 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 its sweetness on the desert air. Some village Hampden that with dauntless breast The little tyrant of his fields withstood;...  The Letters of the British Spy - Pagina 220door William Wirt - 1899 - 260 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | 1806 - 672 pagina’s
...eager to rescue humble worth from obscurity, conscious of the justice of the poet's remark: Full many a gem of purest ray serene The dark unfathom'd caves of Ocean bear ; Full many a flovrer is born to blow unseen, And waste its sweetness in the desert air." We consider ourselves particularly... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1804 - 224 pagina’s
...Time did ne'er unroll ; Chill Penury repress'd their noble rage, And froze the genial 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 its sweetness on the desert air [40]. [40] This beautiful... | |
 | Robert Blair - 1804 - 132 pagina’s
...did ne'er unroll : '< Chill Penury repress'd their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul. •Full many a gem of purest ray serene, The dark u'nfathom'd caves of Ocean bear: Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness in the desert air. Some vilage-Hampden, that... | |
 | John Evans - 1804 - 440 pagina’s
...the fine arts. But neither Crew nor Vaughan «fce- recorded on the list of Fame. i**" " 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 its sweetness in the desart air." GRAY. In the corner of... | |
 | E. Tomkins - 1804 - 416 pagina’s
...time, did ne'er uuroll; Chill Penury repress'd their nohle rage( And froze the genial current of the soul. Full many a gem, of purest ray serene, The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean hear : Full many a flower is horn to hlush unseen, And waste its sweetness in the desert air. Some... | |
 | 1813 - 1008 pagina’s
...THOMSON, the • Poet e/" KENLEITH, -with a desultory description of his celebrated PARNASSUS. Full many a gem, of purest ray serene, The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear -T Full mnny a flower but springs to blush unseen, And waste its »weelness on the desnrt air. GEAY.... | |
 | William Wirt - 1805 - 144 pagina’s
...of time, did ne'er unroll; Chill penury repress'd their noble rage, And froze the genial current cf their soul. Full many a gem of purest ray serene,...dark, unfathom'd caves of ocean bear ; Full many a flow'r is born to blush, unseen. And waste. its sweetness on the desart air. ••Some village Hampden,... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - 1805 - 908 pagina’s
...generality, many a curious and many a profound work is first unnoticed, and then lost. 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 its sweetness on the desert air. But the flowers of the mind,... | |
 | William Hayley - 1805 - 230 pagina’s
...would go to Wapping and Redriff to make acquaintance with. You remember Mr. Gray's stanza, 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 its sweetness on the desert air. Yours, dear Joe, WM. COWPER.... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1805 - 350 pagina’s
...indefinite article is sometimes placed between the adjectives many, and a singular noun : as, " Full many a gem of purest ray Serene, " The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear ; " Full many ajloiv'r is born to blush unseen, " And waste its sweetness on the desert air.'* In these Sines, the... | |
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