| Cam river - 1841 - 318 páginas
...Death 2 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. ARUNDINRS CAMI. Suppositis quoties resecabant falcibus arva, Scissa gravi quoties vomere gleba fuit... | |
| 1863 - 456 páginas
...Perhaps in this long-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 : Full many a gem of purest ray serene, The dark unfathom'd oaves of ocean bear; Full many a flower... | |
| Theodore Parker - 1843 - 394 páginas
...contingency, 11 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. But Knowedge to their eyes her ample page, Rich with the spoils of time, did ne'er unrol, Chill penury... | |
| George Willson - 1844 - 300 páginas
...breath ? Can Honor's voice provoke the silent dust, Or Flattery soothe the dull, cold ear of death ? 12 Perhaps, in this neglected spot, is laid Some heart,...that the rod of empire might have swayed, Or waked to ecstacy the living lyre. 13 But Knowledge to their eyes her ample page, Rich with the spoils of time,... | |
| Thomas Chandler Haliburton - 1844 - 352 páginas
...:— ' 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. ' The applause of listening senates to command ; The threats of pain and ruin to despise ; To scatter... | |
| Thomas Chandler Haliburton - 1845 - 342 páginas
...:— ' Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid, Some heart once pregnant wllh celestial fire; Hands that the rod of empire might have swayed, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre. ' The applause of listening senates to command; The threats of pain and ruin to despise; To scatter... | |
| Richard Green Parker - 1845 - 454 páginas
...death ? 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 : But Knowledge to their eyes her ample page, Rich with the spoils of time, did ne'er unroll ; Chill... | |
| Richard Green Parker - 1845 - 456 páginas
...death ? 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 : But Knowledge to their eyes her ample page, Rich with the spoils of time, did ne'er uuroll j Chill... | |
| Robert L. Wade - 1846 - 448 páginas
...sad necessities of their lot. Perhaps Cromwells and Mutons might be discovered amongst them — hands that the rod of empire might have swayed, or waked to ecstasy the living lyre. Even in that ill-favored corduroyed form there may be faculties that, in better circumstances, could... | |
| 1846 - 436 páginas
...death ? 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. But knowledge to their eyes her ample page, Rich with the spoils of time, did ne'er unroll ; Chill... | |
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