 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1819 - 244 pàgines
...glittering youth, which I have spent betimes — My heart in passion, and my head on rhymes. CCXVIII. What is the end of fame ? 'tis but to fill A certain...kill, And bards burn what they call their " midnight taper,r To have, when the original is dust, A name, a wretched picture, and worse bust. CCXIX. What... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1821 - 460 pàgines
...betimes— « My heart in passion , and my head on rhymes. Ha What is the end of fame ? 'Us but to. fiJJ, A certain portion of uncertain paper: Some liken it...climbing up a hill, Whose summit, like all hills, is loat in, vapour; For' this men write, speak, preach, and herpes. kill, And bards burn what they call... | |
 | Louise Swanton-Belloc - 1824 - 400 pàgines
...glittering youth , which 1 have spent betimes — My heart in passion , and my head on rhymes. 218. What is the end of fame ? 'tis but to fill A certain portion of uncertain papcr : Quelques-uns comparent ce travail à la fatigue de gravir une colline dont le sommet, comme... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1824 - 324 pàgines
...spent hetimes— My heart in passion, and my head on rhymes. CCXVIII. What is the end of fame? 'tis hut to fill A certain portion of uncertain paper; Some liken it to climhing up a hill, Whose summit, like all hills, is lost in vapour; For this men write, speak, preach,... | |
 | Charles Caleb Colton - 1825 - 560 pàgines
...they may not be "cantare pares" but none will doubt that they are "retpondere parati." ccxvm. " Wh.it is the end of fame ? 'tis but to fill A certain portion of uncertain paper c Some liken it to climbing up a bill, , i•.i,., Whose summit, like all hills, are lost in vapour;... | |
 | George Gordon Noël Byron - 1826 - 804 pàgines
...treasure » glittering youth, which I have spent CASTO I. 172 CANTO I. What la the end of fame? 'tin ere and there a sail just skipping In sight, then preacli, and heroes kill, And bards burn what they call their "midnight-taper," To have, when the original... | |
 | Charles Caleb Colton - 1826 - 288 pàgines
...they may not be " cantarc pares" but none will doubt that they are " retpondere paratlT1 CCXVIII. " What is the end of fame ? 'tis but to fill A certain...climbing up a hill, Whose summit, like all hills, are lost in vapour ; J'vr this men write, speak, preach, and heroes kill, And bards burn what they... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1826 - 852 pàgines
...I have spent betimel — My heart in passion,and my head on rhymes. What h the end of fame У 'tie but to fill A certain portion of uncertain paper :...liken it to climbing up a hill, Whose summit, like all hub, la lost in vapour; For thii men write, epeak, preach, and héroe« kill, And bards burn what they... | |
 | Tobias Merton (pseud) - 1826 - 550 pàgines
...others for which I had formerly been an importunate suppliant myself. A portion of that fame For which men write, speak, preach, and heroes kill. And bards burn what they call their ' midnight taper, was now, as the Editor of a Magazine, in some respects, at my disposal, I could dole out my periodical... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 828 pàgines
...influence of malignant star, And waged with Fortune an eternal war. Id. What is the end of fame ? 'Tib but to fill A certain portion of uncertain paper ;...hill. Whose summit, like all hills, is lost in vapour. Byron. CLI'MBER, a plant that creeps upon other supports ; the name of a particular herb. (vy, briony,... | |
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tis but to fill A certain portion of uncertain paper : Some liken it to climbing up a hill, Whose summit, like all hills, is lost in vapour... 
