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" AH ! who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar; Ah! who can tell how many a soul sublime Has felt the influence of malignant star, And waged with Fortune an eternal war; Check'd by the scoff of Pride, by Envy's... "
Somerset House Gazette and Literary Museum, Or, Weekly Miscellany of Fine ... - Page 239
1824
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Elegant Extracts: Consisting of larger poems

1826 - 300 pages
...vero primum clulces ante omnia Musae, Quavuin sacra fero, ingenti perculsus amore, Accipiant. Virg. AH ! Who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep...shines afar, Ah ! who can tell how many a soul sublime Has felt the influence of malignant star, And wag'd with Fortune an eternal war ; Oheck'd by the scoff...
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The Edinburgh Magazine and Literary Miscellany, Volume 84

1819 - 606 pages
...tobacco and goods landed omitted. AB BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF JIACDOKALU, AUTHOR OF VIMONDA. • • Ah ! who can tell how many a soul sublime Hath felt...malignant star, And waged with fortune an eternal war !" BEATTIE. MB EDITOR, As I happen to be one of the few «f your oldest readers, who am also one of...
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The Tale of a Modern Genius, Or, The Miseries of Parnassus: In a ..., Volume 3

John Fitzgerald Pennie - 1827 - 672 pages
...OR, THE MISERIES OF PARNASSUS. LETTER LXXVI. " Ah ! who can tell how hard it is to climb The lteep, where Fame's proud temple shines afar ' Ah ! who can...malignant star, And waged with Fortune an eternal war ; Checked by the scoff of Pride, by Envy's frown, And Poverty'* unconquerable bar, In life's low vale...
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A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art ..., Volume 6

Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 828 pages
...seen afar, youth's trophies bright In Fancy's rainbow-ray invite His wingy nerves to climb. Beat tie. Ah ? who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep...shines afar, Ah ! who can tell how many a soul sublime Has felt the influence of malignant star, And waged with Fortune an eternal war. Id. What is the end...
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The Life and Services of Captain Philip Beaver, Late of His Majesty's Ship Nisus

William Henry Smyth - 1829 - 366 pages
...* er •-. fc.f> !«>•/ f,T * * JS' C.' ^ ..... tt ' *.* THE LIFE OF CAPTAIN PHILIP BEAVER, RN " Ah ! who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep,...shines afar ; Ah ! who can tell how many a soul sublime Has felt the influence of malignant star, And waged with Fortune an unequal war ! " THE family of Beaver...
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The three histories

Maria Jane Jewsbury - 1830 - 334 pages
...amends for being a woman—I should not pass away and perish." « " But have you forgotten—• " Ah, who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar ? " " No, sir, I have not forgotten." " Setting aside the ten thousand chances against a woman's achieving...
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Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History ..., Volumes 3-4

Robert Chambers - 1830 - 844 pages
...embodied his own early feelings and poetical aspirations— is very finely drawn. Opening of the Minstrel. shinee afar; Ah I who can tell how inuny a soul sublime lias felt the influence of malignant star,...
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The Poetical Works of James Beattie

James Beattie - 1831 - 340 pages
...perculsus amore, Accipiant.— — VIRG. THE MINSTREL; OR, THE PROGRESS OF GENIUS. BOOK I. I. An ! who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep where...shines afar ! Ah ! who can tell how many a soul sublime Has felt the influence of malignant star, And waged with Fortune an eternal war ; Check'd by the scoff...
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The Poetical Works of James Beattie

James Beattie - 1831 - 330 pages
...ingenti perculsus amore, Accipiant. VIRG. THE MINSTREL; OR, THE PROGRESS OF GENIUS. BOOK I. I. An ! who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep where...shines afar! Ah ! who can tell how many a soul sublime Has felt the influence of malignant star, And waged with Fortune an eternal war ; Check'd by the scoff...
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Jones's Cabinet Edition of British Poets, Volume 2

1831 - 426 pages
...prlmuta dulcet ante omnla Jftaa, Quanint tacrafcro, ingenti percultv* amor с , Aniyiant— Virgil. AH! who can tell how hard It Is to climb The steep where Fame's proud temple shines •for; Ah ! who can tell how runny a soul sublime Has felt the influence of malignant star, And waged...
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