 | Thomas Gray - 1847 - 276 páginas
...with celestial fire ; Hands, that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or wak'd to ecstacy the living lyre. But knowledge to their eyes her ample page,...the spoils of time, did ne'er unroll; Chill penury repress'd their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul. Full many a gem, of purest ray... | |
 | James Sheridan Knowles - 1847 - 344 páginas
...celestial fire ; — Hands, that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre ! But knowledge to their eyes her ample page,...the spoils of time, did ne'er unroll ; Chill penury repress'd their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul. Full many a gem of purest ray... | |
 | Book - 1847 - 216 páginas
...with celestial fire ; Hands that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre : But knowledge to their eyes her ample page,...the spoils of time, did ne'er unroll ; Chill penury repress'd their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul. Full many a gem of purest ray... | |
 | Asa Humphrey - 1847 - 238 páginas
...Or flattery sooth the dull cold ear of death ? But knowledge to their eyes her ample page, Rich with 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 serene, The dark unfathomed caves of ocean bear:... | |
 | William Balmbro'. Flower - 1848 - 304 páginas
...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...Penury repressed their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul. Full many a gem, of purest ray serene, The dark unfathomed caves of ocean bear... | |
 | David Bates Tower - 1853 - 444 páginas
...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,...Penury repressed their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul. Full many a gem, of purest ray serene, The dark, unfathomed caves of ocean bear... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1848 - 462 páginas
...celebrated personages, he said, with a sigh, " But knowledge to their eyes her ample page, Rich with the spoils of time, did ne'er unroll ; Chill penury...rage, And froze the genial current of their soul." The word penury, in this stanza, the clerks at least understood, and it excited their " noble rage... | |
 | 1848 - 308 páginas
...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 eyes her ample page Kich...the spoils of time did ne'er unroll; Chill Penury repress'd their nohle rage, And froze the genial current of the soul." VIII. " These violent delights... | |
 | 1848 - 314 páginas
...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 eyes her ample page Rich...the spoils of time did ne'er unroll ; Chill Penury repress'd their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul." VIII. " These violent delights... | |
 | English poetry - 1848 - 468 páginas
...with celestial fire ; Hands, that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or waked to eestasy the living lyre : But Knowledge to their eyes her ample page...the spoils of Time did ne'er unroll ; Chill Penury repress'd then- noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul. Full many a gem of purest ray... | |
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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. 
