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. But knowledge to their eyes her ample page Rich with the spoils of time did ne'er... New National First[ -fifth] Reader - Page 437by Charles Joseph Barnes, J. Marshall Hawkes - 1884Full view - About this book
| Robert Aglionby Slaney - 1824 - 262 pages
...are to whom the lamentation of the poet will apply : — " Knowledge to them her ample page Rich with the spoils of time did ne'er unroll ; Chill penury repressed their noble rage, And froze the genial current of their soul." If, however, no future Chatterton or Burns, no Franklin or Watt, should ever... | |
| W. Plees - 1824 - 424 pages
...swayed, " Or waked to extacy the liring lyre." " But knowledge to their eyes her ample page, " Rich with the spoils of time, did ne'er unroll ; " Chill penury...repressed their noble rage, " And froze the genial current of their soul." " Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, " Their sober wishes never learned... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 pages
...page, Rich with the spoils of time, did ne'er unroll; Chill penury repress'd their noble rage, And irtue on all kinds that grow On earth, made hereby apter to receive Pe serene The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear ; Pall many a flower is born to blush unseen, . -Л... | |
| William Oxberry - 1824 - 402 pages
...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. Full many a gem of purest ray serene, The dark unfathom'd ca^es of Ocean bear : Fu'l many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste... | |
| Thomas Brown - 1824 - 490 pages
...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. 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... | |
| William Collins, Thomas Gray, James Beattie, George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1824 - 478 pages
...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. Full many a gem, of purest ray serene, The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear : Full may a flower is born to blush unseen, • And... | |
| Dalgarnoch, Author of Richard Gordon - 1825 - 212 pages
...but still comparatively ignorant and illiterate. " Knowledge to their eyes her ample page, Rich with the spoils of time, did ne'er unroll; Chill penury repressed their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the sou)." By those, however, who are acquainted with the history and character of our Scottish... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1825 - 310 pages
...page, Rich with the spoils of time, did ne'er unrol ; Chill penury repress'd their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul. Full many a gem, of purest ray serene, 1?' , The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear : Full many a flow'r is born to blush unseen,... | |
| 1826 - 310 pages
...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. 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... | |
| Thomas Gray - 1826 - 190 pages
...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. 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... | |
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