 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1847 - 550 ページ
...epoch, if he had ever thought it worth his while to engage in such pursuits. But the hands " Which the rod of empire might have swayed, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre," remain in comparative idleness, to all appearance, although some how or other they accomplish a great... | |
 | Book - 1847 - 216 ページ
...laid Some heart once pregnant 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, Kich with the spoils of time, did ne'er unroll ; Chill penury repress'd their noble rage, And... | |
 | Book - 1847 - 206 ページ
...laid Some heart once pregnant 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, Rich with the spoils of time, did ne'er unroll ; Chill penury repress'd their noble rage, And... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1847 - 546 ページ
...epoch, if he had ever thought it worth his while to engage in such pursuits. But the hands " Which the rod of empire might have swayed, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre," remain in comparative idleness, to all appearance, although some how or other they accomplish a great... | |
 | James Sheridan Knowles - 1847 - 344 ページ
...Some heart once pregnant 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, Rich with the spoils of time, did ne'er unroll ; Chill penury repress'd their noble rage, And... | |
 | David Bates Tower - 1853 - 444 ページ
...call the fleeting breath T Can Honor's voice provoke the silent dust, Or Flattery soothe the dull, cold ear of Death'' Perhaps in this neglected spot...living 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... | |
 | William Balmbro'. Flower - 1848 - 304 ページ
...call the fleeting breath ? Can Honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or Flattery soothe the dull cold ear of Death ? Perhaps in this neglected spot...living 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... | |
 | John Hunter (of Uxbridge.) - 1848 - 56 ページ
...call the fleeting breath? Can honour's voice provoke the silent dust ? Or flattery soothe the dull cold ear of death ? Perhaps, in this neglected spot,...that the rod of empire might have swayed, Or waked to ecstacy the living lyre. But knowledge to their eyes her ample page, Kich with the spoils of time,... | |
 | Sarah Carter Edgarton Mayo - 1848 - 348 ページ
...? — ' 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. Some Tillage Hampden that with dauntless breast The little tyrant of his fields withstood, Some mute,... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - 1848 - 668 ページ
...Perchance in this vilu spot Here vili he laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire ; Hands thai the rod of empire might have swayed. Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre." The next honse was Fisk's, ten miles from the Point, at the month of the East Branch, opposite to the... | |
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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... 
