 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 Chambers - 1844 - 738 pages
...lyre. Hilt knowledge to their eyes her ample page Ilich with the spoils of tinie'did ne'er unroll ; (Ml s serene, The dark unfathomed caves of ocean bear: Pull many a flower is born to blush unseen, And »vaste... | |
 | 1844 - 1128 pages
...worthy," mingle their ashes with the common clay. " For 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." Although it is the duty of every nation to respect and reward men of literary... | |
 | William Laxton - 1844 - 506 pages
...them; let it not be said of architects — " But knowledge to their eyes its 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." Depend on it a good use of a good library is essential to make a good architect.... | |
 | Perry Fairfax Nursey - 1844 - 504 pages
...STEAM-ENGINE, BY THE ARTIZAN CLUB. — — « Knowledge to their eyei her ample page, Rich In the spoil» of Time, did ne'er unroll. Chill penury repressed their noble rage. And froze the genial current of the loul." How mach more just the poet's estimate of the effects of penury, than that of... | |
 | Leonor de Almeida Portugal Lorena e Lencastre Alorna (Marquesa de) - 1844 - 298 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 fiWr is bom to blush unseen, And waste... | |
 | 1897 - 672 pages
...Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire." " Hands that the rod of Empire might have swayed." " Chill penury repressed their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul." " Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air." " Some mute, inglorious... | |
 | Martin Gardner - 1992 - 226 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... | |
 | John Guillory - 1993 - 422 pages
...lines of the Elegy to which Barbauld alludes: 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. (49-52) Of these lines one must observe the absence of a specific referent;... | |
 | Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - 1995 - 936 pages
...lyre. But Knowledge to their eyes her ample page Rich with the spoils of time did ne'er unroll; 50 Chill Penury repressed their noble rage. And froze...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... | |
 | 1996 - 160 pages
...swayed, 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. The applause of list'ning senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to... | |
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