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 - Page 265by Several Hands - 1771Full view - About this book
| John Ross - English poetry - 1878 - 816 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... | |
| Mark Akenside - 1878 - 792 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, Thendropt into the grave, unpitiudand unknown ! n. And yet the languor of inglorious... | |
| John Ross - English poetry - 1878 - 786 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 I And yet the languor of inglorious... | |
| John McGovern - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1880 - 762 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. Governments have nearly always... | |
| James Thomson - 1881 - 502 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 ! IL And yet the languor of inglorious... | |
| Charles Augustus Hulbert - Almondbury (England) - 1882 - 730 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 dropt into the grave, unpitied and unknown ! A century has wrought a vast difference... | |
| Henry Norman Hudson - English poetry - 1882 - 720 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 P 2 And yet the languor of inglorious... | |
| David Herschell Edwards - English poetry - 1883 - 402 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. " Mr Inglis' poems display both fancy... | |
| Edwin O. Chapman - American poetry - 1884 - 430 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 ! James Beattie TO THE MEMORY OF... | |
| James Hutchison Stirling - English poetry - 1885 - 60 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 ! " But I may take the poets of... | |
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