 Thro' the azure deep of air : Yet oft before his infant eyes would run Such forms as glitter in the Muse's ray, With orient hues, unborrow'd of the sun : Yet shall he mount, and keep his distant way Beyond the limits of a vulgar fate, Beneath the Good...  A Collection of Poems in Six Volumes - Page 336edited by - 1782Full view - About this book
 | Richard Chenevix Trench (abp. of Dublin) - 1868 - 458 pages
...the Muse's ray With orient hues, unborrowed of the sun: 120 Yet shall he mount, and keep his distant way Beyond the limits of a vulgar fate, Beneath the good how far! — but far above the great. Thomas Gray. CLV1II SONNET. When I behold thee, blameless Williamson,... | |
 | sir William Smith - 1869 - 382 pages
...the Muse's ray With orient ' hues, unborrow'd of the sun ; Yet shall he mount, and keep his distant way Beyond the limits of a vulgar fate, Beneath the good how far — but far above the great. 5. 771€ Theban tagle, Pindar. 6. Orient : once used in the pure... | |
 | Great Britain - 1870 - 492 pages
...the Muse's ray, With orient hues, unborrowed of the sun, 120 Yet shall he mount, and keep his distant way Beyond the limits of a vulgar fate, Beneath the good how far ! — but far above the great. O celestial harp, what adventurous genius rouses thy tones at this... | |
 | Daniel Scrymgeour - 1870 - 644 pages
...in the Muse's ray With orient hues, unborrow'd of the Sun : Yet shall he mount, and keep his distant way Beyond the limits of a vulgar fate, Beneath the good how far ! — but far above the great. WILLIAM COLLINS. (1721-1759.) THE history of William Collins adds... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench - English poetry - 1870 - 466 pages
...Muse's ray With orient hues, unborrowed of the sun : i:° Yet shall he mount, and keep his distant way Beyond the limits of a vulgar fate, Beneath the good how far ! — but far above the great. Thomas Gray. CLXIII SONNET. When I behold thee, blameless Williamson,... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1870 - 72 pages
...in the Muse's ray, With orient hues, unborrowed of the sun. Yet shall he mount, and keep his distant way Beyond the limits of a vulgar fate, Beneath the Good how far ! but far above the Great. THE TRIUMPHS OF OWEN. FROM THE WELSH. [The hero of the ode was king... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - English poetry - 1870 - 456 pages
...in the Muse's ray, With orient hues, unborrow'd of the sun: Yet shall he mount, and keep his distant way Beyond the limits of a vulgar fate, Beneath the good how far — but far above the great. * Miltoa. t Pindar. THE BA.RD. PINDARIC.* " Ruin seize thee, ruthless... | |
 | William Smith, Benjamin Nicholas Martin - English literature - 1870 - 482 pages
...in the Muse's ray With orient hues, unborrowed of the sun ; Yet shall he mount, and keep his distant way Beyond the limits of a vulgar fate, Beneath the good how far — but far above the great. WILLIAM COWPER. 1731-1800. (Manual, p. 357.) FROM "THE TASK." 236.... | |
 | Anna Randall Diehl - Elocution - 1872 - 460 pages
...the Muse's ray, With orient hues, unborrow'd of the sun : Yet shall he mount, and keep his distant way Beyond the limits of a vulgar fate, Beneath the Good how far, — but far above the Great. Gray. I7> From The Toilers of the Sea, L THE COMBAT. Gilliatt ascended... | |
 | John Wesley Hales - 1872 - 552 pages
...the Muse's ray, With orient hues, unborrow'd of the sun : Yet shall he mount, and keep his distant way Beyond the limits of a vulgar fate, Beneath the Good how far ! — but far above the Great. THE BARD. I. i. " RUIN seise thee, ruthless King ! Confusion on... | |
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