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 - 1840 - 368 pages
...Has felt the influence of malignant star, And waged with Fortune an eternal war ; Chec'k 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! And yet the languor of inglorious... | |
| College student newspapers and periodicals - 1842 - 542 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 dropt into the grave, unpitied and unknown. GEORGE HERBERT. (Concluded from p.... | |
| Charles Walker Connon - 1845 - 176 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.— Seattle. my child is it where... | |
| James M. Morrison - 1847 - 126 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." BEATTIB O! JAMIE, dool an' sorrow on... | |
| Allen Hayden Weld - English language - 1848 - 120 pages
...felt the influence of malignant star, And waged with Fortune an eternal war ; 5 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 dropp'd into the grave, unpitied and unknown ! II. And yet, the languor of inglorious... | |
| Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 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 dropp'd into the grave, unpitied and unknown. 118. 'Tis not in man To look unmoved... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1851 - 768 pages
...felt the influenee 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, unpitied and unknown ! And yet the languor of inglorious... | |
| Stephen Watkins Clark - English language - 1851 - 204 pages
...felt the influence of malignant star, 5 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 ! 10 And yet the languor of inglorious... | |
| Abraham Mills - English literature - 1851 - 616 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, unpitied and unknown! And yet the languor of inglorious... | |
| James Robert Boyd - English language - 1852 - 364 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 hath pined alone, Then dropp'd into the grave, unpitied and unimown !' (^. Wh»t is the shortest stanza in our... | |
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