| 1855 - 1416 páginas
...— • Perchance 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.' Ami what i.« il»' obvious moral from these well known lines? What but this, — that give the requisite... | |
| 1855 - 458 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... | |
| Edwin Waugh - 1855 - 282 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, Kich with the spoils of time, did ne'er unroll Chill... | |
| David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - 1855 - 442 páginas
...Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire ; Hands that llie 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... | |
| Theodore Parker - 1856 - 472 páginas
...contingency, " 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 penury... | |
| Joseph William Jenks - 1856 - 574 páginas
...silent dust, 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... | |
| John Bartlett - 1856 - 660 páginas
...through the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault The pealing anthem swells the note of praise. Hands that the rod of empire might have swayed, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre. Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air. Some mute inglorious... | |
| William Sherwood - 1856 - 466 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... | |
| Epes Sargent - 1857 - 488 páginas
...breath * Can Honor's voice provoke the silent dust, Or Flattery soothe the dull, cold oar of death? 12. Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart...to ecstasy the living lyre : 13. But Knowledge to their121 eyes her ample page, Rich with the spoils of time, did ne'er unroll , Chill Penury repressed... | |
| John Seely Hart - 1857 - 394 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; Child Penury... | |
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