 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 680 pages
...spot is laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire: Hands, that the rod of empire might hare sway'd, Or wak'd to ecstasy the living lyre. But Knowledge...the spoils of Time, did ne'er unroll; Chill Penury reprcss'd their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the souU Full many a gem of purest ray... | |
 | Thomas Janes - 1810 - 336 pages
...pregnant with celestial fire; Iluiids thiit the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or v*ak'd to ectasy the living lyre. But knowledge to their eyes her ample...ne'er unroll; Chill penury repress'd their noble rage, Aud froze the genial current of die soul. uiauy a gem of purest ray serene, The dark uufothoiu'd caves... | |
 | John Young - Gray, Thomas, 1716-1771 - 1810 - 432 pages
...sway'd, Or wak'd to ecstacy the living lyre. XIII. But .knowledge to their eyes her ample page, Rich with the spoils of time, did ne'er unroll ; Chill penury repress'd their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul ! 11 XIV. Full many a gem of purest ray serene The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean... | |
 | John Young - 1810 - 266 pages
..., Or wak'd to ecstacy the living lyre. XIII. But knowledge to their eyes her ample page, Rich with the spoils of time, did ne'er unroll ; Chill penury repress'd their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul ! 11 XIV, Full many a gem of purest ray serene The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 628 pages
...in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire ; Hands, that the roil of empire might have sway'd, Or wak'd to ecstasy the living lyre. But Knowledge to their eyes lier ample page, Rich with the spoi's of time, did ne'er unroll; Chill Penury rcpress'd their noble... | |
 | John Walker - English language - 1810 - 282 pages
...thought^ 'where he says, speaking of the poor But knowledge to their eyes her ample page, Rich with the spoils of time, did ne'er unroll ; Chill penury repress'd their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the souL Tull many a gem of purest ray serene, The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear ;... | |
 | Thomas Branagan - Bibliography - 1812 - 370 pages
...Death? 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 so Full many a gem of purest ray serene The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear; Full... | |
 | William Wirt - Virginia - 1813 - 204 pages
...exclaimed " 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. "Bat knowledge to their eyes, her ample page, " Rich with the spoils of time, did ne'er unroll; •... | |
 | 1815 - 444 pages
...pregnant with celestial fire ; Hands that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or waked to ecstacy the living lyre. But knowledge to their eyes her ample...penury repress'd their noble rage. And froze the genial current of their soul!" " A portion of this evil may always continue to be the lot of the poor in the... | |
 | Lincoln (England) - 1816 - 262 pages
...swayed, Or wak'd to ecstacy the living lyre. But KNOWLEDGE to thfir eyes her ample page, Rich with the spoils of time, did ne'er unroll; Chill penury...froze the genial current of the soul. Full many a p-em of purest ray serene, The dark unliuhomM caves of ocean bear, Full many a flow'r is born to blush... | |
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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 swayed, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre. 
