...desire of memory, fame, and celebration ; and in effect, the strength of all other human .desires. We see then how far the monuments of wit and learning...? It is not possible to have the true pictures or statuas of Cyrus, Alexander, Caesar, no nor of the kings or great personages of much later years ;...

...shall outlive this powerful rhyme." Sonnet 55 (1609). " When wasteful war shall statues overturn, " We see, then, how far the monuments of wit and learning...twenty-five hundred years or more, without the loss of a syl149 And broils root out the work of masonry, Shall you pace forth ; your praise shall still find...

...shall outlive this powerful rhyme." Sonnet 55 (1609). " When wasteful war shall statues overturn, " We see, then, how far the monuments of wit and learning...continued twenty-five hundred years or more, without the losa of » syl148 149 And broils root out the work of masonry, Shall you pace forth ; your praise shall...

...desire of memory, fame, and celebration, and in effect, the strength of all other humane desires ; we see then how far the monuments of wit and learning...verses of Homer continued twenty-five hundred years and more, without the loss of a syllable or letter; during which time infinite palaces, temples, castles,...

...shall outlive this powerful rhyme." Sonnet 55 (1609). " When wasteful war shall statues overturn, " We see, then, how far the monuments of wit and learning...or of the hands. For have not the verses of Homer continned twenty-five hundred years or more, without the loss of a syl149 And broils root out the work...

..." For have not the verses of Homer continued 2500 years or more without the loss of a syllable or a letter, during which time infinite palaces, temples,...? It is not possible to have the true pictures or statueB of Cyrus, Alexander, or Caesar ; no, nor of the kings or great personages of much later years...

...how far the monuments of wit and learning are more durable than the monuments of power or of the 20 hands. For have not the verses of Homer continued...demolished? It is not possible to have the true pictures or statuaes of 25 Cyrus, Alexander, Caesar, no, nor of the kings or great personages of much later years...

...the desire of memory, fame, and celebration, and in effect the strength of all other human desires. We see then how far the monuments of wit and learning...more durable than the monuments of power or of the 20 hands. For have not the verses of Homer continued twenty-five hundred years or more without the...

...the desire of memory, fame, and celebration ; and in effect, the strength of all other human desires. We see then how far the monuments of wit and learning...palaces, temples, castles, cities, have been decayed 63 So edd. 1629 and 1633. The original has ¡ace. and demolished ? It is not possible to have the true...

...alternately alarmed and relieved by the thought that the works of man are doomed to ruin, but that the monuments of Wit and Learning are more durable than the monuments of Power or of hand ; the poet of the Sonnets (like Prospero, whom Miranda never till this day saw with anger so distempered),...