 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
 | Cam river - 1841 - 318 pages
...Vel poterat vivam solicitasse lyram. 10—2 L But Knowledge to their eyes her ample page, Rich with the spoils of time, did ne'er unroll ; Chill Penury...unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air. Some village-Hampden, that with dauntless breast The little tyrant of his fields withstood; Some mute inglorious... | |
 | Salem Town - 1841 - 170 pages
...sway'd, Or wak'd to ecstasy the living 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 the soul. Abounding with or consisting of A little, or small. pi' lous sa line hair salt... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 292 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... | |
 | William Jones - 1841 - 186 pages
...ample page R;ch 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 unfalhom'd caves of ocean bear ; Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste... | |
 | William Jones - 1841 - 194 pages
...ample page Rich with the spoils of time did ne'er unroll; Chill penury reprcss'd their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul. Full many a gem of purest ray serene, The dark unfuthom'd caves of ocoan bear ; Full many a llo\vcr is born to blush unseen, And... | |
 | Book - 1841 - 164 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 flow'r is born to blush unseen, And waste... | |
 | 1842 - 514 pages
...vvas labouring under no poetical delusion ; " Hut knowledge to their eyes her ample page, Kich with the spoils of time, did ne'er unroll ; Chill penury repressed their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul." Like pearls which have found no pearl-divers, they have been hidden and buried... | |
 | London univ, King's coll - 1842 - 686 pages
...was labouring under no poetical delusion : " But knowledge to their eyes her ample page, liich with the spoils of time, did ne'er unroll ; Chill penury repressed their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul." Like pearls which have found no pearl-divers, they have been hidden and buried... | |
 | 1842 - 542 pages
...again quoting the words of our favourite poet : " 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 the soul." and misapplied genius. When we see powers of mind that, under the control of... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 108 pages
...living lyre : But knowledge to their eyes her ample page, Rich with the spoils of time, did ne'er unrol, Chill penury repressed their noble rage, And froze...sweetness on the desert air. Some village Hampden, that, with dauntless breast, The little tyrant of his fields withstood ; Some mute, inglorious Milton... | |
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