...answer to Raleigh's claim in History of the World (1614): "O eloquent, just and mighty death! . . . thou hast drawn together all the far-stretched greatness,...the pride, cruelty and ambition of man, and covered all over with these two narrow words, Hie iacet" (bk. 5, ch. 6, sect. 12). Ferry (1983, 220) notes...

...acknowledge it. O eloquent, just, and mighty Death! . . . whom all the world hath flattered, thou only hath cast out of the world and despised; thou hast drawn...it all over with these two narrow words: Hicjacet! There is something at work here which recalls that interplay of power and desire in Sir Thomas Wyatt's...

...assured', or his contemporary Ralegh invokes the figure of 'eloquent, just, and mighty Death' to rebuke 'all the far-stretched greatness, all the pride, cruelty, and ambition of man', the impulse has nothing in common with 'humanism': a generalised 'man' is called up only to be exposed...

...rottenness, and they acknowledge it. Oh, eloquent, just, and mighty Death ! Whom none could advise, thou hast persuaded ; what none hath dared, thou hast done ;...and covered it all over with these two narrow words, — Hie jacet " / In conclusion, we can hardly doubt that the speech was made substantially as it has...

...power of death. "O eloquent, just and mightie Death!" he exclaimed, "Whom none could advise, thou hast persuaded; what none hath dared, thou hast done; and...hast cast out of the world and despised: thou hast drawne together all the farre stretched greatnesse, all the pride, crueltie and ambition of man, and...

...flattered, thou only hath cast out of the world and despised; thou hast drawn together all the far-fetched greatness, all the pride, cruelty, and ambition of...and covered it all over with these two narrow words: Hie jacet! (History, p. 396) An adoring identification with a ruthless omnipotence is made from an...

...happily strike out his teeth. 9370 The History of the World O eloquent, just, and mighty Death! ... 6569 In creating, the only hard thing's to begin; A grass-blade's no easier to make t ambitlon of man, and covered it all over with these two narrow words, Hicjacet [Here lies). 9371 'As...

...persuaded; what none hath dared, thou hast done; and whom all the world hath flattered, thou only hath cast out of the world and despised; thou hast drawn together all the far-fetched greatness, all the pride, cruelty, and ambition of man, and covered it all over with these...

...rottenness, and they acknowledge it. O eloquent, just and mighty Death! whom none could advise, thou hast persuaded; what none hath dared, thou hast done; and...thou only hast cast out of the world and despised. Sir Walter Raleigh I am no longer afraid of death, I know well its dark and cold corridors leading...

...suddenly make man to know himself. 0 eloquent, just, and mighty Death! whom none could advise, thou hast persuaded; what none hath dared, thou hast done; and whom all the world hath flattered, thou only hath cast out of the world and despised, (p. 396) Submission to, and an adoring identification with,...