 | 1887 - 610 psl.
...'Book.' ' When wasteful war shall statues overturn, And broils root out the work of masonry, Nor Mars his sword, nor war's quick fire shall burn The living...posterity That wear this world out to the ending doom.' Inscrutability of family origin was a traditional Douglas vaunt. ' You may see us in the stem,' they... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 486 psl.
...*. When wasteful war shall statues overturn, And broils root out the work of masonry, Nor Mars his sword nor war's quick fire shall burn The living record of your memory'''. 'Gainst death and all-oblivious enmity Shall you pace forth ; your praise shall still find room Even in the eyes of all... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 510 psl.
...When wasteful war shall statues overturn, ' And broils root out the work of masonry, ' Nor Mars his sword, nor war's quick fire, shall burn ' The living record of your memory ; " &c. So also, in his 81st Sonnet : " Your monument shall be my gentle verse." MALONE. Mr. Gifford... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1826 - 216 psl.
...time. When wasteful war shall statues overturn, And broils root out the work of masonry, Nor Mars his sword, nor war's quick fire shall burn The living record of your memory, 'Gainst death and all-oblivious' enmity Shall you pace forth; your praise shall still find room, Even in the eyes of... | |
 | William Shakespeare, William Harness - 1830 - 654 psl.
...time. When wasteful war shall statues overturn, And broils root out the work of masonry, Nor Mars his sword nor war's quick fire shall burn The living record of your memory. 'Gainst death and all-oblivious enmity Shall you pace forth; your praise shall still f,nd room, Even in the eyes of all... | |
 | 1833 - 388 psl.
...time. When wasteful war shall statues overturn. And broils root out the work of masonry, Nor Mars's sword nor war's quick fire shall burn The living record...you pace forth ¡ your praise shall still find room E'en in the eyes of all posterity That wear this world out to the ending doom. So till the judgment,... | |
 | 1833 - 240 psl.
...time. When wasteful war shall statues overturn, And broils root out the work of masonry, Nor Mars his sword nor war's quick fire shall burn The living record of your memory. 'Gainst death and all-oblivious enmity Shall you pace forth ; your praise shall still find room Even in the eyes of all... | |
 | David Lester Richardson - 1840 - 354 psl.
...time. When wasteful war shall statues overturn, And broils root out the work of masonry, Nor Marsis' sword, nor war's quick fire shall burn The living...you pace forth ; your praise shall still find room, E'en in the eyes of all posterity That wear this world out to the ending doom. So till the judgment... | |
 | David Lester Richardson - 1840 - 352 psl.
...time. When wasteful war shall statues overturn, And broils root out the work of masonry, Nor Marsis' sword, nor war's quick fire shall burn The living...you pace forth ; your praise shall still find room, E'en in the eyes of all posterity That wear this world out to the ending doom. So till the judgment... | |
 | David Lester Richardson - 1840 - 376 psl.
...time. When wasteful war shall statues overturn, And broils root out the work of masonry, Nor Marsis' sword, nor war's quick fire shall burn The living...you pace forth ; your praise shall still find room, E'en in the eyes of all posterity That wear this world out to the ending doom. So till the judgment... | |
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Not marble, nor the gilded monuments Of princes, shall out-live this powerful rhyme ; But you shall shine more bright in these contents Than unswept stone, besmear'd with sluttish time. When wasteful war shall statues overturn, And broils root out the... 
