 | John Milton - 1838 - 496 pages
...thee long. 10 AN EPITAPH ON THE ADMIRABLE DRAMATIC POET W. SHAKESPEARE.* WHAT needs my Shakespeare for his honour'd bones, The labour of an age in piled...pyramid ? Dear son of memory, great heir of fame, 6 What need'st thou such weak witness of thy name ? Thou in our wonder and astonishment Hast built... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1838 - 790 pages
...Epitaph on the Admirable Dramatick Foe!. W. Shakspeare. What needs my Shakspeare for his honour'd bone«, » of the mind, study and fast. He (to give fear to use and liberty, Which have, for long, star-y point ing pj ramid ? Dear son of memory, great heir of fame. W hat need st thou such weak witness... | |
 | 1838 - 722 pages
...He took a paper from his pocket, and began to read. " ON SHAKSPEARE. " What needs my Shakspeare for his honour'd bones The labour of an age in piled stones "! Or that his hallow'd relics should be hid Under a starry pointing pyramid 1 Dear son of memory, great heir of fame, What... | |
 | John Milton - 1839 - 496 pages
...thee long. 10 AN EPITAPH ON THE ADMIRABLE DRAMATIC POET W. SHAKESPEARE.* WHAT needs my Shakespeare for his honour'd bones, The labour of an age in piled...pyramid ? Dear son of memory, great heir of fame, 5 What need'st thou such weak witness of thy name ? Thou in our wonder and astonishment Hast built... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1841 - 316 pages
...truth. JOHl'fOM. BP1TAPH ON WILLIAM SHAKSPEARE, JOHN MILTON. What needs my Shakspeare for his hooour'd bones. The labour of an age in piled stones : Or that...star-ypointing pyramid ? Dear son of memory, great heir of fnme, What need'st thou such weak witness of thy name ? Thou, in our wonder and astonishment, Hast... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1841 - 844 pages
...Shakspeare for his honour'd bones The labour of an age in piled stones, Or that his hallow'd rclira should be hid Under a star-ypointing pyramid ! Dear...fame. What need'st thou such weak witness of thy name? Thou in our wonder and astonishment Hast built thyself a live-long monument. For whilst to the shame... | |
 | 1847 - 662 pages
...Shakspeare for hia honor'd bones The labor of an age in piled stones * Or that his hallow'd relics should be hid Under a stary-pointing pyramid ? Dear son of memory, great heir of fame ! What need's! thou suc/i weak witness of thy name 1 Thou, in our wonder and astonishment, Hast built thyself... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1841 - 400 pages
...offering that upon such an altar would not be unworthy. ' What needs my Shakspeare for his honoured bones The labour of an age in piled stones, Or that his hallowed reliques should be hid Under a star y-pointing pyramid ? Dear Son of Memory, great Heir of... | |
 | Eliza Robbins - 1842 - 352 pages
...is among the most interesting tributes to his memory : " What needs my Shakspeare for his honoured bones The labour of an age in piled stones, Or that his hallowed reliques should be hid Under a star-y-pointing pyramid ? Dear son of memory, great heir of... | |
 | John Milton - 1843 - 444 pages
...epitaph On the admirable dramatic poet, Shakspeare, commencing thus :— " What needs my Shakspeare for his honour'd bones, The labour of an age in piled...reliques should be hid Under a star-ypointing pyramid?" It is remarkable that, while our author was himself meditating " to build the lofty rhyme," and frame... | |
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WHAT needs my Shakespeare, for his honour'd bones, The labour of an age in piled stones? Or that his hallow'd relics should be hid Under a star-ypointing pyramid? Dear son of memory, great heir of fame, What need'st thou such weak witness of thy name?... 
