 | 1882 - 816 oldal
...as exquisite poetry ; in our judgment they savour more of exquisite conceit : — As precious gums are not for lasting fire, They but perfume the temple and expire, So she was soon exhaled and vanished hence, A short, sweet odour of a vast expense. In his attempts, by... | |
 | Frederic William Farrar - 1883 - 326 oldal
...: And she was so familiarly received, As one returning, not as one arrived. ****** As precious gums are not for lasting fire, They but perfume the temple and expire : So was she soon exhaled, and vanished hence ; A short sweet odour, of a vast expense. She vanished, we can scarcely... | |
 | Frederic William Farrar - 1883 - 498 oldal
...was new : And she was so familiarly received, As one returning, not as one arrived. As precious gums are not for lasting fire, They but perfume the temple, and expire : So was she soon exhaled, and vanished hence ; A short sweet odour, of a vast expense. She vanished, we can scarcely... | |
 | Five minutes daily readings - 1884 - 408 oldal
...never writ, nor no man ever lov'd. SHAKESPEARE, Sonnet CXVL JKarclj 1 6. ELEONORA. AS precious gums are not for lasting fire, They but perfume the temple and expire ; So was she soon exhal'd, and vanished hence, A short sweet odor, of a vast expence. She vanish'd, — we can scarcely say she dy'd,... | |
 | Edwin O. Chapman - 1884 - 430 oldal
...brave, None but the brave, None but the brave deserve the fair. John Dryden, ELEANORA. As precious gums are not for lasting fire, They but perfume the temple and expire, So was she soon exhaled and vanished hence— A short sweet odor of a vast expense. She vanished — we can scarcely... | |
 | Mary Wilder Tileston - 1884 - 444 oldal
...smile as infants do ! CHAUNCY HARE TOWNSHBND. HEAVEN AND THE SAINTS. FROM "ELEONORA." AS precious gums are not for lasting fire, •^ *• They but perfume the temple, and expire; So was she soon exhaled, and vanished hence ; A short, sweet odor, of a vast expense. She vanished, we can scarcely... | |
 | C. E. Alexander - 1886 - 346 oldal
...great power, To spring — though now a withered flower. R, Herrick cxxx A HAPPY DEATH AS precious gums are not for lasting fire, They but perfume the temple and expire ; So was she born, exhaled, and vanished hence, A short sweet odor, of a vast expense. She vanished, we can scarcely... | |
 | Kenyon West - 1895 - 588 oldal
...'twas her Saviour's time ; and could there be A copy near the original, 'twas she. As precious gums are not for lasting fire. They but perfume the temple and expire; So was she soon exhaled, and vanished hence, A short sweet odour of a vast expense. She vanished, we can scarcely say... | |
 | Kenyon West - 1895 - 614 oldal
...'twas her Saviour's time; and could there be A copy near the original, 'twas she. As precious gums are not for lasting fire, They but perfume the temple and expire; So was she soon exhaled, and vanished hence, A-'short sweet odour of a vast expense. She vanished, we can scarcely... | |
 | Horace Parker Chandler - 1896 - 304 oldal
...low The heart must be that would of Heaven taste. October ELEONORA. <£igi)tcentt). AS precious gums are not for lasting fire, "^^ They but perfume the temple and expire ; So was the soon exhal'd and vanished hence, A short sweet odor, of a vast expense. She vauish'd, — we can... | |
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She pass'd serenely with a single breath; This moment perfect health, the next was death: One sigh did her eternal bliss assure; So... 
