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. Some village Hampden, that with dauntless breast The little tyrant of his fields withstood... The Class Book, Etc - Page 229by John Guy (Schoolmaster.) - 1858 - 236 pagesFull view - About this book
| Thomas Gray - 1775 - 168 pages
...their noble rage, Aud froze the genial current of the foul. , R Full many a gem of pureft ray fcrene, The dark unfathom'd caves of Ocean bear ; Full many a flow'r is born to blufli unfecn, And wafte*? fweetnefs on the defert air. Some village-Hampden, that with dauntlefs bread... | |
| John Walter - 1785 - 258 pages
...reprefs'd their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the foul. Full many a gem of pureft ray ferene, The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear;. Full many a flow'r is born to blufh unfeen, And wafte its fweetnefs on the defart air. Some village Hampden, that, with dauntlefs... | |
| 1790 - 708 pages
...their noble rage, Д«Л finira íKe rr*>niî»l rnrrpnt flf Full many a gem of pureft ray ferene, The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear; Full many a flow'r is born to blufh unfeeo, And wafte its fweetnefs on the defert air. To thefe I dedicate this and the following... | |
| Vicesimus Knox - 1791 - 966 pages
...their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the foul. Full many a gem, of purcft ray fercne, ght wat never known, Regard my voice, and make me blcft, By kindly gra blulh uiiicen, And wafte its fwectncfs on the dcfart air. Some village-Hampdcn, that with dauntlcfsbrcaft... | |
| Vicesimus Knox - 1791 - 510 pages
...their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the foul. Full many a gem, of pureft ray ferene, The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear; Full many a flow'r is born to bluih uiifeen, And wafte its fwectnels on the ckTart air. Some villagc-Hampden, that with dauntlcfsbrcaft... | |
| 1792 - 112 pages
...their noble rage , And froze the genial current of the foul. Full many a gem, of pureft, ray ferene, The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear ; Full many a flow'r is born to blush unfeen , And wafte its fweetnefs on the defart air. Some village-Hampden ; that with dauntlefs breaft... | |
| James Roach - 1792 - 284 pages
...their noble r-ge, And froze the genial current of the fbul. Full many a gem, of purefl ray ferene, The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear ; Full many a flow'r is born to blufli tinfeen, And wafle its fweetnefs on the defart air. Some village Hampden, that with daunt let... | |
| George Butt - 1793 - 254 pages
...its own disappointments, and tremble to repine when it recollects with the admirable Gray, How many a gem of purest ray serene The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear, How map/ a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air. Yon, my noble... | |
| 1795 - 466 pages
...favourite amusement of drawing. Our elegant poet, GRAY, says, with impressive tenderness, " Full many a gem of purest ray serene, " The dark unfathom'd caves...many a flow'r is born to blush unseen, " And waste its sweetness on the desert air." Such, however, was not the fate of our rustic APELLES ; several gentlemen... | |
| Monthly literary register - 1841 - 1092 pages
...boundless waste, where not e'en hops A single step had ventured." And if it be admitted, that " Full many a gem of purest ray serene, The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear," we only heartily wish that this " Flight into Egypt" were numbered amongst the gems of solitude. There... | |
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