 Had fed the feeling of their masters' thoughts, And every sweetness that inspir'd their hearts, Their minds, and muses on admired themes; If all the heavenly quintessence they still From their immortal flowers of poesy, Wherein, as in a mirror, we perceive...  The North American Review - Page 39edited by - 1846Full view - About this book
 | Christopher Marlowe, Percy Pinkerton - English drama - 1885 - 354 pages
...perceive The highest reaches of a human wit; If these hiii! made one poem's period, And all combiu'd in beauty's worthiness, Yet should there hover in...restless heads One thought, one grace, one wonder, at the least, Which into words no virtue can digest. But how unseemly is it for my sex, Hy discipline of arms... | |
 | Christopher Marlowe - 1885 - 250 pages
...perceive The highest reaches of a human wit ; If these had made one poem's period, And all combiu'd in beauty's worthiness, Yet should there hover in...restless heads One thought, one grace, one wonder, at the least, Which into words no virtue can digest. But how unseemly is it lor my sex, My discipline of arms... | |
 | Christopher Marlowe - 1885 - 422 pages
...reaches of a human wit; If these had made one poem's period, And all combined in beauty's worthiness, 170 Yet should there hover in their restless heads One thought, one grace, one wonder, at the least, Which into words no virtue can digest. But how unseemly is it for my sex, My discipline of arms... | |
 | Christopher Marlowe - 1885 - 436 pages
...reaches of a human wit; If these had made one poem's period, And all combined in beauty's worthiness, 173 Yet should there hover in their restless heads One thought, one grace, one wonder, at the least, Which into words no virtue can digest But how unseemly is it for my sex, My discipline of arms... | |
 | George Saintsbury - England - 1887 - 530 pages
...perceive The highest reaches of a human wit ; If these had made one poem's period, And all combined in beauty's worthiness, Yet should there hover in...restless heads One thought, one grace, one wonder at the least Which into words no virtue can digest." It is no wonder that the whole school has been dwarfed... | |
 | Edward Dowden - Criticism - 1888 - 544 pages
...Had fed the feeling of their masters' thoughts, And every sweetness that inspired their hearts, Their minds, and muses on admired themes ; If all the heavenly...restless heads, One thought, one grace, one wonder at the least, Which into words no virtue can digest." If another passage in " Tamburlaine " : — " Still... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - English poetry - 1888 - 356 pages
...world's delight.' Perhaps we should read "lost"! If these had made one poem's period, And all combined in beauty's worthiness ; Yet should there hover in...the best, Which into words no virtue can digest." * Spenser, at his best, has come as near to expressing this unattainable something as any other poet.... | |
 | Children's poetry, English - 1889 - 552 pages
...perceive The highest reaches of a human wit ; If these had made one poem's period, And all combined in beauty's worthiness, Yet should there hover in...restless heads One thought, one grace, one wonder at the least Which into words no virtue can digest. C. MARLOWE 124.— MEDITATION OF LORD STRAFFORD IN THE... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - English literature - 1889 - 514 pages
...perceive The highest reaches of a human wit; — If these had made one poem's period, And all combined in beauty's worthiness, Yet should there hover in...restless heads One thought, one grace, one wonder, at the least, Which into words no virtue can digest." Marlowe made snatches at this forbidden fruit with vigorous... | |
 | Christopher Marlowe - 1889 - 408 pages
...perceive The highest reaches of a human wit ; If these had made one poem's period, And all combined in beauty's worthiness, Yet should there hover in...restless heads One thought, one grace, one wonder, at the least, Which into words no virtue can digest : But how unseemly is it for my sex, My discipline of... | |
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