 | Daniel Dewar - 1812 - 372 pages
...During this period it may be said with truth, that 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 soul. CHAP. VII. ADDITIONAL REMARKS ON THE REFORMATION, AND ON THE CAUSES BY WHICH ITS... | |
 | 1839 - 894 pages
...swayed, Or waked to extacy the living lyre. ' But knowledge to their eyes her ample page, Rich with the spoils of time, did ne'er unroll ; Chill penury...current of the soul. ' Full many a gem of purest ray serene The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear : Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste... | |
 | W. Plees - 1817 - 436 pages
...swayed, " Or waked to extacy the liYing lyre." « But 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 their soul." i• Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, " Their sober wishes never... | |
 | William Scott - 1820 - 422 pages
...lyre : But knowledge to their eyes her ample page, Rich with the spoils of time did ne'er enroll ; • Chill penury repressed their noble rage, And froze...current of the soul. Full many a gem of purest ray serene, The dark, unfathom d caves of ocean bear ; Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And... | |
 | W. Plees - 1824 - 424 pages
...swayed, " Or waked to extacy the liring lyre." " But 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 their soul." " Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, " Their sober wishes never learned... | |
 | Robert Aglionby Slaney - 1824 - 262 pages
...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 repressed their noble rage, And froze the genial current of their soul." If, however, no future Chatterton or Burns, no Franklin or Watt, should ever... | |
 | Dalgarnoch, Author of Richard Gordon - 1825 - 212 pages
...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... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1828 - 320 pages
...celestial fire; 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...the soul. ' • • 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... | |
 | George Merriam - 1828 - 282 pages
...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...current of the soul. Full many a gem of purest ray serene The dark, unfathomed caves of ocean bear 5 Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1829 - 290 pages
...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...current of the soul. 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... | |
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But 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 soul. 
