 | William Collins, Thomas Gray, Oliver Goldsmith - 1860 - 422 páginas
...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 , Full... | |
 | John Stevens Cabot Abbott - 1860 - 722 páginas
...Perhaps in that neglected spot i« laid A heart once pregnant with celfttial lire, Hands which the roil of empire might have swayed, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre. The night after the battle of Bassano, the moon rose cloudless and brilliant over the sanguinary scene.... | |
 | Archibald Hamilton Bryce - 1862 - 344 páginas
...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 penury... | |
 | Choice poems - 1862 - 368 páginas
...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 Penury... | |
 | Nelson Thomas and sons, ltd - 1862 - 392 páginas
...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... | |
 | English poets - 1862 - 626 páginas
...Death I 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 : Q But knowledge to their eyes her ample page Rich with the spoils of time did ne'er unroll ; Chill... | |
 | American Institute of Instruction - 1862 - 224 páginas
...vast catalogue of those whom all men love to honor. Who can tell how many, whose hands — — — " the rod of empire might have swayed, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre ; " how many " village Hampdens ; " how many " mute, inglorious Miltons ; " how many " Cromwells, guiltless... | |
 | 1863 - 326 páginas
...genial current was frozen by ten thousand a-year. Nor should we search in " neglected spots " for Hands that the rod of empire might have swayed Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre. For auoht we know to the contrary, the Cromwell "guiltless of his country's blood " may be the eldest... | |
 | John Charles Curtis - 1863 - 178 páginas
...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... | |
 | Half hours - 1863 - 408 páginas
...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 Bich with the spoils of time did ne'er unroll ; Chill Penury... | |
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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... 
