 | George Vandenhoff - 1846 - 398 pages
...pace.f Hark, his hands the lyre explore ! Bright-eyed fancy hov'ring o'er, Scatters from her pictur'd urn, Thoughts that breathe, and words that burn ! But ah ! 'tis heard no more — Oh lyre divine ! what daring spirit Wakes thee now ! though he inherit Nor the pride, nor ample... | |
 | Louisa Caroline Tuthill - 1847 - 362 pages
...glory bear Two coursers of ethereal race, With necks in thunder clothed, and long resounding pace. Hark, his hands the lyre explore ! Bright-eyed Fancy,...pictured urn Thoughts that breathe and words that burn." Sir William Temple, Locke, Stillingfleet, and Tillotson are among the elegant prose-writers of this... | |
 | George Vandenhoff - 1847 - 396 pages
...pace.| Hark, his hands the lyre explore ! Bright-eyed fancy hov'ring o'er, Scatters from her pictur'd urn, Thoughts that breathe, and words that burn ! But ah ! 'tis heard no more — Oh lyre divine ! what daring spirit Wakes thee now ! though he inherit Nor the pride, nor ample... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1847 - 276 pages
...hands the lyre explore! Bright-eyed Faney hovering o'er Scatters from her pictured urn nlinil pace Thoughts that breathe, and words that burn. But ah '. 'tis heard no more— Oh l Lyre divine, what daring Spirit AVakcs thec now ? though he inherit Xor the pride, nor ample pinion,... | |
 | Caroline Howard Gilman - 1848 - 320 pages
...sepulchred, in such pomp dost lie, That kings for such a tomb would wish to die. MILTON. 2. Dryden ! Hark, his hands the lyre explore ! Bright-eyed fancy...pictured urn Thoughts that breathe and words that burn. GRAY— The Bard. 3. The Poet blind yet bold !* The majesty which through his work does reign, * Milton.... | |
 | 1887 - 698 pages
...a hanging matter " ? The quotation from Longfellow given by MR. MARSHALL recalls Gray's lines :— Bright-eyed Fancy, hovering o'er, Scatters from her...pictured urn, Thoughts that breathe and words that burn. W. R With this we might also compare the very common phrase " burning shame," of which several variants... | |
 | Pliny Miles - 1850 - 374 pages
...Perseverance keeps honor bright. Troilus and Cressida, Act 3, Sc. 3. SHAKSPEARE. A NEW GEM at HOME. 54. Hark, his hands the lyre explore ! Bright-eyed Fancy,...pictured urn Thoughts that breathe and words that burn. The Progress of Poesy. GRAY. 55. To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the... | |
 | Pliny Miles - 1850 - 372 pages
...Perseverance keeps honor bright. Troilus and Cressida, Act 3, Sc. 3. SHAKSPEARE. A NEW GEM at HOME. 54. Hark, his hands the lyre explore ! Bright-eyed Fancy,...pictured urn Thoughts that breathe and words that burn. The Progress of Poesy. GRAY. 65. To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the... | |
 | Bombay (India : State). Board of Education - 1851 - 768 pages
...thunder cloth'd, and long-resounding pace ! Hark, his hand the lyre explore ! Bright-eyed Fancy, hov'ring o'er, Scatters from her pictured urn Thoughts that...breathe, and words that burn. But ah ! 'tis heard no more !" GRAY. — The Progress of Poesy. Grammatical construction of the first four lines ? What do 4 the... | |
 | Joseph Guy - 1852 - 458 pages
...glory bear Two coursers of ethereal race,t With necks in thunder clothed, and long-resounding pace. Hark, his hands the lyre explore ! Bright-eyed Fancy,...Thoughts that breathe, and words that burn. But ah ! 't is heard no more — O ! lyre divine, what daring spirit Wakes thee now ? Though he inherit Nor... | |
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Closed his eyes in endless night. Behold, where Dryden's less presumptuous car, Wide o'er the fields of glory bear Two coursers of ethereal race, With necks in thunder clothed, and long-resounding pace. 
