 | Salem Town - English language - 1841 - 170 pages
...YARD. 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...the spoils of time, did ne'er unroll ; Chill penury repressed their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul. Abounding with or consisting... | |
 | Andrew Comstock - Elocution - 1841 - 410 pages
...| Or waA'd to ecstasy the living lyre,. | But knowledge to their eyes Aer ample page', | Rich with the spoils of time, did ne'er unroll ; | Chill penury...repress'd, their noble rage', | And froze the genial current ^ Full many a gem of purest ray serene-', | The darA, unfathom'd caves of ocean , bear, ; |... | |
 | Great Britain - 1842 - 740 pages
...sway'd, Or woke to ecstasy the living lyre : But Knowledge to their eyes its 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. Some village Ilampden, that, with dauntless breast, The little tyrant of his fields... | |
 | Salem Town - 1843 - 172 pages
...heart, once pregnant with celestial fire;. Hands, that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or wak'd t« ecstasy the living lyre : But Knowledge to their eyes...the spoils of time, did ne'er unroll ; Chill penury repressed their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul. SECTION 1. Compound Classical... | |
 | Phrenology - 1843 - 588 pages
...churchyard. " 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 ! Some village Hampden, who, with dauntless breast, The little tyrant of his fields withstood, Some... | |
 | William Collins - English poetry - 1844 - 324 pages
...pregnant with celestial fire; Hands, that the rod of empire might have sway'd* Or waked to eestacy the living lyre. But knowledge to their eyes her ample...unroll ; Chill Penury repress'd their noble rage, And froce the genial current of the soul. Full many a lem, Of purest ny serene) ~~, The<iark unfathom'd... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - English language - 1845 - 454 pages
...heart, once pregnant with celestial fire ; 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... | |
 | Thomas Gray - Death - 1845 - 92 pages
...wak'd to ecstasy the living lyre. , xiII.1 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. .. .\ EVV VO .A i •••.•>'• I -f.•GX »NC •tt. < ; • .. «r <JN»... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1845 - 92 pages
...XI. r 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. XII. But Knowledge, to their eyes, her ample page, Rich with the spoils of Time, did ne'er unroll ;... | |
 | John Wilson - 1845 - 266 pages
...services when insisting on being sent—and in some pestilential climate swift death benumbs " Hands that the rod of empire might have sway'd— Or wak'd to ecstasy the living lyre." It is drudgery to sit six, or eight, or ten hours a-day as a clerk in the India-house ; but Charles... | |
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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. 
