...replied, and touched my trembling ears ; Fume is no plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glist'ring But sec, the man who spacious regions gave A waste...survey, At once the chaser, and at once the prey : Of so much fame in heaven expect thy meed. 0 fountain Arethuse ! and thou honored flood, Smooth-sliding...

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...showered down to us as the fruit of that " plant " which Milton asserts " grows not on mortal soil," — " But lives and spreads aloft by those pure eyes, And perfect witness of all-judging Jove." Where is the fountain-head of all Harmony ? — what is Art? — what is Music ? — what Poetry ?...

...presented: 'Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glistering foil Set off to th'world, nor in broad rumor lies, But lives and spreads aloft...those pure eyes And perfect witness of all-judging )ove; As he pronounces lastly on each deed, Of so much fame in Heav'n expect thy meed.' (lines 78-84)...

...grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glistering foil Set off to the world, nor in broad rumour lies, 80 But lives and spreads aloft by those pure eyes And...perfect witness of all-judging Jove; As he pronounces lasdy on each deed, Of so much fame in heaven expect thy meed.' O fountain Arethuse,105 and thou honoured...

...that grows on mortal soil. Nor in the glistering foil Set off to th'world, nor in broad rumor lies, 80 But lives and spreads aloft by those pure eyes And...all-judging Jove; As he pronounces lastly on each deed, Of so much fame in Heav'n expect thy meed," O fountain Arethuse, and thou honor'd flood, Smooth-sliding...

...plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glistering foil Set off to the world, nor in broad rumour lies, But lives and spreads aloft by those pure eyes...all-judging Jove; As he pronounces lastly on each deed, Of so much fame in heaven expect thy meed. (78-84) The Renaissance desire for fame is strong in Milton,70...

...trembling ears. "Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glistering foil Set off to th' world, nor in broad rumor lies; But lives, and spreads...all-judging Jove: As he pronounces lastly on each deed, Of so much fame in Heav'n expect thy meed." O fountain Arethuse, and thou honor'd flood, Smooth-sliding...

...plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glistering foil Set off to the world, nor in broad rumour lies, But lives and spreads aloft by those pure eyes, And perfect witness of all-judgingjove; As he pronounces lasdy on each deed, Of so much fame in heaven expect thy meed.64...

...all the stars. Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glistering foil Set off to th' world, nor in broad rumor lies, But lives and spreads...all-judging Jove; As he pronounces lastly on each deed . . . (Lycidas, 78-83) 12451 Sometime during the 1950s, the portrait froze. Perhaps Ruth considered...