 | David Nevins Lord - English language - 1855 - 324 pages
...once pregnant with celestial fire Hands that the rod of empire might have swayed, Or waked to extacy the living lyre. " But knowledge to their eyes her...the spoils of time, did ne'er unroll ; Chill penury repressed their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul. " Full many a gem of purest ray... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - English language - 1855 - 468 pages
...pregnant with celestial fire ; Hands, that the rod of empire might have swayed. Or waked to eestasy the living lyre : But Knowledge to their eyes her...the spoils of time, did ne'er unroll ; Chill Penury repressed their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul. Full many a gem, of purest ray... | |
 | Collection - 1856 - 120 pages
...Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath ? Can honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or flattery sooth the dull cold ear of death ? Perhaps in this...Hands, that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or waked to ecstacy the living lyre. But knowledge to their eyes her ample page Rich with the spoils of... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1856 - 800 pages
...its mansion call t'ie fleeting breath? Can Honor's voice provoke the silent dust, Or Flattery soothe the dull cold ear of death? Perhaps in this neglected...Hands, that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre: But Knowledge to their eyes her ample page Rich with the spoils of... | |
 | Religious poetry - 1960 - 262 pages
...laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire; Hands that the rod of empire might have swayed, Or wak'd to ecstasy the living lyre; But Knowledge...the spoils of time, did ne'er unroll; Chill Penury repressed their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul. Full many a gem of purest ray... | |
 | Wayne S. Vucinich, John Shelton Curtiss - History - 1968 - 340 pages
...lines: Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire; Hands, that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or wak'd...Penury repress'd their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul. These stories concern the lifting of gifted peasants out of their milieu, only... | |
 | Johanne Clare - Literary Criticism - 1987 - 248 pages
...once pregnant with celestial fire, Hands, that the rod of empire might have swayed, Or waked to extasy the living lyre. But knowledge to their eyes her ample...the spoils of time did ne'er unroll; Chill Penury repressed their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul. Full many a gem of purest ray... | |
 | Martin Gardner - Poetry - 1992 - 226 pages
...its mansion call the fleeting breath? Can Honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or Flatt'ry soothe the dull cold ear of death? Perhaps in this neglected...Hands, that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre. But Knowledge to their eyes her ample page Rich with the spoils of... | |
 | Legislators - 1996 - 160 pages
...laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire; Hands that the rod of empire might have swayed, Or wak'd to ecstasy the living lyre; But Knowledge...the spoils of time, did ne'er unroll; Chill Penury repressed their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul. The applause of list'ning senates... | |
 | William Harmon - Literary Collections - 1998 - 386 pages
...Some heart once pregnant with celestial f1re; Hands that the rod of empire might have swayed, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre. But Knowledge to their...the spoils of time did ne'er unroll; Chill Penury repressed their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul. Full many a gem of purest ray... | |
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Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire ; Hands, that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or wak'd to ecstasy the living lyre. 
