 | John Huddlestone Wynne - Advice columns - 1807
...ample . Rich with the spoils of time, did ne'er unroll ; Chill Penury repress'd his noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul. Full many a...purest ray serene The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean Full m.my a flower u born to blush unseen, And w-»tc its sweetness on the dt-sart air.' GRAY. But... | |
 | Freemasonry - 1795
...favourite amusement of drawing. Our elegant poet, GRAY, says, with impressive tenderness, " 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 its sweetness on the desert air." Such, however, was not... | |
 | Charles Abbot - Botany - 1798 - 351 pages
...TWEEDALE, VICAR OF OAKLEY RAYNES IN BEDFORDSHIRE, AND LATE FZLLOW OF N IW COLLEGE, OXFORD. " 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 it's sweetness on the dcsart Air." Gray's Elegy. PRINTED... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1799 - 186 pages
...have 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...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... | |
 | Robert Bisset - 1800
...or THE REV. MR. ADAM FERGUSSON, MtNISTER AT MOCUV, !M TH F. HIGHLANDS Of fEKTHSKIXe , ' 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 its sweetness on the desert air.' CRAY'S ELEGY. TN our last... | |
 | English poetry - 1800 - 304 pages
...sway'd, Or wak'd to ecstasy the living lyre. . But knowledge to their eyes her ample pige< Rich with the spoils of time, did ne'er unroll; Chill penury...desert air. Some village-Hampden, that with dauntless breast The little tyrant of his fields withstood; . ' Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest, Some... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1800 - 223 pages
...have sway'd, Or wak'd to ecstacy the living lyre. But Knowledge to their eyes her ample page Rich with the spoils of Time did ne'er unroll; Chill Penury...The dark unfathom'd caves of Ocean bear: Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air [40]. [40] This beautiful... | |
 | John Walker - Elocution - 1801 - 392 pages
...line, the rising slide ending the second and third, and the falling the last. EXAMPLE. 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 its sweetness on the desert air. Gray's Elegy. On Blank Verse.... | |
 | Biography - 1806
...eager to rescue humble worth from obscurity, conscious of the justice of the poet's remark: Full many a gem of purest ray serene The dark unfathom'd caves of Ocean bear ; Full many a flovrer is born to blow unseen, And waste its sweetness in the desert air." We consider ourselves particularly... | |
 | Robert Blair - 1804
...sway'd, Or wak'd to ecstacy the living lyre. • But Knowledge to their eyes her ample page Rich with the spoils of Time did ne'er unroll ; Chill Penury...The dark unfathom'd caves of Ocean bear; Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness in the desert air. Some vilage-Hampden, that... | |
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But Knowledge to their eyes her 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. 
