 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
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 456 pages
...tears, that fpeak. Cowley. Oh ! lyre divine, what daring Ipirit Wakes thee now ? though he inherit Nor the pride, nor ample pinion, * That the Theban eagle bear Sailing with fupretne dominion Through the azure deep of ain Yet oft before his infant eyes would run Such forms,... | |
 | English literature - 1782 - 542 pages
...pinion, That the ponían Svlla bore, Sailing to fuprcme dominion O'er foaming feas of kindred gore ! Yet oft before his infant eyes would run Such forms as glitter in ambition's ray : 'With duiky hues, unbrighten'd by the fun, Yet /hall he mount and keep his dirbnt... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1786 - 210 pages
...heard no more Oh ! Lyre divine, what daring fpirit • i Wakes thee now ? tho' he inherit * t Nor 91 Nor the pride, nor -ample pinion, That the Theban...before his infant eyes would run Such forms as glitter in the Mufe's ray, With orient hues, unborrow'd of the fun : Yet ihall he mount, and keep his diftant... | |
 | Johann Joachim Eschenburg - Literature - 1789 - 454 pages
...fpirit Wakes thee now? tho' he inherit Nor the pride, nor ample pinion That the Theban Eagle bear 1 Sailing with fupreme dominion Thro' the azure deep of air: Yet oft before his infant eyes weuld run Such forms, as glitter in the Mufe's ray With orient hues, unborrow'd of the fun : Yet lhall... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 372 pages
...dread ? &c, VOL. LXIV, P Oh! Oh ! 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 oft before his infant eyes would run Such forms, as glitter in... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1791 - 966 pages
...? tho' he inherit N&r the pride, nor xmplc pinion, That the Theban eagle bear, Sniltng with luprcme in trie Mufe's ray, With orient hues, unbomnv'd of the fun : Yet mall he mount, and keep his diftant... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - Conduct of life - 1791 - 510 pages
...inherit Nor the pride nor ample pinion That the Thtban eagle bear. Sailing \vi:h fupreme dominion I'hrci' the azure dee-p of air; ' Yet oft before his infant eyes would run Such forms as gutter in the Mufe's ray, With orient hues imborrow'J of the l'un : Yet lhall he mount, and keep his... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1791 - 718 pages
...prove. Rut, firft, a word of a modern poet or t>v9. That beautiful paliage m GRAY'S Pi ogrcls of Poetry, Yet oft before his infant eyes would run Such forms as glitter in ths Mufe's ray, Willi orient hu-s, unboaoweJ of the fun, is bjrrou'cd. a^ a eentlcman of elegant... | |
 | James Roach - English poetry - 1793 - 274 pages
...But, ah ! 'tis heard no more— O lyre divine ! what daring fpirit Wakes thee now ? tho' he inherit Nor the pride, nor ample pinion, That the Theban eagle...fupreme dominion Thro" the azure deep of air ; .... Yet ofl before his infant eyes would run Such forms as glitter in the Mufe's ray, • •.. With orient... | |
 | 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,... | |
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