 | 1846 - 332 pagina’s
...sung, ' 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 village Hampden, who, with dauntless breast, The little tyrant of his fields withstood ; Some... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1847 - 546 pagina’s
...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... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1847 - 550 pagina’s
...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... | |
 | Sarah Carter Edgarton Mayo - 1848 - 348 pagina’s
...? — ' 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,... | |
 | William Balmbro'. Flower - 1848 - 304 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 swayed, 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... | |
 | David Bates Tower - 1853 - 444 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 swayed, 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... | |
 | 1848 - 348 pagina’s
...? — ' 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 1 JTD. Some Tillage Hampdcn that with dauntless breast The little tyrant of his fields withstood, Some... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - 1848 - 668 pagina’s
...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... | |
 | 1849 - 820 pagina’s
...GRACEHAM. Perhaps in this neglected »pot 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. — Gray. Some years since, on the morning of Easter Sunday, I rode to the village of Graceham in the... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1849 - 446 pagina’s
...? Perhaps, in this neglected spot, is laid 10 Some heart 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 page, Rich with the spoils of time, did ne'er unroll ; 15 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 swayed, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre... 
