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" 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 Lady's Magazine, Or, Entertaining Companion for the Fair Sex ... - Page 169
1795
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The Works of the British Poets: With Lives of the Authors, Volume 32

Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - English poetry - 1822 - 560 pages
...felt the influence of malignant star, And wag'd 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 pin'd alone, Then drop'dinto the grave, unpiticd and unknown ' n. And yet, the languor...
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Franklin's Letters to His Kinsfolk, Written During the Years 1818 ..., Volume 1

Franklin James Didier - England - 1822 - 222 pages
...fortune or subsistence in this country. Many a young man of talents and education, " 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 great number of the...
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The Bardiad: A Poem ; in Two Cantos

Charles Burton - 1823 - 234 pages
...Hath felt the influence of malignant star, And wag'd 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 hath pin'd alone, Then dropt into the grave, unpitied and unknown ! " O how canst thou...
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The Literary magnet of the belles lettres, science, and the fine ..., Volume 2

Tobias Merton (pseud) - 1824 - 476 pages
...felt the influence of malignant star, And waged with Fortune an eternal war : CJieck'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. But the same sentiments...
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Glasgow Mechanics' Magazine, and Annals of Philosophy, Volume 4

Industrial arts - 1826 - 490 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 a grave, unpitied and unknown!" LETTERS AND QUERIES....
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Elegant Extracts: A Copious Selection of Instructive, Moral, and ..., Volume 6

English poetry - 1826 - 300 pages
...felt the influence of malignant star, And wag'd with Fortune an eternal war ; Oheck'd by the scoff of Pride, by Envy's frown, And Poverty's unconquerable bar, In life's low vale, remote has pin'd alone, Then dropp'd into the grave, unpitied and unknown. VOL. VI. 13 And yet,...
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The elementary elocutionist: a selection of pieces in prose and verse, by J ...

John White (A.M.) - 1826 - 340 pages
...Has felt the influence of malignant star, And wag'd 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 pin'd alone, Then dropt into the grave, unpitied and unknown. And yet, the languor...
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Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History ..., Volumes 3-4

Robert Chambers - American literature - 1830 - 844 pages
...lias felt the influence of malignant star, And waged with Fortune an eternal war; Checked by the scoff + vale remote lias pined alone, Then dropped. into the grave, uu pitied and unknown! And yet the languor...
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Jones's Cabinet Edition of British Poets, Volume 2

1831 - 426 pages
...Has felt the influence of malignant star, And waged with Fortune an eternal war; Cbeck'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, unpitled and unknown 1 II. And yet, the languor...
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The Poetical Works of James Beattie

James Beattie - 1831 - 340 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 ! And yet the langour...
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