 | William Enfield - 1823 - 346 pages
...with celestial fire ; Hands, that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or wak'd to ecstasy the living lyre. But Knowledge to their eyes her ample page,...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... | |
 | W. Plees - 1824
...celestial fire ; «' Hands, that the rod of empire might have swayed, " Or waked to extacy the liring lyre." " But knowledge to their eyes her ample page,...rage, " And froze the genial current of their soul." " Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, " Their sober wishes never learned to stray ; , " Along... | |
 | Robert Aglionby Slaney - 1824
...are to whom the lamentation of the poet will apply : — " Knowledge to them her ample page Rich with the spoils of time did ne'er unroll ; Chill penury...rage, And froze the genial current of their soul." If, however, no future Chatterton or Burns, no Franklin or Watt, should ever again appear, no one whose... | |
 | William Collins - 1824
...with celestial fire; Hands, that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or waked to ecstacy the living lyre. But knowledge to their eyes her ample page Rich...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... | |
 | William Oxberry - Performing Arts - 1824 - 346 pages
...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 page....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... | |
 | William Hazlitt - Poetry - 1825 - 562 pages
...eelestial fire ; Hands, that the rod of empire might have sway 'i!, Or wak'd to eestasy the living ign'd repress'd their noble rage. And froze the genial eurrent of the soul. Full many a gem of purest ray... | |
 | Dalgarnoch - 1825
...but still comparatively ignorant and illiterate. " Knowledge to their eyes her ample page, Rich with the spoils of time, did ne'er unroll; Chill penury repressed their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the sou)." By those, however, who are acquainted with the history and character of our Scottish... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - Poetry - 1826
...with celestial fire ; Hands, that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or wak'd to ecstasy the living lyre : But Knowledge to their eyes her ample page,...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... | |
 | Richard Westall - 1826 - 134 pages
...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...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 - 1827 - 446 pages
...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 page Rich...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. 
