 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...  Chambers's poetical reader - Page 55by Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1865 - 200 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Gray - Fore-edge painting - 1825 - 346 pages
...frown." Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid 45 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; 50 Chill... | |
 | Charles Burroughs - Women - 1827 - 52 pages
...disastrous eclipse, and man was debarred of more than half the blessings that were designed for him. For knowledge to their eyes her ample page, Eich with the spoils of time, did ne'er unrol ; Ba.se servitude repress'd their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul. Now all... | |
 | George Merriam - Readers - 1828 - 286 pages
...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 unrol Chill penury... | |
 | John Pierpont - Children's literature - 1828 - 320 pages
...dust, Or Flattery soothe the dull, cold ear of death ? Perhaps, in this neglected spot, is laid Hands, that the rod of empire might have swayed, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre: Some heart, once pregnant with celestial fire; But Knowledge to their eyes her ample page, Rich with... | |
 | John Pierpont - Readers - 1829 - 290 pages
...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 unrol ; Chill... | |
 | John Webster Morris - Baptists - 1830 - 342 pages
...sympathy ? " 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... | |
 | Catherine Read Williams - 1830 - 230 pages
...&c. " Perhaps in this inglorious spot is laid " A heart once pregnant with celestial fire, " Hands that the rod of empire might have swayed, " Or waked to ecstasy the livinff lyre." * * * * * * * * * * * * * -" Some mute, inglorious Milton here may rest, " Some Cromwell,... | |
 | Moses Severance - Readers - 1832 - 312 pages
...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...living lyre : 13. 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... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...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 penury... | |
 | 1832 - 618 pages
...SKULL. 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. Ora¡/. Leaves have their time to fall, And flowers to wither at the north wind's breath, And stars... | |
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