 | Thomas Gray, William Mason - English literature - 1820 - 548 pages
...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...unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air. Some village Hampden, that with dauntless breast The little tyrant of his fields withstood ; Some mute inglorious... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1819 - 366 pages
...the spoils of time did ne'er enroll ; Chill penury refiress'd their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul. Full many a gem, of purest ray...dark, unfathom'd caves of ocean bear ; Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness dn the desert air. Some village Hampden, that,... | |
 | John Duncan (philosophical writer.) - Genius - 1820 - 138 pages
...Shakespeare, Newton, and Milton, and many other celebrated names, would have been unknown. " Full many a gem of purest ray serene The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear ; Full many a flow'r is born to bbieh unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air." A distinction is, certainly,... | |
 | Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1821 - 192 pages
...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...village-Hampden, that, with dauntless breast, The little tyrant of his fields withstood, Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell guiltless of his... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 358 pages
...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...village-Hampden, that with dauntless breast The little tyrant of his fields withstood ; Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell guiltless of his... | |
 | Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1821 - 196 pages
...ray serene The dark unrathom'd caves of ocean bear: Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air. Some village-Hampden,...guiltless of his country's blood. Th' applause of list'ning senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to despise, To scatter plenty o'er a smiling... | |
 | English poetry - 1821 - 270 pages
...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...unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air. Some village Hampden, that, with dauntless breast, The little tyrant of his fields withstood j Some mute,... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1821 - 734 pages
...but one instance from many. The following well-known lines of the first-mentioned Poet " Full many a gem of purest ray serene . The dark unfathom'd caves of Ocean bear, Full many a flower is born to blush unseen. And waste its sweetness on the desert air," are evidently taken from... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - English poetry - 1822 - 584 pages
...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...unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air. Some village Hampden, that, with dauntless breast, The little tyrant of his fields withstood, Some mute... | |
 | Timothy Dwight - New England - 1822 - 542 pages
...wrote sound philosophy, as well as beautiful poetry, in the following fine stanzas : — Full many a gem, of purest ray serene, The dark, unfathom'd caves...unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air. Some village HampJen, that with dauntless breast, The little tyrant of his fields withstood ; Some mule,... | |
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Full many a gem of purest ray serene, The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear : Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air. Some village-Hampden, that with dauntless breast The little tyrant of his fields withstood... 
