 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1848 - 604 pages
...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. But knowledge to their eyes her ample page Rich with the spoils oftime did ne'er unroll ; Chill Penury repress'd th(-ir noble rage, And froze... | |
 | 1849 - 814 pages
...once 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...penury repress'd their noble rage, And froze the genial current of their soul." To the sceptical mind all this apparent disorder and prodigality presents a... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1849 - 446 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 unroll ; 15 Chill Penury repressed their noble rage,... | |
 | Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 pages
...death ? 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...ne'er unroll ; Chill penury repress'd their noble rago, And froze the genial current of the souL Full many a gem of purest ray serene, The dark unfathom'd... | |
 | Thomas O'Donoghue - 1850 - 204 pages
...once pregnant with celestial fire, Hands that the rod of empires might have swayed, Or waked to eztacy the living lyre ; But knowledge to their eyes her...the spoils of time did ne'er unroll, Chill penury repressed their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul." GEAT. A most important explosion... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1851 - 362 pages
...pregnant with celestial fire ; Hands that the rod of empire might have swayed, Or waked to ecstacy the living lyre. But knowledge to their eyes her ample...the spoils of time did ne'er unroll ; Chill Penury repressed their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul. Full many a gem, of purest ray... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 616 pages
...once pregnant with celestial fire; Hands that the rod of empire might have swayed, Or waked to eestacy the living lyre: But knowledge to their eyes her ample...the spoils of time did ne'er unroll; Chill Penury repressed their noble rage, And froze the genial current of tho soul. Full many a gem, of purest ray... | |
 | William Chambers - 1851 - 200 pages
...pregnant with celestial fire ; Hands that the rod of empire might have swayed, Or waked to ecstacy the living lyre. But knowledge to their eyes her ample...the spoils of time, did ne'er unroll ; Chill penury repressed their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul. Full many a gem of purest ray... | |
 | Edward Deering Mansfield - 1851 - 348 pages
...contains " Hearts 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." I have given this view of the kind of knowledge... | |
 | 1852 - 478 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...the spoils of time did ne'er unroll ; Chill penury repressed their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul." THE BAUD. " Girt with many a... | |
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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. 
