 | Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1847 - 276 pages
...hands the lyre explore! Bright-eyed Faney hovering o'er Scatters from her pictured urn nlinil pace Thoughts that breathe, and words that burn. But ah '. 'tis heard no more— Oh l Lyre divine, what daring Spirit AVakcs thec now ? though he inherit Xor the pride, nor ample pinion,... | |
 | Louisa Caroline Tuthill - Women - 1847 - 362 pages
...fields of glory bear Two coursers of ethereal race, With necks in thunder clothed, and long resounding pace. Hark, his hands the lyre explore ! Bright-eyed Fancy, hovering o'er, Scatters from her pictured urn Thoughts that breathe and words that burn." Sir William Temple, Locke, Stillingfleet,... | |
 | English poets - 1847 - 144 pages
...quite inconsistent with its trammels. " Hark ! his hands the lyre explore ; Bright-eyed Fancy hov'ring o'er, Scatters from her pictur'd urn Thoughts that breathe, and words that burn.''* Mason, also the friend of Gray, as well as his biographer, distinguished himself when at college a.... | |
 | 1848 - 468 pages
...not only write but feel, not only paint but create. When he is thus truly inspired, — " Bright-cy'd Fancy hovering o'er, Scatters from her pictur'd urn Thoughts that breathe and words that burn." The ode admits of bold and rapid transition in thought, as well as versification. As no two consecutive... | |
 | 1848 - 464 pages
...not only write but feel, not only paint but create. When he is thus truly inspired, — " Bright-ey'd Fancy hovering o'er, Scatters from her pictur'd urn Thoughts that breathe and words that burn." The ode admits of bold and rapid transition in thought, as well as versification. As no two consecutive... | |
 | Caroline Howard Gilman - Quotations - 1848 - 320 pages
...sepulchred, in such pomp dost lie, That kings for such a tomb would wish to die. MILTON. 2. Dryden ! Hark, his hands the lyre explore ! Bright-eyed fancy hovering o'er, Scatters from her pictured urn Thoughts that breathe and words that burn. GRAY— The Bard. 3. The Poet blind yet bold... | |
 | Pliny Miles - 1850 - 374 pages
...Perseverance keeps honor bright. Troilus and Cressida, Act 3, Sc. 3. SHAKSPEARE. A NEW GEM at HOME. 54. Hark, his hands the lyre explore ! Bright-eyed Fancy, hovering o'er, Scatters from her pictured urn Thoughts that breathe and words that burn. The Progress of Poesy. GRAY. 55. To gild refined... | |
 | Pliny Miles - 1850 - 372 pages
...Perseverance keeps honor bright. Troilus and Cressida, Act 3, Sc. 3. SHAKSPEARE. A NEW GEM at HOME. 54. Hark, his hands the lyre explore ! Bright-eyed Fancy, hovering o'er, Scatters from her pictured urn Thoughts that breathe and words that burn. The Progress of Poesy. GRAY. 65. To gild refined... | |
 | Bombay (India : State). Board of Education - Education - 1851 - 768 pages
...pace ! Hark, his hand the lyre explore ! Bright-eyed Fancy, hov'ring o'er, Scatters from her pictured urn Thoughts that breathe, and words that burn. But ah ! 'tis heard no more !" GRAY. — The Progress of Poesy. Grammatical construction of the first four lines ? What do 4 the... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1851 - 378 pages
...cloth'd, and long-resounding in. 3. [pace. Hark, his hands the lyre explore ! Bright-eyed Fancy, hov'ring o'er, Scatters from her pictur'd urn Thoughts that breathe, and words that burn, no But ah ! 'tis heard no more Oh ! lyre divine, what daring spirit Var. V. 108. Bright-eyed] Full-plumed.... | |
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Closed his eyes in endless night. Behold where Dryden's less presumptuous car Wide o'er the fields of Glory bear Two coursers of ethereal race, With necks in thunder clothed, and long-resounding pace Hark, his hands the lyre explore! Bright-eyed Fancy,... 
