| Theodore Parker - 1864 - 236 pages
...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 repressed their noble rage, And froze the genial current oj the soul." To have a perfect people, said pagan Plato, we must have perfect institutions... | |
| Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1865 - 210 pages
...swayed, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre. 13. But knowledge to their eyes her ample page, Eich with the spoils of time, did ne'er unroll ; Chill penury repressed their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul. 14. Full many a gem of purest ray serene, The dark unfathomed caves of ocean bear... | |
| Bourchier Wrey Savile - 1865 - 310 pages
...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 repressed their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul. Full many a gem of purest ray serene, The dark unfathomed caves of ocean bear... | |
| James Currie (A.M.) - 1866 - 204 pages
...swayed, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre. But Knowledge to their eyes her ample page, Eich with the spoils of time, did ne'er unroll; Chill penury...noble rage, And froze the genial current of their souL Pull many a gem, of purest ray serene, The dark unfathomed caves of ocean bear ; Full many a flower... | |
| 1960 - 262 pages
...swayed, 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 repressed their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul. Full many a gem of purest ray serene The dark, unfathomed caves of ocean bear:... | |
| United States. Office of Education - 1963 - 396 pages
...poem "Elegy Written in a Country Church- Yard" : But knowledge to their eyes ber ample page Rich with the spoils of time did ne'er unroll; Chill penury repressed their noble rage. And froze the genial current of the soul. Even much later in history when every town had not only a free elementary school... | |
| United States. Congress. House. Education and Labor - 1966 - 886 pages
...haunting words in Thomas Grey's "Elegy" that— "* * * knowledge to their eyes her ample page Rich with the spoils of time, did ne'er unroll ; Chill penury repressed their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul." 3. Across America, city slums are largely Negro. Discrimination against the urban... | |
| United States. Office of Education - 1963 - 448 pages
...poem "Elegy Written in a Country Church- Yard": But knowledge to their eyes her ample page Rich with the spoils of time did ne'er unroll; Chill penury repressed their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul. Even much later in history when every town had not only a free elementary school... | |
| 1909 - 490 pages
...many children of whom it might be said : — "Rut knowledge to their eyes her ample page Rich with the spoils of time did ne'er unroll, Chill penury repressed their noble rage. And froze the genial current of the soul." The names of three teachers have come down to us from the time of the early settlement... | |
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