 Yet shall he mount, and keep his distant way Beyond the limits of a vulgar fate, Beneath the good how far ! — but far above the...  Poems by Mr. Gray - Page 68by Thomas Gray - 1768 - 187 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Robert Anderson - English poetry - 1795 - 1036 pages
...nor anple pinion, * That the Thtban eagle beat • Suiting with fupreme dominion Through the azuie deep of air : Yet oft before his infant eyes would run Such forniH, as glitter in the mule's riy With orient hues, unborrow'd of the fun : Yet (hall he mount,... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1796 - 574 pages
...> Tho' he inherit Uor the pride nor ample pinion, That the Thchan englc bear, Sailing with fuprcme dominion Thro' the azure deep of air ; Yet oft before his infant tyes would run Such forms as glitter in the Mufc's ray, With orient hues, unborrow'd of the fun : Yet... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1797 - 188 pages
...the pride nor ample pinion That the Theban eagle bear, (k) ii£ Sailing with fupreme dominion Tbro' the azure deep of air, Yet oft' before his infant eyes would run Such forms as glitter in the Mufe's ray, With orient hues unborrow'd of the fun, iaO> Yet fhall he mount, and keep his diilant... | |
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1797 - 450 pages
...But ah ! 'tis heard no more — Oh ! Lyre divine, what daring fpirit Wakes thee now ? tho' he inhent Nor the pride, nor ample pinion, That the Theban eagle bear, Sailing with fupVeme dominion Through the azure deep of air: Yet oft before his infant eyes would run Such forms... | |
 | Thomas Gray - Elegiac poetry, English - 1798 - 130 pages
...Wakes thee now ? tho' he inherit • Nor the pride nor ample pinion That the Theban eayle bear, If 115 Sailing with fupreme dominion Thro' the azure deep...before his infant eyes would run Such forms as glitter in the Mufe'sray f Meant to exprefs the ftately march and founding energy of Drydes's rhymes. J Haft... | |
 | PURSUITS. - 1798 - 422 pages
...in this animated apoftrophe : O ! Lyre divine, what daring fpirit Wakes thee now ? though he inherit Nor the pride, nor ample pinion, That the Theban eagle bear, Sailing with fupreme dominion Through the azure deep of air; Yet Here he quits his original ; thinking, perhaps, the image of a little... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1799 - 270 pages
...Tho' he inherit Nor the pride, nor ample pinion, That the Theban Eagle bear (d}, Sailing with supreme dominion Thro' the azure deep of air : Yet oft before his infant eyes would run Such forms as glitter in the Muse's ray With orient hues, unborrow'd of the Sun [ 1 ] : Yet shall he mount, and keep his... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1800 - 302 pages
...Tho' he inherit Nor the pride, nor ample pinion, That the Theban Eagle bear (d), Sailing with supreme dominion Thro' the azure deep of air: Yet oft before his infant eyes would run Such forms as glitter in the Muse's ray With orient hues, unborrow'd of the Sun [10]: Yet shall he mount, and keep his distant... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 512 pages
...Nor the pride, nor ample pinion, f- That the Theban eagle be.ir Sailing with fupreme dominion Through the azure deep of air: Yet oft before his infant eyes would ran Such forms, as glitter in the Mute's ray With orient hues, unborrow'd of the fun : Yet (hall he... | |
 | Samuel Berdmore - Imitation (in literature) - 1801 - 144 pages
...in this animated apoftrophe : O ! Lyre divine, what daring fpirit Wakes thee now ? though he inherit Nor the pride, nor ample pinion, That the Theban eagle bear, Sailing with fupreme dominion Through the azure deep of air; Yet Here he quits his original ; thinking, perhaps, the image of a little... | |
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