 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1791 - 966 pages
...inherit N&r the pride, nor xmplc pinion, That the Theban eagle bear, Sniltng with luprcme dominion Thro' t trie Mufe's ray, With orient hues, unbomnv'd of the fun : Yet mall he mount, and keep his diftant way... | |
 | 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 litci... | |
 | James Roach - English poetry - 1793 - 274 pages
...That the Theban eagle bear, Sailing with fupreme dominion Thro" the azure deep of air ; .... Yet ofl before his infant eyes would run Such forms as glitter...ray, • •.. With orient hues, unborrow'd of the fun : Yet fliall he mount, and keep his diflant way Beyond the limits of a vulgar Lie, Beneath the... | |
 | 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,... | |
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1797 - 450 pages
...? 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...the Mufe's ray, With orient hues, unborrow'd of the fun : Yet (hall he mount, and keep his diftant way Beyond the limits of a vulgar fate, Beneath the... | |
 | 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...the Mufe's ray, With orient hues unborrow'd of the fun, iaO> Yet fhall he mount, and keep his diilant way Beyond the limits of a vulgar fate, Beneath... | |
 | Thomas Gray - Elegiac poetry, English - 1798 - 130 pages
...Nor the pride nor ample pinion That the Theban eayle bear, If 115 Sailing with fupreme dominion Thro' the azure deep of air, Yet oft' 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 thou... | |
 | PURSUITS. - 1798 - 422 pages
...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 infe6jt, contrafted Avith the... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1799 - 270 pages
...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 distant... | |
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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 great ! ODE VI. 
