| William Wirt - 1829 - 250 páginas
..."Chill penury repress 'd their noble rage, " And froze the genial cuirent of their soul. " Full many a gem of purest ray serene, " The dark, unfathom'd caves...waste its sweetness on the desert air. "Some village flamnden, that with dauntless breast, "The little tyrant of his fields withstood; " Some mute, inglorious... | |
| John Liddiard Nicholas - 1817 - 466 páginas
...while conscious of its own powers, in ignoble obscurity ! How justly does the poet say, " Full many a gem of purest ray serene The dark unfathom'd caves of Ocean bear — Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air!" Had the genius which Shunghi... | |
| William Scott - 1817 - 416 páginas
...enroll ; 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 caves of ocean bear ; Full many a flow or is born to blush unseen, f And waste its sweetness on the desert air. Seme village Hampden,... | |
| 1839 - 894 páginas
...; Chill penury repressed their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul. ' Full many a gem of purest ray serene The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear : Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desort air.' The two similies in this... | |
| Elizabeth Tomkins - 1817 - 276 páginas
...unroll ; Chill Penury repress'd tlieir noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul. Full many a gem of purest ray serene The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear ; Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness in the desert air. Some village Hampden, that... | |
| George Horne (bp. of Norwich.) - 1818 - 574 páginas
...peace and hope, has not the happiness of a Dr. Smith to pen the story of his death : " Full many a gem of purest ray serene " The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear; " Full many a flow'r is born to blush unseen, " And waste its sweetness in the desert air. " Far from the madding... | |
| George Horne, William Jones - 1818 - 566 páginas
...peace and hope, has not the happiness of a Dr. Smith to pen the story of his death : ' " Full many a gem of purest ray serene " The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear; " Full many a flow'r i& born to blush, unseen, " And waste its sweetness in the desert air. " Far from the madding... | |
| 1834 - 614 páginas
...; and to be out of that fashion, is to be out of name, out of fame, and out of notice, Full many a gem of purest ray serene, The dark unfathom'd caves...unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air. Some lights are seen only through the dim haze of prejudice, while others are magnified by a thousand reflectors... | |
| 1819 - 594 páginas
...labours. But for this the language of the poet had been exemplified in their case : — " Full many a gem of purest ray serene. The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear! Full many a flower is born to blush unseen. And waste its fragrance on the desertair." It is only a few, the force... | |
| 1819 - 550 páginas
...thought with Gray; and was not a little consoled, perhaps, by the repetition of his Verses: " Full many a gem of purest ray serene, The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear; Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness in the desert air!" Mr. Beloe, to avoid this... | |
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