| Thomas Gray, William Mason - Poetics - 1827 - 468 pages
...pregnant with celestial fire ; Hands, that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or wak'd- to extasy the living lyre. But Knowledge to their eyes her ample...the spoils of time did ne'er unroll ; Chill Penury repress'd their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the souL Full many a gem of purest ray... | |
| Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 264 pages
...pregnant with celestial fire; — Hands that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or wak'd to ecstacy the living lyre. But Knowledge to their eyes her ample...the spoils of Time, did ne'er unroll; Chill Penury repress'd their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul. Full many a gem of purest ray... | |
| George Merriam - Readers - 1828 - 286 pages
...death ? 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...living lyre. But knowledge to their eyes her ample page, Rich with the spoils of time did ne'er unrol Chill penury repressed their noble rage, And froze... | |
| George Merriam - Readers - 1828 - 282 pages
...living lyre. But knowledge to their eyes her ample page, Rich with the spoils of time did ne'er unrol Chill penury repressed their noble rage, And froze...current of the soul. Full many a gem of purest ray serene The dark, unfathomed caves of ocean bear 5 Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste... | |
| John Pierpont - Children's literature - 1828 - 320 pages
...celestial fire; But Knowledge to their eyes her ample page, Rich with the spoils of time, did ne'er unrol; Chill Penury repressed their noble rage, And froze...the soul. ' • • Full many a gem, of purest ray serene, The dark, unfathomed caves of ocean bear; Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste... | |
| John Pierpont - Readers - 1829 - 290 pages
...death ? 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...living lyre : But Knowledge to their eyes her ample page, Rich with the spoils of time, did ne'er unrol ; Chill Penury repressed their noble rage, And... | |
| John Webster Morris - Baptists - 1830 - 342 pages
...sympathy ? " 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...penury repressed their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul." " A portion of this evil may always continue to be the lot of the poor in the... | |
| George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 516 pages
...pregnant with celestial fire ; Hands, that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or wak'd to ecstacy the living lyre. But Knowledge to their eyes her ample...the spoils of Time, did ne'er unroll ; Chill Penury repress'd their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul. Full many a gem of purest ray... | |
| Thomas F. Walker - English poetry - 1830 - 256 pages
...pregnant with celestial fire; Hands that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or wak'd to ecstacy tbe living lyre. But Knowledge to their eyes her ample...the spoils of Time, did ne'er unroll; Chill Penury repress'd their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul. Full many a gem of purest ray... | |
| Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...death? 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...current of the soul. Full many a gem of purest ray serene The dark unfathomed eaves of ocean bear: Full many a flower is born to' blush unseen, And waste... | |
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