 | British poets - 1822 - 284 pagina’s
...Death? Perhaps in this neglected spot is 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... | |
 | Marie-Joseph Chénier - 1824 - 460 pagina’s
...Death ? Perhaps in this neglected spot is 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... | |
 | British anthology - 1825 - 462 pagina’s
...Death ? Perhaps in this neglected spot is 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... | |
 | Thomas Brown - 1826 - 550 pagina’s
...— " Perhaps in this neglected spot is 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... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1826 - 190 pagina’s
...death ? Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid It 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... | |
 | James Sheridan Knowles - 1831 - 686 pagina’s
...breath ? Perhaps, in this neglected spot, is 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... | |
 | John Greene - 1834 - 400 pagina’s
...exclaimed, " Perhaps in this neglected spot is 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." On leaving the churchyard, we returned to the carriage-road, and having half a mile to walk for the... | |
 | James Melville M'Culloch - 1834 - 320 pagina’s
...Perha'ps | in thi's | ne'glect|ed spo't | is la'id | Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire ; Hands, that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre." " How sw'eet | the moo'n|light slee'ps | up'on | this ba'nk!| Here will we sit, and let the sounds... | |
 | Readings - 1839 - 460 pagina’s
...of death? Perhaps in this neglected spot is 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... | |
 | Fitz-Greene Halleck - 1840 - 372 pagina’s
...Death ? Perhaps in this neglected spot is 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... | |
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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 sway'd, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre... 
