 | Books - 1760 - 556 pages
...writing thefeOdes. . Oh ! Lyre divine, what daring fpirit Wakes thee now ? tho' he inherit Nor the pride, nor ample pinion, That the Theban eagle bear Sailing with fupreme dominion Thro' the azure deep of air : Yet oft before his infant eyes would ran Such forms as glitter in the... | |
 | Literature - 1764 - 202 pages
...inherit Nor the f ride nor ample pinion Ybat the Ihelun eagle tear, Sailing ivitbfupreme dominion, Ihre' the azure deep of air : Yet oft before his infant eyes would rim Such forms as glitter in the Mufe's ray Yet Jhall lie mount and keep his diflant <way Bejoftd the... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1768 - 200 pages
...above all, in the laft of Caraftacus, Hark ! heard ye not yon footftep dread ? £2c. Nor the pride, nor ample pinion, * That the Theban Eagle bear Sailing with fupreme dominion. Thro' the azure deep of air : Yet oft before his infant eyes would run Such forms, as glitter in*the... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1772 - 230 pages
...Theban eagle ; but the imagery of both poets is much the fame. -' tho' he inherit " Nor the pride, nor ample pinion, " That the Theban eagle bear " Sailing with fupreme dominion " Thro' the azure deep of air." Progrefs of Poetry. [u] —flee] The proper word had been Jfly, if... | |
 | Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1775 - 168 pages
...chornfjs, jbove all in thelaft of C Hark ! heard ye cot yon fuotllcp dread ? &c ' * Nor the pride, nor ample pinion, * That the Theban Eagle bear, Sailing...deep of air : Yet oft before his infant eyes would ruu Such forms as glitter in the Mufe's ray, With orient hues, unborrow'd of the fun : Yet fhall he... | |
 | Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1778 - 182 pages
...Lyre divine, what daring fpirit Wakes thee now ? tho' he inherit Nor the pride, nor ample pinion, J That the Theban Eagle bear, Sailing with fupreme dominion Through the azure deep of air : * Words that weep, and tears that fpeak. COWLIY. + We have had in our language no other odes of the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 364 pages
...lyre divine, what daring fpirit Wakes thee now ? though he inherit Nor the pride, noi 1 ample.pinion, That the Theban eagle bear, Sailing with fupreme dominion Through the azure deep of air i Vet oft before his infant eyes would run Such forms, as glitter in the Mufe's ray With orient hues,... | |
 | English literature - 1782 - 542 pages
...pinion, That the ponían Svlla bore, Sailing to fuprcme dominion O'er foaming feas of kindred gore ! Yet oft before his infant eyes would run Such forms as glitter in ambition's ray : 'With duiky hues, unbrighten'd by the fun, Yet /hall he mount and keep his dirbnt... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - English poetry - 1782 - 438 pages
...daring Spirit Wakes thee now ? though he inherit Nor the pride, nor ample pinion, y That the T heban Eagle bear Sailing with fupreme dominion Through the azure deep of air : "IMITATION. Words that weep, and tears that fpeak. Cmvltf. » We have had in our language no other... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1786 - 210 pages
...! Lyre divine, what daring fpirit • i Wakes thee now ? tho' he inherit * t Nor 91 Nor the pride, nor -ample pinion, That the Theban Eagle bear, Sailing with fupreme dominion Thro' the azure deep of air : Yet oft before his infant eyes would run Such forms as glitter in the... | |
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Through 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... 
