 | Thomas Branagan - Bibliography - 1812 - 370 pages
...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 repress'd their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the so Full many a gem of purest ray serene The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear; Full... | |
 | Daniel Dewar - Ireland - 1812 - 372 pages
...native genius and virtue, as the splendid mansion, or the academic halls of the College. 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. But it is not true that... | |
 | Augusta Amelia Stuart - 1812 - 264 pages
...frown, would scatter blessings round, and be themselves the charm of refined society ! " Full many a gem, of purest ray serene, The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear; Full many a fiow'r was born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air." • So lost in their beautiful... | |
 | William Wirt - Virginia - 1813 - 204 pages
...sway'd, " Or wak'd to ecstasy the living lyre. "Bat 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 their soul. " Fall many a gem of purest ray serene, 41 The dark, unfathom'd caves of ocean... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1814 - 424 pages
...lyre : But knowledge to their eyes her ample page, Rich with the spoils of time did ne'er enroll ; Chill penury repress'd 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,... | |
 | English poetry - 1814 - 310 pages
...Knowledge to their eyes her ample page, Rich' with the spoils of time, did ne'er unroll Full many a gem of purest ray serene, The dark unfathom'd caves...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... | |
 | Elegant poems - 1814 - 132 pages
...living lyre. But knowledge to their eyes her ample page, Rich with the spoils of time, did ne'er unrol; Chill penury repress'd their noble rage, And froze...current of the soul. Full many a gem of purest ray serene, The dark uutathom'd caves of ocean bear ; Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste... | |
 | Samuel Parkes - Chemistry - 1814 - 584 pages
...metal might have lain in the bowels of the earth undiscovered, for ages yet to come. " 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. Cobalt ores generally... | |
 | 1755 - 262 pages
...produce in silence, and nourish in secret, may be well applied the lines of the bard, " 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 :" because, no channel... | |
 | Jonathan Morgan - English language - 1814 - 298 pages
...A few pence." " Many a man," ie mciny men individually taken. " A great many people." " 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." That is full many a gem... | |
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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. 
