 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - Katahdin, Mount (Me.) - 1848 - 668 pages
...Perchance in this vilu spot Here vili he laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire ; Hands thai the rod of empire might have swayed. Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre." The next honse was Fisk's, ten miles from the Point, at the month of the East Branch, opposite to the... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1848 - 602 pages
...Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire; Hands that the rod of empire might have sway d, Or wak'd to ecstasy the living lyre. But knowledge to their eyes her ample page Rich with the spoils oftime did ne'er unroll ; Chill Penury repress'd th(-ir noble rage, And froze... | |
 | Anna Maria Hall - 1848 - 612 pages
...heart once pregnant with celestial fire ; Hands that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or wak'd to ecstasy the living lyre. But knowledge to their eyes her ample page Itich with the spoils of time did ne'er unroll; VIII. " These violent delights have violent ends,... | |
 | 1848 - 308 pages
...heart once pregnant with celestial fire ; Hands that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or wak'd to ecstasy the living lyre. But knowledge to their eyes her ample page Kich with the spoils of time did ne'er unroll; Chill Penury repress'd their nohle rage, And froze... | |
 | English literature - 1848 - 314 pages
...heart once pregnant with celestial fire ; Hands that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or wak'd to ecstasy the living lyre. But knowledge to their eyes her ample page Rich with the spoils of time did ne'er unroll ; Chill Penury repress'd their noble rage, And froze... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - Elocution - 1849 - 446 pages
...? Perhaps, in this neglected spot, is laid 10 Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire ; Hands that the rod of empire might have swayed, Or waked...living lyre : But Knowledge to their eyes her ample page, Rich with the spoils of time, did ne'er unroll ; 15 Chill Penury repressed their noble rage,... | |
 | Literature - 1849 - 820 pages
...GRACEHAM. Perhaps in this neglected »pot is laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire ; Hands that the rod of empire might have swayed, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre. — Gray. Some years since, on the morning of Easter Sunday, I rode to the village of Graceham in the... | |
 | Salem Town - Readers - 1850 - 374 pages
...? 12. Perhaps, in this neglected spot, is laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire ; Hands that the rod of empire might have swayed, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre. 13. But knowledge to their eyes her ample page, Rich with the spoils of time, did ne'er unroll; Chill... | |
 | Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 pages
...heart once pregnant with celestial fire ; Hands, that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or wak'd to ecstasy the living lyre ; But Knowledge to their eyes her ample page, Rich with the spoils of time, did ne'er unroll ; Chill penury repress'd their noble rago, And... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - English language - 1851 - 468 pages
...dust, Or Flattery soothe the dull cold ear of death 1 Perhaps, in this neglected spot, is laid Hands, that the rod of empire might have swayed, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre: Some heart, once pregnant with celestial fire; But Knowledge to their eyes her ample page, Rich with... | |
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Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre ; But Knowledge to their eyes her ample page, Rich with the spoils of time, did ne'er unroll ; Chill Penury repressed their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul. 
