| 1833 - 480 pàgines
...spot is laid Some heart once pregnaht with celestial fire ; Hands that the rod of empire might hare swayed, Or waked to ecstacy the living lyre. Some village Hampden that with d nun ties a breast, The little tyrant of hit field* withstood, Some mute, inglorious Milton here may... | |
| Samuel Kirkham - 1834 - 360 pàgines
.... . 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 ecstacy the living lyre': But knowledge to their eyes her ample page', Rich with the spoils of time', did ne'ers unroll'; Chill... | |
| Jonathan Barber - 1836 - 404 pàgines
...?— Can honor's voice provoke the silent dust— Or flattery sooth the dull, cold ear of death? Hands that the rod of empire might have swayed, Or waked to ecstacy the living lyre. Perhaps, in this neglected spot, is laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire ;— But Knowledge... | |
| Henry Brooke - 1836 - 104 pàgines
...sleep." " 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 ecstacy the living Tyre." Yet even here modern science has now found a way to break down all olden manners, and the steam-engines... | |
| Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 pàgines
...Death ? 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 ecstacy the living lyre. But Knowledge to their eyes her ample page, Rich with the spoils of Time, did ne'er unrol ; Chill Penury... | |
| George Willson - 1840 - 298 pàgines
...1 12 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 ecstacy the living lyre. 13 But Knowledge to their eyes her ample page, Rich with the spoils of time, did ne'er unroll ; Chill... | |
| George B. Scott - 1842 - 354 pàgines
...God." "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 ecstacy the living lyre." — GHAY. THE dead — the dead ! But must it thus be with all ? — Yes, all must die ! HE — the... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pàgines
...Death ? Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire; Hands ighest point of Snowdon is called the But knowledge to their eyes her ample page Rich with the spoils of time did ne'er unroll ; Chill Penury... | |
| English poetry - 1844 - 108 pàgines
...death ? 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 ecstacy the living lyre : But knowledge to their eyes her ample page, Rich with the spoils of time, did ne'er unrol, Chill... | |
| American Institute of Instruction - 1845 - 336 pàgines
...souls." "Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid A heart once pregnant with celestial fire ; Hands, that the rod of empire might have swayed, Or waked to ecstacy the living lyre." Call not then the occupation of the Teacher dull and uninteresting, while he may look at such results.... | |
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