 | English poetry - 1853 - 552 pages
...heart once pregnant with celestial fire ; Hands, that the rod of empire might have swayed, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre : But knowledge to their...the spoils of time, did ne'er unroll ; Chill penury repressed their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul. Full many a gem of purest ray... | |
 | Andrew Comstock - Elocution - 1853 - 456 pages
...hear; once pregnant with celestial fire1 ; Hands that the rod of em'pire mighi have sway'd,, ] Or wa&'d to ecstasy the living lyre(. | 'But knowledge to their...spoils of time, did ne'er unroll, ; | Chill penury repress'^ their noble rage', | And froze the genial current of the soulv. | Full many a gem of purest... | |
 | Salem Town - Spellers - 1853 - 182 pages
...YARD. Perhaps, in this neglected spot, is laid Some heart, once pregnant with celestial fire ; Hands, that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or wak'd to ecstasy the livjng lyre : But Knowledge to their eyes her arrfple page, Rich with the spoils of time, did ne'er... | |
 | Theodore Alors W. Buckley - Children's literature, English - 1854 - 332 pages
...its mansion call the fleeting breath ? Can Honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or flattery soothe the dull cold ear of Death? Perhaps in this neglected...might have sway'd, Or wak'd to ecstasy the living Tyre : But Knowledge to their eyes her ample page, Rich with the spoils of Time, did ne'er unroll ;... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1854 - 278 pages
...Death P Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire: Hands, that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or wak'd...the spoils of Time did ne'er unroll; Chill Penury repressed their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul. Full many a gem of purest ray... | |
 | American poetry - 1854 - 456 pages
...heart once pregnant with celestial fire ; Hands that the rod of empire might have swayed, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre. But Knowledge to their...the spoils of time, did ne'er unroll ; Chill Penury repressed their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul, Full many a gem, of purest ray... | |
 | David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - Elocution - 1854 - 440 pages
...heart once pregnant with celestial fire ; Hands that the rod of empire might have swayed, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre. But Knowledge to their...the spoils of time, did ne'er unroll ; Chill Penury repressed their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul. Full many a gem, of purest ray... | |
 | David Nevins Lord - Bible as literature - 1854 - 316 pages
...once pregnant with celestial fire Hands that the rod of empire might have swayed, Or waked to extacy the living lyre. " But knowledge to their eyes her...the spoils of time, did ne'er unroll ; Chill penury repressed their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul. " Pull many a gem of purest ray... | |
 | George Croly - English poetry - 1854 - 426 pages
...pregnant with celestial fire ; Hands, that the rod of empire might have swayed, Or waked to ecstacy the living lyre : But knowledge to their eyes her...the spoils of time, did ne'er unroll, Chill penury repressed their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul. Full many a gem of purest ray... | |
 | John Wilson - 1854 - 252 pages
...services when insisting on being sent—and in some pestilential climate swift death benumbs " Hands that the rod of empire might have sway'd— Or wak'd to ecstasy the living lyre." It is drudgery to sit six, or eight, or ten hours a-day as a clerk in the India-house ; but Charles... | |
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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... 
