 | W. Plees - Jersey - 1817 - 436 pages
...extacy the liYing lyre." « 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 their soul." i• Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, " Their sober wishes never... | |
 | William Scott - Children's stories - 1820 - 422 pages
...lyre : But knowledge to their eyes her ample page, Rich with the spoils of time did ne'er enroll ; • Chill penury repressed their noble rage, And froze...current of the soul. 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... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1819 - 366 pages
...page, Rich with 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 serene, The dark, unfathom'd caves of ocean bear ; Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And... | |
 | Thomas Gray, William Mason - English literature - 1820 - 548 pages
...ample page Rich with 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 serene, The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear : Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste... | |
 | English poetry - 1821 - 270 pages
...ample page, Rich with 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 serene, The dark, unfathom'd caves of ocean bear ; Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 358 pages
...page, Rich with 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 serene, The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear : Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste... | |
 | Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1821 - 192 pages
...ample page Rich with 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 serene The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear: Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste... | |
 | David Irving - English language - 1821 - 336 pages
...page. Rich with the spoils of time did ne'er uuroll , Chill penury repress'd their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul. Full many a gem of purest ray serene The dark unfathomecl caves of ocean bear; Full many a flower is born to butl unseen, And waste... | |
 | Timothy Dwight - New England - 1822 - 550 pages
...ray serene, The dark, nnfathom'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; Some mute, inglorious Milton, here may rest ; Some Cromwell, guiltless of... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - English poetry - 1822 - 584 pages
...ample page Rich with 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 serene The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear : Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste... | |
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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. But knowledge to their eyes her ample page Rich with the spoils of time did ne'er... 
