 How vainly men themselves amaze, To win the palm, the oak, or bays, And their incessant labours see Crowned from some single herb, or tree, Whose short and narrow-verged shade Does prudently their toils upbraid, While all the flowers and trees do close...  Andrew Marvell - Pàgina 45per Augustine Birrell - 1905 - 241 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | 1932 - 1028 pàgines
...is: whether we know what a wind-flower is, unless we happen to be Greek scholars, is quite doubtful. "How vainly men themselves amaze to win the palm, the oak, or bays." Here let him pause and think, who, not having the gift of reading, will never learn to write. For in... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - 1896 - 334 pàgines
...long, it would have been Lilies without—roses within. A. Marvell. LVIII. CXLII. THOUGHTS IN A GARDEN. How vainly men themselves amaze To win the palm, the oak, or bays, And their uncessant labour see Crown'd from some single herb or tree, Whose short and narrow-verged shade B Does prudently... | |
 | Oswald Crawfurd - 1896 - 494 pàgines
...translated to the skies, And give resounding grace to all Heaven's harmonies !—Milton. CXCV. A GARDEN. How vainly men themselves amaze To win the palm, the oak, or bays, And their incessant labours see Crown'd from some single herb or tree, Whose short and narrow-verged shade Does... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1896 - 520 pàgines
...of Latin poems. One of them had the honour of being ascribed to Milton. GOLDWIN SMITH. THE GARDEN. How vainly men themselves amaze, To win the palm, the oak, or bays, And their incessant labours see Crowned from some single herb, or tree, Whose short and narrow-verged shade Does... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - 1897 - 464 pàgines
...whose genuine feeling, descriptive charm, and artistic skill are still as effective as ever. THE GARDEN How vainly men themselves amaze. To win the palm, the oak, or bays: And their incessant labors see Crowned from some single herb, or tree, Whose short and narrow-verged shade Does... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H. Warner, Edward Cornelius Towne - 1897 - 656 pàgines
...whose genuine feeling, descriptive charm, and artistic skill are still as effective as ever. THE GARDEN How vainly men themselves amaze, To win the palm, the oak, or bays: And their incessant labors see Crowned from some single herb, or tree, Whose short and narrow-verged shade Does... | |
 | John Dennis - 1898 - 250 pàgines
...nought t' affright Sweet sleep, that makes more short the night. SPENSER TO MILTON THE GARDEN A. MARVELL How vainly men themselves amaze To win the palm, the...and trees do close To weave the garlands of repose. Fair Quiet, have I found thee here, And Innocence thy sister dear ! Mistaken long, I sought you then... | |
 | Edward Arber - 1899 - 336 pàgines
...cheerful note ; And, all the way, to guide their chime, With falling oars, they kept the time. THE GARDEN. How vainly men themselves amaze To win the palm! the...shade Does prudently their toils upbraid! While all flowers and all trees do close To weave the garlands of repose. Fair Quiet! have I found thee here... | |
 | Edward Arber - 1899 - 338 pàgines
...cheerful note; And, all the way, to guide their chime, With falling oars, they kept the time. THE GARDEN. How vainly men themselves amaze To win the palm! the...shade Does prudently their toils upbraid! While all flowers and all trees do close To weave the garlands of repose. Fair Quiet! have I found thee here;... | |
 | 1899 - 788 pàgines
...GARDEN < Written dr. 1650. published first in first collected edition of Marvell's /•-..,.*. 1681) How vainly men themselves amaze, To win the palm, the oak, or bays, And their incessant labours see Crowned from some single herb, or tree, 5 Whose short and narrow-verged shade... | |
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