 | Frances Martin - 1866 - 506 pagina’s
...heart once pregnant with celestial fire ; Hands, that the rod of empire might have swayed, Or waked to ecstacy the living lyre : But knowledge to their...the spoils of time, did ne'er unroll ; Chill Penury repressed their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul. Full many a gem of purest ray... | |
 | Charles Bilton - 1866 - 264 pagina’s
...pregnant with celestial fire ; Hands, that the rod of empire might have swayed, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre : But Knowledge to their eyes her...the spoils of time, did ne'er unroll ; Chill Penury repressed their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul. Full many a gem of purest ray... | |
 | Penny readings - 1866 - 256 pagina’s
...pregnant with celestial fire ; Hands, that the rod of empire might have swayed, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre : But knowledge to their eyes her...the spoils of time, did ne'er unroll : Chill penury repressed their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul. Full many a gem of purest ray... | |
 | James Currie (A.M.) - 1866 - 204 pagina’s
...once pregnant with celestial fire; Hands that the rod of empire might have swayed, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre. But Knowledge to their eyes her ample...the spoils of time, did ne'er unroll; Chill penury repressed their noble rage, And froze the genial current of their souL Pull many a gem, of purest ray... | |
 | George William Frederick Howard Earl of Carlisle - 1866 - 656 pagina’s
...poems, — " 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 wak'd to ecstacy the living lyre." And this is the merit of an institution like this, that if there are the seeds of success in handicraft,... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - 1868 - 710 pagina’s
...pregnant with celestial fire ; Hands, that the rod of empire might have swayed, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre. But knowledge to their eyes her ample...the spoils of time, did ne'er unroll ; Chill penury repressed their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul. Full many a gem of purest ray... | |
 | Carlo Formichi - 1925 - 518 pagina’s
...pregnant with celestial fire ; Hands, that the rod of empire might have swayed, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre. But Knowledge to their eyes her ample...the spoils of time, did ne'er unroll ; Chill Penury repressed their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul. Full many a gem of purest ray... | |
 | Frederick Alexander Manchester, William Frederic Giese - 1926 - 906 pagina’s
...once pregnant with celestial fire; Hands that the rod of empire might have swayed, Or waked to eestasy the living lyre: But Knowledge to their eyes her ample...the spoils of time, did ne'er unroll; Chill Penury repressed their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul. Full many a gem of purest ray... | |
 | 1926 - 780 pagina’s
...once pregnant with celestial fire; Hands that the rod of empire might have swayed, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre : But Knowledge to their eyes her...the spoils of time did ne'er unroll; Chill Penury repressed their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul. Full many a gem of purest ray... | |
 | 1905 - 760 pagina’s
...wrote: "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 wak'd...ecstacy the living lyre. But knowledge to their eyes the ample page Rich with the spoils of time did ne'er unroll; Chill penury repress'd their noble rage,... | |
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