 | Richard Green Parker - 1851 - 468 pagina’s
...dust, Or Flattery soothe the dull cold ear of death 1 Perhaps, in this neglected spot, is laid Hands, that the rod of empire might have swayed, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre: Some heart, once pregnant with celestial fire; But Knowledge to their eyes her ample page, Rich with... | |
 | Arethusa Hall - 1851 - 422 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'. •f But Knowledge, to their eyes, her ample page, Rich with the spoils of time, did... | |
 | Meliora - 1852 - 314 pagina’s
...says — 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 the ample page, Rich with the spoils of time, did ne'er unroll ; Chill... | |
 | English poetry - 1853 - 552 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... | |
 | David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - 1854 - 440 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... | |
 | 1854 - 456 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... | |
 | William Collins - 1854 - 430 pagina’s
...Death 1 Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial five ; 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; Full... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1855 - 272 pagina’s
...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. 13 But Knowledge...the spoils of Time, did ne'er unroll ; Chill Penury repress'd their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul. 14 Full many a gem of purest... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1855 - 276 pagina’s
...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. 13 But Knowledge...the spoils of Time, did ne'er unroll ; Chill Penury repress'd their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul. 14 Full many a gem of purest... | |
 | Anna Cabot Lowell - 1855 - 452 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... | |
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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... 
