 Full many a gem of purest ray serene The dark unfathomed 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,...  Poems for Young People - Page 38edited by - 1851 - 173 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John William Stanhope Hows - English poetry - 1866 - 574 pages
...serene, The dark, unfathom'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... | |
 | Standard poetry book - 1866 - 300 pages
...ray serene The dark unfathom'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; Th' applause of listening senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - American poetry - 1868 - 710 pages
...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...waste its sweetness on the desert air. Some village Hampdcn that, with dauntless breast, The little tyrant of his fields withstood ; Some mute, inglorious... | |
 | Thomas Alfred Davies - Business - 1868 - 336 pages
...laborious ancestors, might truthfully repeat these emphatic words of England's gifted bard : — 4* " Some village Hampden that, with dauntless breast,...Cromwell, guiltless of his country's blood. " ' " The following confirmatory remarks of an intelligent gentleman from Boston appeared in the Farmers' Library... | |
 | Warren P. Edgarton - 1868 - 522 pages
...serene, The dark, unfuthomed 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... | |
 | Andrew Comstock, Philip Lawrence - Elocution - 1808 - 596 pages
...n', . unfathom'd caves of o'ccan , bear, ; | Full many a flow'er , is born to blush unseen', | And waste its sweetness on the desert air,.* | Some village...that, with dauntless breast', ; The little tyrant of his fields' withstood,; | Some mute, inglorious MiHon, here may rest' ; | Some Crom'well, guiltless... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench (abp. of Dublin) - 1868 - 458 pages
...serene The dark unfathomed caves of ocean bear : Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, 55 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 his... | |
 | William Davis (B.A.) - 1869 - 200 pages
...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...Hampden, that, with dauntless breast, The little tyrant of his fields withstood : Some mute, inglorious Milton here may rest : Some Cromwell guiltless of his... | |
 | Archibald Hamilton Bryce - English literature - 1869 - 344 pages
...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...Hampden, that, with dauntless breast, The little tyrant of his fields withstood ; Some mute inglorious Milton here may restSome Cromwell, guiltless of his... | |
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