 | Adam Clarke - 1837 - 834 Seiten
...he had fallen; his services were but short: he sadly realized the truth of those pathetic lines:— "Ah, who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep...sublime Hath felt the influence of malignant star. And waged with fortune a perpetual war!" Certain it is, that the life of this able scholar and amiable... | |
 | William Hempson Denham - 1837 - 114 Seiten
...are merely made to warn him against expecting that his bed of roses will be unmixed with thorns. " Ah ! who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep...shines afar ; Ah ! who can tell how many a soul sublime Has felt the influence of malignant star, And waged with fortune an eternal war," were the beautiful... | |
 | William Cramp - 1838 - 276 Seiten
...corresponding sensations in the person to whom they are addressed. ILLUSTRATION OF INTERJECTIONS. Ah I who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep where...shines afar! Ah ! who can tell how many a soul sublime Has felt the influence of malignant star, And waged with Fortune an eternal war ; Checked by the scoff... | |
 | Margaret Richardson - 1839 - 236 Seiten
...Valley 203 Queen Victoria 206 Dreams 208 The Locks of Hair 211 Praise 214 To the Reader 218 POEMS. "Ah ! who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep where Fame's proud temple stands afar; Ah ! who can tell how many a soul sublime Has felt the influence of malignant star, And... | |
 | James Hackman, Martha Reay, Sir Herbert Croft - 1895 - 248 Seiten
...offended at her expressions, which seemed to hint that he was in want, and assured her he was not hungry. Ah! who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep...influence of malignant star. And wag'd with fortune an eternal war ! Check'd by the scoff of pride, and envy's frown, And poverty's unconquerable bar, In... | |
 | Henry Coppée - 1895 - 552 Seiten
...resistless fall, And she who means no mischief does it all. AAEON HILL 276 277 THE MINSTREL. SELECTED. H, who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep where...shines afar? Ah, who can tell how many a soul sublime Has felt the influence of malignant star, And waged with Fortune an eternal war ? Checked by the scoff... | |
 | George Eyre-Todd - 1896 - 362 Seiten
...poets. The best modern edition is probably that in the "Aldine Series." THE MINSTREL. THE POET'S CHOICE. AH ! who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep...shines afar ; Ah ! who can tell how many a soul sublime Has felt the influence of malignant star, And waged with fortune an eternal war ; Checked by the scoff... | |
 | Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1893 - 600 Seiten
...blunt laugh, — " You must be wise, indeed, if you have discovered a royal road to distinction ! ' Ah, who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar ! ' A more sensible exclamation than poets usually preface with their whining ' ah's ' and ' oh's '... | |
 | 1896 - 1224 Seiten
...obtained, would be sufficient to deter a man from so vain a pursuit. c. ADDISON — Tim Spectator. No. 255. toh9 1 d. BEATTIE— The Minstrel. St. 1. Nothing can cover his high fame but Heaven : No pyramids set off... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1896 - 794 Seiten
...Through the dark cloud of ills that cover him, Break out.and burn with more triumphant blaze ! ADDISON. Ah! who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep where fame's proud temple shines Ah! who can tell how many a soul sublime Has felt the influence of malignant star And waged with fortune... | |
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AH ! who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar; Ah! who can tell how many a soul sublime Has felt the influence of malignant star, And waged with Fortune an eternal war; Check'd by the scoff of Pride, by Envy's... 
