 | English poetry - 1836 - 558 pages
...fancy, hovering o'er, Scatters from her pictured urn Thoughts that breathe and words that burn ;*T But ah! 'tis heard no more** — Oh, lyre divine \ what daring spirit Wakes thee nowl though he inherit Nor the pride nor ample pinion That the Theban eagle bear,tt Bailing with supreme... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1837 - 362 pages
...pace. Hark, his hands the lyre explore ! Bright-ey'd Fancy, hovering o'er, Scatters from her pictur'd urn Thoughts that breathe, and words that burn. But...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... | |
 | William Graham (teacher of elocution.) - 1837 - 370 pages
...pace. Hark, his hands the lyre explore ! Bright-eyed Fancy, hov'ring o'er, Scatters from her pictured urn Thoughts that breathe, and words that burn. But...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... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1837 - 448 pages
...• Hark, his hands the lyre explore ! Bright-ey'd Fancy, hovering o'er, Scatters from her pictur'd urn Thoughts that breathe, and words that burn. But...inherit Nor the pride, nor ample pinion, That the Thcban eagle bear, Sailing with supreme dominion Through the azure deep of air : Yet oft before his... | |
 | James Montgomery - Literature - 1838 - 332 pages
...the stress which I lay upon the pre-eminence of this author in the management of English rhythm. " Oh, lyre divine ! what daring spirit Wakes thee now ? though he inherit Not the pride, nor ample pinion, Which the Theban eagle bare, Sailing with supreme dominion Through... | |
 | English poetry - 1840 - 372 pages
...beating, Hark, his hands the lyre explore ! Bright-eyed Fancy hovering o'er, Scatters from her pictured urn Thoughts that breathe and words that burn. But...Oh lyre divine ! what daring spirit Wakes thee now 1 though he inherit Nor the pride, nor ample pinion That the Theban eagle bear, Sailing with supreme... | |
 | 1855 - 676 pages
...Connecticut apparently enfolded in the star ' spangled banner, and guarded by our own national bird— "Though he inherit Nor the pride, nor ample pinion That the Theban eagle bare, Sailing with виргеше dominion Through the azure deep of air"— one would suppose us a... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 292 pages
...3. Hark, his hands the lyre explore ! Bright-eyed Fancy, hovering o'er, Scatters from her pictured urn Thoughts that breathe, and words that burn. But...Through the azure deep of air : Yet oft before his infant eyes would run Such forms as glitter in the Muse's ray, Ver. III. But ah! 'tis heard no more]... | |
 | United States - 1842 - 712 pages
...she would be a female Milton, or a Christian Pindar, But though she does not " inherit The force and ample pinion That the Theban Eagle bear, Sailing with supreme dominion Through the liquid vault of air," she nevertheless manages the language with great ease and elegance ; and often... | |
 | English literature - 1843 - 234 pages
...from her pictured urn Thoughts that breathe, and words that burn. Hark! his hands the Lyre explore! But ah! 'tis heard no more.— Oh! lyre divine, what...the pride, nor ample pinion, That the Theban eagle bore, Sailing with supreme dominion Such forms as glitters in the muse's ray With orient hues, unborrowed... | |
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tis heard no more Oh ! lyre divine, what daring spirit Wakes thee now ? Though he inherit Nor the pride, nor ample pinion, That the Theban eagle bear, Sailing with supreme dominion Through the azure deep of air... 
