 | John Walker - English language - 1810 - 282 pages
...thought^ 'where he says, speaking of the poor 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 Tull many a gem of purest ray serene, The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear ;... | |
 | John Young - 1810 - 266 pages
..., Or wak'd to ecstacy the living lyre. XIII. 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 ! 11 XIV, Full many a gem of purest ray serene The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean... | |
 | John Young - Gray, Thomas, 1716-1771 - 1810 - 432 pages
...sway'd, Or wak'd to ecstacy the living lyre. XIII. 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 ! 11 XIV. Full many a gem of purest ray serene The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean... | |
 | Thomas Branagan - Bibliography - 1812 - 370 pages
...heart once pregnant with celestial fire ; Hands that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or wak'd to ecstasy the living lyre. But knowledge to their...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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 1815 - 444 pages
...pregnant with celestial fire ; Hands that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or waked to ecstacy the living lyre. But knowledge to their eyes her ample...penury repress'd their noble rage. And froze the genial current of their soul!" " A portion of this evil may always continue to be the lot of the poor in the... | |
 | Lincoln (England) - 1816 - 262 pages
...swayed, Or wak'd to ecstacy the living lyre. But KNOWLEDGE to thfir eyes her ample page, Rich with the spoils of time, did ne'er unroll; Chill penury...froze the genial current of the soul. Full many a p-em of purest ray serene, The dark unliuhomM caves of ocean bear, Full many a flow'r is born to blush... | |
 | William Wirt - Virginia - 1829 - 250 pages
...heart once pregnant with celestial fire, " Hands that the rod of empire might have sway'd, "Or wak'd to ecstasy the living lyre. " But knowledge to their...the spoils of time, did ne'er unroll ; "Chill penury repress 'd their noble rage, " And froze the genial cuirent of their soul. " Full many a gem of purest... | |
 | England - 1839 - 894 pages
...once pregnant with celestial fire : Hands that the rod of empire might have swayed, Or waked to extacy the living lyre. ' But knowledge to their eyes her...the spoils of time, did ne'er unroll ; Chill penury repressed their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul. ' Full many a gem of purest ray... | |
 | W. Plees - Jersey - 1817 - 436 pages
...celestial fir? ; " Hands, that the rod of empire might have swayed, " Or waked to extacy the liYing lyre." « But knowledge to their eyes her ample page,...spoils of time, did ne'er unroll ; " Chill penury repressed their noble rage, *' And froze the genial current of their soul." i• Far from the madding... | |
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Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire, Hands that the rod of empire might have swayed, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre... 
