 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 338 ページ
...inherit ' ' J ' Nor the pride, nor a/ople. pinion, That the Theban eagle bear, Sailing with A:pr-eme dominion Through the azure deep of air : Yet oft before...the Mufe's ray With orient hues, unborrow'd of the fun : Yet fhall he mount, and keep his diftant way Beyond the limits of a vulgar fate Beneath the good... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 364 ページ
...ample.pinion, That the Theban eagle bear, Sailing with fupreme dominion Through the azure deep of air i Vet oft before his infant eyes would run Such forms, as...the Mufe's ray With orient hues, unborrow'd of the fun i Yet fhall he mount, and keep his diftant way Beyond the limits of a vulgar fate Beneath the good... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 336 ページ
...iyre divine, what daring fpirit Wakes thee now ? though he mherit Nor the pride, nor ample pinion, That the Theban eagle bear, Sailing with fupreme dominion Through the azure deep of air i Yet oft before his infant eyes would* run Such forms, as glitter in the Mufe's ray With orient hues,... | |
 | 1782 - 542 ページ
...pinion, That the ponían Svlla bore, Sailing to fuprcme dominion O'er foaming feas of kindred gore ! Yet oft before his infant eyes would run Such forms as glitter in ambition's ray : 'With duiky hues, unbrighten'd by the fun, Yet /hall he mount and keep his dirbnt... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - 1782 - 438 ページ
...daring Spirit Wakes thee now ? though he inherit Nor the pride, nor ample pinion, y That the T heban Eagle bear Sailing with fupreme dominion Through the azure deep of air : "IMITATION. Words that weep, and tears that fpeak. Cmvltf. » We have had in our language no other... | |
 | Edward Wynne - 1785 - 242 ページ
...fimilar idea in Mr. Gray's admirable ode, where the Poet's eye is reprefented as difcovering Sue h formi? as glitter in the Mufe's ray With orient hues, unborrow'd of the Sun. VOL. IV. B Page Page viii, line 5. Any compaction, ifcolotcred ever by fiElion, approaches more or... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1786 - 210 ページ
...91 Nor the pride, nor -ample pinion, That the Theban Eagle bear, Sailing with fupreme dominion Thro' the azure deep of air : Yet oft before his infant...the Mufe's ray, With orient hues, unborrow'd of the fun : Yet ihall he mount, and keep his diftant way Beyond the limits of a vulgar fate, Beneath the... | |
 | Johann Joachim Eschenburg - 1789 - 454 ページ
...bear 1 Sailing with fupreme dominion Thro' the azure deep of air: Yet oft before his infant eyes weuld run Such forms, as glitter in the Mufe's ray With orient hues, unborrow'd of the fun : Yet lhall he mount, and keep his diftant way Beyond the limits of a vulgar fate, Beneath the... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 372 ページ
...lyre divine, what daring fpirit Wakes thee now ? though he inherit Nor the pride, nor ample pinion, * That the Theban eagle bear Sailing with fupreme dominion...the Mufe's ray With orient hues, unborrow'd of the fun : Yet fhall he mount, and keep his diftant way Beyond the limits of a vulgar fate, Beneath the... | |
 | 1791 - 728 ページ
...prove. But, firft, a word of a modern poet or two. That beautiful pafl'age in GRAY'S Progrefs of Poetry, Yet oft before his infant eyes would run Such forms as glitter in the Mufe's ray, With orient hues, uuhot i owed of the fun, ii borrowed, as a gentleman of elegant literature pointed out to me, from... | |
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Yet shall he mount, and keep his distant way Beyond the limits of a vulgar fate ; Beneath the good how far — but far above the great ! ODE VI. 
