| Lindley Murray - 1810 - 352 páginas
...article is sometimes placed between the adjectives many, and a singular noun : as, • "Full many a gem of purest ray serene, • " The dark unfathom'd oaves of ocean bear; " Full many a Jlow'r is born to blush unseen, " And waste its sweetness on the desert air." In these lines, the phrases,... | |
| William Fordyce Mavor - 1816 - 462 páginas
...pregnant with celestial fire : Hands that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or wak'd to ecstacy the living lyre. Full many a gem of purest ray serene The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean hear; Full many a flow'r is born to blush unseen, And waste its swoetness on the desert... | |
| William Scott - 1825 - 382 páginas
...unrol; Chill penury repress'd their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul. Full many a gem, of purest ray serene, The dark, unfathom'd oaves of ocean bear; Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air. Some village Hampden, that, with... | |
| Thomas Gray - 1825 - 346 páginas
...frown." Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid 45 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 unroll; 50 Chill... | |
| John Pierpont - 1828 - 320 páginas
...dust, Or Flattery soothe the dull, cold ear of death ? Perhaps, in this neglected spot, is laid Hands, that the rod of empire might have swayed, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre: Some heart, once pregnant with celestial fire; But Knowledge to their eyes her ample page, Rich with... | |
| George Merriam - 1828 - 286 páginas
...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 to ecstasy the living lyre. But knowledge to their eyes her ample page, Rich with the spoils of time did ne'er unrol Chill penury... | |
| John Pierpont - 1829 - 290 páginas
...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 to ecstasy the living lyre : But Knowledge to their eyes her ample page, Rich with the spoils of time, did ne'er unrol ; Chill... | |
| John Webster Morris - 1830 - 342 páginas
...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 to ecstasy the living lyre. But knowledge to their eyes her ample page, Rich with the spoils of time, did ne'er unroll ; Chill... | |
| Catherine Read Williams - 1830 - 230 páginas
...&c. " Perhaps in this inglorious spot is laid " A heart once pregnant with celestial fire, " Hands that the rod of empire might have swayed, " Or waked to ecstasy the livinff lyre." * * * * * * * * * * * * * -" Some mute, inglorious Milton here may rest, " Some Cromwell,... | |
| Moses Severance - 1832 - 312 páginas
...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 their eyes her ample page, Rich with the spoils of time, did ne'er unroll ;... | |
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