 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
 | Filippo Pananti - Africa, North - 1818 - 524 pages
...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 dropt into the grave, unpitied and unknown ! Some means of independence are in... | |
 | H. Biglow, Orville Luther Holley - American literature - 1818 - 500 pages
...Has 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 rale remote has pin'd alone, Thendropp'd into the grave, unpiiicd and_unknowu !" That every man is... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1819 - 466 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 languor of inglorious... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 278 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 languor of inglorious... | |
 | Franklin James Didier - England - 1822 - 222 pages
...fortune or subsistence in this country. Many a young man of talents and education, " 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 dropt into the grave unpitied and unknown!" A great number of the poor alumni... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - English poetry - 1822 - 560 pages
...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'dinto the grave, unpiticd and unknown ' n. And yet, the languor of inglorious... | |
 | Charles Burton - 1823 - 234 pages
...Hath 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 hath pin'd alone, Then dropt into the grave, unpitied and unknown ! " O how canst thou renounce the boundless... | |
 | Tobias Merton (pseud) - 1824 - 476 pages
...felt the influence of malignant star, And waged with Fortune an eternal war : CJieck'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. But the same sentiments have been... | |
 | John White (A.M.) - 1826 - 340 pages
...Has 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 dropt into the grave, unpitied and unknown. And yet, the languor of inglorious... | |
 | Industrial arts - 1826 - 490 pages
...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 a grave, unpitied and unknown!" LETTERS AND QUERIES. GENTLEMEN,... | |
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