 AH ! who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar ; Ah ! who can tell how many a soul sublime Has felt the influence of malignant star, And waged with Fortune an eternal war ; Check'd by the scoff of Pride, by Envy's...  The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal - Page 811774Full view - About this book
 | English poetry - 1826 - 300 pages
...felt the influence of malignant star, And wag'd with Fortune an eternal war ; Oheck'd by the scoff of Pride, by Envy's frown, And Poverty's unconquerable bar, In life's low vale, remote has pin'd alone, Then dropp'd into the grave, unpitied and unknown. VOL. VI. 13 And yet, the languor... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1830 - 844 pages
...lias felt the influence of malignant star, And waged with Fortune an eternal war; Checked by the scoff + lias pined alone, Then dropped. into the grave, uu pitied and unknown! And yet the languor of inglorious... | |
 | James Beattie - 1831 - 330 pages
...felt the influence of malignant star, And waged with Fortune an eternal war ; Check'd by the scoff of Pride, by Envy's frown, And Poverty's unconquerable bar, In life's low vale remote has pined alone, Then dropt into the grave, unpitied and unknown ! II. Would shrink to hear the obstreperous... | |
 | 1831 - 426 pages
...Has felt the influence of malignant star, And waged with Fortune an eternal war; Cbeck'd by the scoff of Pride, by Envy's frown, And Poverty's unconquerable bar, In life's low vale remote has pined alone, Then dropp'd into the grave, unpitled and unknown 1 II. And yet, the languor of inglorious... | |
 | James Beattie - 1831 - 340 pages
...felt the influence of malignant star, And waged with Fortune an eternal war ; Check'd by the scoff of Pride, by Envy's frown, And Poverty's unconquerable bar, In life's low vale remote has pined alone, Then dropt into the grave, unpitied and unknown ! And yet the langour of inglorious... | |
 | Naval art and science - 1851 - 830 pages
...Ha* felt the influence of malignant star, And wag'd with fortune an eternal war? Check'd by the scoff of pride, by Envy's frown, And poverty's unconquerable bar; In life's low vale remote has pin'd alone, Then drop'd into the grave, unpiticd and unknown!" How far the conclusion was likely,... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...Has felt the influence of malignant star, And waged with Fortune an eternal war? Checked by the scoff of Pride, by Envy's frown, And Poverty's unconquerable bar, In life's low vale remote has pined alone, Then dropped into the grave, un1 >it in I and unknown! [From The Minstrel.] THE CHARMS... | |
 | President of a college - Composition (Language arts) - 1836 - 156 pages
...Hath felt the influence of malignant star, And waged with Fortune an eternal war; Check'a by the scoff of Pride, by Envy's frown, And Poverty's unconquerable bar, In life's low vale remote hath pined alone, , Then dropt into the grave unpiiied and unknown 1" Q,. What is the shortest stanza in our language?... | |
 | Charles Bucke - Anecdotes - 1837 - 360 pages
...Has felt the influence of malignant star; And waged with fortune an eternal war. Check'd by the scoff of Pride, by Envy's frown, And Poverty's unconquerable bar, In life's low vale, remote, has pined alone, Then dropp'd into the grave—unpitied and unknown!' Seatlie; Minstrel. CCX. WHOSE... | |
 | Margaret Richardson - 1839 - 236 pages
...felt the influence of malignant star, And waged with fortune an eternal war ; Check'd by the scoff of Pride, by Envy's frown, And Poverty's unconquerable bar, In life's low vale, remote has pin'd alone. Then dropt into the grave, unpitied and unknown." BEATTIE'S MINSTREL. POEMS. THE CORONATION.... | |
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