off his memories, But the eternal substance of his greatness ; To which I leave him. "
The Cornhill Magazine - Page 300
edited by - 1908
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The British drama, Volume 1

British drama - 1804 - 954 pages
...suppose, Where your unworthy kings lie rakc-d in ashes, A re monuments fit for him ? No, brood of N ilus, Nothing can cover his high fame, but heaven; No pyramids...substance of his greatness, To which I leave him. Take the head away, And, with the body, give it noble burial : Your earth shall now l>e blessed to...
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The British Drama: Tragedies. 2 v

1804 - 516 pages
...suppose, Where your unworthy kings lie raked in ashes. Are monuments fit for him ? No, brood of Nilus, Nothing can cover his high fame, but heaven ; No pyramids...substance of his greatness, To which I leave him. Take the head away, And, with the body, give it noble burial : Your earth shall now be blessed to hold...
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The British drama, Volume 1

British drama - 1804 - 946 pages
...suppose, Where your unworthy kings lie raked in ashes, Arc monuments fit for him ? No, brood of Nilus, Nothing can cover his high fame, but heaven ; No pyramids set off his memories, But the etcnial substance of his greatness, To wlurli I leave him. Take the head away, And, with the body,...
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Specimens of English Dramatic Poets: Who Lived about the Time of Shakespeare ...

Charles Lamb - 1808 - 512 pages
...suppose, Where your unworthy kings lie rak'd in ashes. Are monuments fit for him ? No, brood of Nilus, Nothing can cover his high fame but heaven, No pyramids...substance of his greatness : To which I leave him. Take the head away, And with the body give it noble burial. Your earth shall now be bless'd to hold...
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The modern British drama, Volume 1

British drama - 1811 - 712 pages
...suppose, Where your unworthy kings lie raked in ashes, Are monuments fit for him ? No, brood of Nilus, Nothing can cover his high fame, but heaven ; No pyramids...substance of his greatness, To which I leave him. Take the head away, And, with the body, give it noble burial : Your earth shall now be blessed to hold...
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The Modern British Drama: In Five Volumes, Volume 1

1811 - 718 pages
...suppose, Where your unworthy kings lie raked in ashes, Are monuments fit for him ? No, brood of Nilus, Take the head away, And, with the body, give it noble burial : Your earth shall now be blessed to hold...
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The Dramatic Works of Ben Jonson, and Beaumont and Fletcher, Volume 2

Ben Jonson, John Fletcher, Francis Beaumont - 1811 - 712 pages
...ashes. Are monuments fit for him? No, brood of Nilus, Nothing can cover his high fame, but Heav'n; No pyramids set off his memories. But the eternal substance of his greatness; To which I leave him. Take the head away. And, with the body, give it nob'lc burial : Your earth sliall now be bless'd to...
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Specimens of English Dramatic Poets: Who Lived about the Time of ..., Volume 1

Charles Lamb - 1813 - 502 pages
...suppose, Where your unworthy kings lie rak'd in ashes, Are monuments fit for him ? No, brood of Nilus, Nothing can cover his high fame but heaven, No pyramids...substance of his greatness : To which I leave him. Take the head away, And with the body give it noble burial. Your earth shall now be bless'd to hold...
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Specimens of English Dramatic Poets: Who Lived about the Time of ..., Volume 1

Charles Lamb - 1813 - 508 pages
...your unworthy kings lie rajc'd in ashes, Are monuments fit for him ?, . No, brood of Nilus, •• Nothing can cover his high fame but heaven, No pyramids set off his memories ' But the eternal substanfce of his greatness : . '' J To which I lease him... Take the head away, And with the body...
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Lectures chiefly on the dramatic literature of the age of Elizabeth

William Hazlitt - 1821 - 374 pages
...suppose, Where your unworthy kings lie raked in ashes, Are monuments fit for him! No, brood of Nilus, Nothing can cover his high fame but heaven ; No pyramids...substance of his greatness, To which I leave him." It is something worth living for, to write or even read such poetry as this is, or to know that it...
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