 | English poetry - 1826 - 310 pages
...laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire ; Hands, that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or wak'd to ecstasy the living lyre : But Knowledge...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... | |
 | Thomas Gray - Presses, Issues of - 1826 - 190 pages
...heart once pregnant with celestial fire ; Hands, that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre : But knowledge to their...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... | |
 | Marie-Joseph Chénier - 1824 - 464 pages
...heart once pregnant with celestial fire; Hands, that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre : But Knowledge to their eyes her ample page Rich with the spoils of Time did ne'er unroll ; ChilI Penury repress'd their noble rage, And froze... | |
 | William Enfield - Elocution - 1827 - 412 pages
...laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire ; Hands, that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or wak'd to ecstasy the living lyre. But Knowledge...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... | |
 | Thomas Gray, William Mason - Poetics - 1827 - 468 pages
...pregnant with celestial fire ; Hands, that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or wak'd- to extasy the living lyre. But Knowledge to their eyes her ample...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... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 264 pages
...pregnant with celestial fire; — Hands that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or wak'd to ecstacy the living lyre. But Knowledge to their eyes her ample...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... | |
 | George Merriam - Readers - 1828 - 282 pages
...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 unrol Chill penury repressed their noble rage, And froze... | |
 | John Pierpont - Readers - 1829 - 290 pages
...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 unrol ; Chill Penury repressed their noble rage, And... | |
 | John Webster Morris - Baptists - 1830 - 342 pages
...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...penury repressed their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul." " A portion of this evil may always continue to be the lot of the poor in the... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 516 pages
...pregnant with celestial fire ; Hands, that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or wak'd to ecstacy the living lyre. But Knowledge to their eyes her ample...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... | |
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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. 
