 | Maria Edgeworth - 1832 - 440 pages
...these celebrated personages, he said, with a sigh, "But knowledge to their eyea her ample page, Rich with the spoils of time, did ne'er unrol ; Chill penury...rage, And froze the genial current of their soul." accent, he thought he might insult Scotchmen as he pleased. It was vain for him to attempt any explanation... | |
 | Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 pages
...have swayed, Or waked to ecstacy 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 ;... | |
 | Theodore Parker - 1843 - 394 pages
...might have swayed, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre. But Knowedge 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." To have a perfect people, said pagan Plato, we must have perfect institutions,... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 106 pages
...have swayed, Or waked to ecstacy 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... | |
 | 1844 - 1128 pages
...clay. " For 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." Although it is the duty of every nation to respect and reward men of literary genius, yet, unfortunately,... | |
 | John Hunter (of Uxbridge.) - 1848 - 56 pages
...have swayed, Or waked to ecstacy the living lyre. But knowledge to their eyes her ample page, Kich 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... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1848 - 462 pages
...sigh, " 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." The word penury, in this stanza, the clerks at least understood, and it excited their " noble rage ;" they... | |
 | 1872 - 676 pages
...:— " But knowledge to their eyes her ample page, Bich with the spoils of Time, did ne'er unroll ; Chill penury repressed their noble rage And froze the genial current of their soul." Is this prosaic ? But I do not hope to convince PELAQIUS against his will. E. YARDLET. Temple. BLESSING... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1850 - 538 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... | |
 | Edward John Tilt - 1852 - 482 pages
...extinguisher on romance as they dull the acuteness of intellect, and give the skin a plebeian hardness. "Chill penury repressed their noble rage, And froze the genial current of their soul." There is still another thing to be taught a girl, — and even the youngest can learn the lesson, though... | |
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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. 
