| Elizabeth Tomkins - 1817 - 276 páginas
...page Rich with the spoils of time did ne'er unroll ; Chill Penury repress'd tlieir noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul. Full many a...dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear ; Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness in the desert air. Some village Hampden, that... | |
| William Wirt - 1829 - 250 páginas
...sway'd, "Or wak'd 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...repress 'd their noble rage, " And froze the genial cuirent of their soul. " Full many a gem of purest ray serene, " The dark, unfathom'd caves of ocean... | |
| John Liddiard Nicholas - 1817 - 466 páginas
...while conscious of its own powers, in ignoble obscurity ! How justly does the poet say, " 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!" Had the genius which Shunghi... | |
| George Horne, William Jones - 1818 - 566 páginas
...peace and hope, has not the happiness of a Dr. Smith to pen the story of his death : ' " Full many a gem of purest ray serene " The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear; " Full many a flow'r i& born to blush, unseen, " And waste its sweetness in the desert air. " Far from the madding... | |
| George Horne (bp. of Norwich.) - 1818 - 574 páginas
...peace and hope, has not the happiness of a Dr. Smith to pen the story of his death : " Full many a gem of purest ray serene " The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear; " Full many a flow'r is born to blush unseen, " And waste its sweetness in the desert air. " Far from the madding... | |
| 1819 - 594 páginas
...labours. But for this the language of the poet had been exemplified in their case : — " 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 fragrance on the desertair." It is only a few, the force... | |
| 1819 - 550 páginas
...thought with Gray; and was not a little consoled, perhaps, by the repetition of his Verses: " 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 desert air!" Mr. Beloe, to avoid this... | |
| John Bernard Trotter - 1819 - 656 páginas
...admirable! Never, in any spot, could be more justly pronounced the poet's lines! — " Full many a gem of purest ray serene , The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear, And many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness in the desert air." Have you not... | |
| William Scott - 1819 - 366 páginas
...page, Rich with the spoils of time did ne'er enroll ; Chill penury refiress'd their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul. Full many a...dark, unfathom'd caves of ocean bear ; Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness dn the desert air. Some village Hampden, that,... | |
| John Duncan (philosophical writer.) - 1820 - 138 páginas
...Shakespeare, Newton, and Milton, and many other celebrated names, would have been unknown. " Full many a gem of purest ray serene The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear ; Full many a flow'r is born to bbieh unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air." A distinction is, certainly,... | |
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