 Through the azure deep of air : Yet oft before his infant eyes would run Such forms as glitter in the Muse's ray, With orient hues unborrow'd of the sun ; Yet shall he mount, and keep his distant way Beyond the limits of a vulgar fate, Beneath the Good...  Poems - Page 242by James Russell Lowell - 1844 - 279 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Gray - 1799 - 270 pages
...from the following in Sir William 't Essay on Poetry, in his Miscellanies. Speaking of the qualities I Beyond the limits of a vulgar fate, Beneath the Good how far — but far above the Great. of a poet, " there must be," says he, " a spntcly imagination or fancy, " fertile in a thousand productions,... | |
 | Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1804 - 224 pages
...[1C] This passage seems borrowed from the following in Sir William Temple's Essay on Poetry, in his Beyond the limits of a vulgar fate, Beneath the Good how far — but far above the Great. Miscellanies. Speaking of the qualities of a poet, " there must be," says he " a sprightly imagination... | |
 | John Dryden - 1808 - 382 pages
...infant-eyes would run Such forms, as glitter in the Muse's ray With orient hues, unborrow'd of the sun : Yet shall he mount, and keep his distant way Beyond...Beneath the good how far — but far above the great. HEROIC STANZAS OV THE DEATH OF OLIVER CROMWELL. WRITTEN AFTER HIS FUNERAL. 1658. AND now 'tis time:... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 pages
...orient hues, uuborrow'd of the sun ; Yet shall he mount, and keep his distant way Beyond the limits^fa vulgar fate, Beneath the good how far. ...but far above the great. ODE VI. THE BARD. Pindaric. Advertisement. The follaving Ode is fmmded tm a Tradition current •'«... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1807 - 728 pages
...Hark ! heard ye not you footstep dreud V &c, t Pindar, i With orient hues, unborrow'd of the Sun : Yet shall he mount, and keep his distant way Beyond...Beneath the Good how far — but far above the Great. ODE VI. THE BARD. PINDARIC ». I. l. ' -LVUIN seize thee, ruthless King! ' Confusion on thy hanners... | |
 | John Dryden, Thomas Park - 1808 - 374 pages
...infant-eyes would run Such forms, as glitter in the Muse's ray With orient hues, unborrow'd of the sun : Yet shall he mount, and keep his distant way Beyond...the limits of a vulgar fate, Beneath the good how far-r-butfar above the great. HEROIC STANZAS ON THE DEATH OF OLIVER CROMWELL. WRITTEN AFTER HIS FUNERAL.... | |
 | 1809 - 402 pages
...eyes would run Sach forms as glitter in the muse's ray, With orient hues, uu borrow 'd of the sun, Yet shall he mount, and keep his distant way Beyond...Beneath the good how far — but far above the great! THE DESCENT OF ODIN-AN ODE. ':-.:>-• the king of men with speed, A nd saddled straight his coal-black... | |
 | English poetry - English poetry - 1809 - 302 pages
...infant eyes would run Such forms, as glitter in the Muse's ray With orient hues, unborrow'd of the Sun : Yet shall he mount, and keep his distant way Beyond...Beneath the Good how far — but far above the Great. ODE ON LYRIC POETRY. [AKF..MSIDE.] I. K ONCE more I join the Thespian choir, And taste th' inspiring... | |
 | British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 526 pages
...infant eyes would run Such forms as glitter in the Muses' ray With orient hues, unborrow'd of the sun; Yet shall he mount and keep his distant way Beyond...Beneath the good how far— but far above the great. ODE. On the Spring. LO ! where the rosy-bosom'd hours, Fair Venus' train, appear, Disclose the long... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1809 - 604 pages
...infant eyes would run Such forms as plittcr in the Muse's ray, With orient hues, unborrow'd of the sun, Yet shall he mount, and keep his distant way Beyond the limits of a vulgar fate, [Great! Beneath the Good how far — but far above the § 76. The Bard. A Pindaric Ode. GRAY. I. 1.... | |
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