 | Thomas Burton - 1828 - 562 pages
...triumvirate. " Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire, Hands that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or wak'd to ecstasy the living lyre. " Some Village-Hampden, that with dauntless breast, The little tyrant of his fields withstood, Seme... | |
 | George Merriam - 1828 - 282 pages
...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 repressed their noble rage, And froze... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1829 - 290 pages
...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 repressed their noble rage, And... | |
 | John Webster Morris - 1830 - 342 pages
...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...the spoils of time, did ne'er unroll ; Chill penury repressed their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul." " A portion of this evil may... | |
 | William Pinnock - 1833 - 738 pages
...time is departed which the poet deplored — " When KNOWLEDGE to tíieir eyes her ample page Rich with the spoils of time did ne'er unroll, Chill penury repress'd their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul." KNOWLEDGE now spreads like the rays of the rising sun, awd EDUCATION having given... | |
 | 1835 - 496 pages
...Churchyard — "Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire ; Hands, that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or wak'd to ecstasy the living lyre: Some village Hampden, that with dauntless breast The little tyrant of his fields withstood; Some mute... | |
 | John Minter Morgan - 1839 - 228 pages
...have committed themselves." — Mandeville. t " 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 the genial current of the soul." Douglas has shown me the opinions of some of the influential characters of that... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1839 - 154 pages
...a l' alme con suo gelo strinse. XIII. XIII. 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, XIV. H pa w fiapyapa niiXX' nXiois fvi lifv6<(ri Kai Kpvcpiov (rfXat alfs fTto>crtov ao'rpinrrovr IloXXa... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - 1839 - 362 pages
...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« un Chill penury repressed their noble rage', And... | |
 | Patrick MacDonell - 1840 - 74 pages
...pathetically alluded to by the immortal Gray — 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 the genial current of the soul. Many of the principles of natural philosophy, were well known to the ancients,... | |
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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. 
