 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
 | Wybert Reeve - 1862 - 224 pages
...world, each in his turn to earn an epitaph culled from Beattie's poems : — " Check'd by the scoff of pride, by envy's frown, And poverty's unconquerable bar, In life's low vale remote he pined alone, Then dropt into the grave, nnpitied and unknown !" Such was the end of a " Jolly Good... | |
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - 1864 - 344 pages
...has felt the influence of malignant star, and wag'd 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 ! And yet the languor of inglorious... | |
 | Great Britain - 1865 - 980 pages
...felt the influence of malignant etar, And waged witli Fortune an eternal w»r; 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 unnitied and unknown." Among the real heroes of humanity... | |
 | Chester Harding - 1866 - 196 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, hath pined alone, Then dropped into the grave, unpitied and unknown !" Sunday, Feb. 27. — Two months of my rent... | |
 | Chester Harding - 1866 - 202 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, hath pined alone, Then dropped into the grave, unpitied and unknown ? " Sunday, Feb. 27. — Two months of my... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - Readers - 1862 - 610 pages
...Has felt the influence of malignant star, And waged with Fortune an eternal war; Chucked by the scoff of Pride, by Envy's frown, And Poverty's unconquerable bar, In life's low vale remote has pined alone, II. And yet the languor of inglorious days Not equally oppressive is to all; Him,... | |
 | Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1868 - 340 pages
...felt the influence of malignant star, And waged with fortune an unequal 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, un pitied and unknown! BEATTIE. Fame's an echo, prattling... | |
 | Robert Frederick Brewer - 1869 - 88 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 the grave, unpitied and unknown. Seattle. Perhaps in this neglected... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1869 - 810 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 dropp'd into the grave, unpitied and unknown ! And yet the languor of inglorious... | |
 | Marcius Willson - Readers (Elementary) - 1870 - 382 pages
...felt the influence of malignant star, And waged with Fortune an eternal war ; Check'd by the scofi" of Pride, by Env-y'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' ! 2. And yet the languor of inglorious... | |
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