 Thou art not, Penshurst, built to envious show Of touch or marble, nor canst boast a row Of polished pillars, or a roof of gold; Thou hast no lantern whereof tales are told, Or stairs or courts; but stand'st an ancient pile, And these, grudged at, art...  The Church Quarterly Review - 339 psl.1893Visos knygos peržiūra - Apie šią knygą
 | William Shakespeare, Ben Jonson - 1879 - 844 psl.
...Greeks, a hard black marble, which, being used as a test of gold, was hence called touch-stone. — B. Of polished pillars or a roof of gold ; Thou hast no lantern, whereof tales are told ; Or stair, or courts ; but stand'st an ancient pile, And these grudged at,... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1881 - 744 psl.
...But at such distance, as the eye May rather yet adore, than spy. TO PENSHURST. (FROM ' THE FOREST.'} Thou art not, Penshurst, built to envious show Of touch or marble ; nor canst boast a row Of polish'd pillars, or a roof of gold : Thou hast no lantern, whereof tales are told ; Or stair, or courts... | |
 | William Adolphus Wheeler - 1881 - 600 psl.
...famous oak which was planted at the birth of Sir Philip Sidney. It is now 22 feet in girth. Thou nrt not, Penshurst, built to envious show Of touch or marble; nor canst boast a row Of polish'd pillars or a roofe of gold ; Thou hast no lantherne, whereof tales are told ; Or stayrc, or... | |
 | 1883 - 628 psl.
...myself, he hath the most virtues that I ever found in any man !" * In the famous lines, beginning — " Thou art not, Penshurst, built to envious show Of touch or marble ; nor canst a row Of polish'd pillars, or a roof of gold . . . Or stair, or courts ; but standst an ancient pile,"... | |
 | John Addington Symonds - 1886 - 230 psl.
...enthusiasm than was common to his muse. " Thou art not, Penshurst, built to envious show Of touch 1 or marble, nor canst boast a row Of polished pillars or a roof of gold : Thou hast no lantern, whereof tales are told ; Or stair, or courts ; but stand'st an ancient pile ; And these, grudged at,... | |
 | Ben Jonson, John Addington Symonds - 1886 - 430 psl.
...Shall make us sad next morning ; or affright The liberty, that we'll enjoy to-night. TO PENSHUKST. THOU art not, PENSHURST, built to envious show Of touch or marble ; nor canst boast a row Of polisb'd pillars, or a roof of gold : Thou hast no lantern, whereof tales are told ; Or stair, or courts... | |
 | John Addington Symonds - 1886 - 220 psl.
...enthusiasm than was common to his muse. " Thou art not, Penshurst, built to envious show Of touch l or marble, nor canst boast a row Of polished pillars or a roof of gold : Thou bast no lantern, whereof tales are told ; Or stair, or courts ; but stand'st an ancient pile ; And... | |
 | James Frothingham Hunnewell - 1886 - 600 psl.
...Ben Jonson has told us, the simplicity of earlier dignity gives it a character, for as he says, — " Thou art not, Penshurst, built to envious show Of touch or marble; " yet, as Southey has added, — " Are days of old familiar to thy mind, O reader, . . . thou wilt... | |
 | John Addington Symonds - 1887 - 212 psl.
...lantern in the next line but one might pass for a prophecy of Walpole's too famous lantern at Iloughton. Of polished pillars or a roof of gold: Thou hast no lantern, whereof tales are told ; Or stair, or courts; but stand'st an ancient pile; And these, grudged at,... | |
 | John Addington Symonds - 1887 - 214 psl.
...lantern in the next line but one might pass for a prophecy of Walpole's too famous lantern at Houghton. Of polished pillars or a roof of gold: Thou hast no lantern, whereof talcs are told ; Or stair, or courts; but stand's! an ancient pile; And these, grudged at,... | |
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