 | John Seely Hart - Readers - 1857 - 394 pages
...praise. Can storied urn or animated bust Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath ? Can Honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or flattery soothe...living lyre. But knowledge to their eyes her ample page Rich with the spoils of time did ne'er unroll; Child Penury repressed their noble rage, And froze... | |
 | Charles William Smith (professor of elocution.) - 1857 - 338 pages
...praise. Can storied urn, or animated bust, Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath ? Can honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or flattery soothe...living lyre : But knowledge to their eyes her ample page, Rich with the spoils of time did ne'er unroll ; Chill penury repressed their noble rage, And... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1857 - 464 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 unroll ; Chill Penury repressed their noble rage, And... | |
 | 1857 - 986 pages
...— ' Perchance 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.' And what if the obvious moral from these well known lines? What but this, — that give the requisite... | |
 | Epes Sargent - American literature - 1857 - 488 pages
...death? 12. 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 : 13. But Knowledge to their121 eyes her ample page, Rich with the spoils of time, did ne'er unroll... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1848 - 786 pages
...laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire ; 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 Time did ne'er unroll ; Chill Penury repress'd their noble rage, And froze... | |
 | 1858 - 460 pages
...sickle yield ; Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke ; How jocund did they drive their teams afield ! How bowed the woods beneath their sturdy...living lyre. But Knowledge to their eyes her ample page, Rich with the spoils of time, did ne'er unroll ; Chill Penury repressed their noble rage, And... | |
 | Aubrey Thomas De Vere - 1858 - 298 pages
...praise. Can storied urn or animated bust Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath ? Can Honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or Flattery soothe...living lyre : But Knowledge to their eyes her ample page » Rich with the spoils of time did ne'er unroll : Chill Penury repressed their noble rage, .... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - English language - 1858 - 466 pages
...death t 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 fee spoils of time, did ne'er unroll ; Chill Penury repressed their noble rage, And... | |
 | Frederick Augustus Porter Barnard - Education - 1858 - 122 pages
..." Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire ; Hands which the rod of empire might have swayed Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre. "But knowledge to (heir eyes her ample page, Rich with the spoils of time, did ne'er unroll — " t Ah, there the poet... | |
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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 ; But Knowledge to their eyes her ample page Rich with the spoils of time did ne'er... 
