 | English authors - 1876 - 484 lapas
...wit. Nature never set forth the earth in so rich tapestry as diverse poets have done; neither with so pleasant rivers, fruitful trees, sweet-smelling flowers, nor whatsoever else may make the too much-loved earth more lovely. Her world is brazen, the poets only deliver a golden.—The Defence... | |
 | Paul Stapfer - 1880 - 520 lapas
...than in our own, that the products of art are superior to those of nature. " Nature," writes Sidney, " never set forth the earth in so rich tapestry, as...sweet-smelling flowers, nor whatsoever else may make the too much loved earth more lovely. Her world is brazen, the poets only deliver a golden ; but let those... | |
 | English authors - 1880 - 178 lapas
...1585. Wounded at Zutphen, and died, 1586.] POETS AND NATURE. — Nature never set forth the earth ill so rich tapestry, as divers Poets have done, neither with pleasant rivers, fruitful trees, sweet smelling flowers ; nor whatsoever else may make the too much loved earth more lovely. Her world... | |
 | William Minto - 1881 - 596 lapas
...poet's chief end, is the saying above quoted, that " nature's world is brazen, the poet's only golden." "Nature never set forth the earth in so rich tapestry...sweet-smelling flowers, nor whatsoever else may make the too much loved earth n:ora lovely." He eloquently defends the usefulness of poetry : it furnishes speaking... | |
 | 1885 - 120 lapas
...are enshrined in his verse, " As in their amber sweets the smothered bees." Sir Philip Sidney says, " Nature never set forth the earth in so rich tapestry as divers poets have done." The scenery of Scotland is full of enchantment, but how much of it has come from the songs of the Ploughman... | |
 | Frank Parsons, Fred Erastus Crawford, H. T. Richardson - 1889 - 156 lapas
...world, a garment nobler than it covers." " My library was dukedom large enough." Sidney, Sir Philip. "Nature never set forth the earth in so rich tapestry as divers poets have done." Smiles, Sam. " Men often discover their affinity to each other by the mutual love they have for a book."... | |
 | Philip Sidney - 1890 - 206 lapas
...zodiac of his own wit. Nature never set forth the earth in so rich tapestry as divers poets have 35 done ; neither with pleasant rivers, fruitful trees,...sweetsmelling flowers, nor whatsoever else may make the too\ much-loved earth more lovely ; her world is brazen, the poets only deliver a golden. 1 5 But let... | |
 | Philip Sidney - 1890 - 210 lapas
...enclosed within the narrow warrant of her gifts, but freely ranging within the zodiac of his own wit. Nature never set forth the earth in so rich tapestry as divers poets have 3s 8 CREATES NATURE AND MAN ANEW. done ; neither with pleasant rivers, fruitful trees, sweetsmelling... | |
 | Sir John Lubbock - 1891 - 304 lapas
...pleasure from Nature, which to those who love it is all " beauty to the eye and music to the ear." " Yet Nature never set forth the earth in so rich tapestry as divers poets have done ; neither with so pleasant rivers, fruitful trees, sweet-smelling flowers, nor whatsoever else may make the too-much-loved... | |
 | John Dando Sedding - 1891 - 290 lapas
...enclosed within the narrow warrant of her gifts, but freely ranging within the zodiac of his own wit. Nature never set forth the earth in so rich tapestry as divers poets have done ; neither with so pleasant rivers, fruitful trees, sweetsmelling flowers, nor whatsoever else may make the too-much... | |
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Nature never set forth the earth in so rich tapestry as divers poets have done, neither with pleasant rivers, fruitful trees, sweet-smelling flowers, nor whatsoever else may make the too much loved earth more lovely. Her world is brazen, the poets only... 
