 | James M'Donald - 1815 - 170 pages
...down to dreary Orcus. to regain their uridices. " " But knowledge to 4their eyes her ample page Rich with the spoils of time did ne'er unrol ;• Chill penury repressed their noble rage . NAnd froze the genial current of the soul."-- ELOCUTION, '*i••':.~ ; « •* • • .• * '... | |
 | W. Plees - 1817 - 436 pages
...« 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 their soul." i• Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, " Their sober wishes never learned to stray ; " Along... | |
 | W. Plees - 1824 - 424 pages
..." 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 their soul." " Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, " Their sober wishes never learned to stray ; , " Along... | |
 | Robert Aglionby Slaney - 1824 - 262 pages
...will apply : — " Knowledge to them 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 their soul." If, however, no future Chatterton or Burns, no Franklin or Watt, should ever again appear, no one whose... | |
 | Perry Fairfax Nursey - 1825 - 508 pages
...unhonoured dead, shall or shall not have to say, , ' " But knowledge to their eyes her ample page. Rich with the spoils of time, did ne'er unrol : Chill penury repressed their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul." Dr. nirkbeck sat down amidst loud and continued applause. Dr. Birkbeck expressed... | |
 | George Merriam - 1828 - 292 pages
...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 unrol 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... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1828 - 320 pages
...lyre: Some heart, once pregnant with celestial fire; But Knowledge to their eyes her ample page, Rich with the spoils of time, did ne'er unrol; 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... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1829 - 290 pages
...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 unrol ; 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;... | |
 | Samuel Drew - 1831 - 658 pages
...little of it among the former, it is because — " Knowledge, to their eyee, her ample расге, Rich with the spoils of time, did ne'er unrol ; Chill penury repressed their noble rage. And froze tue genial current of the soul." It may be objected, that this is all very fine theory, but is only... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1835 - 450 pages
...these celebrated personages, he said, with a sigh, "But knowledge to their eyes her ample page, Rich with the spoils of time, did ne'er unrol ; Chill penury...rage, And froze the genial current of their soul." The word penury, in this stanza, the clerks at least understood, and it excited their " noble rage ;" they... | |
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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 their soul. 
