 Tho' he inherit Nor the pride, nor ample pinion, That the Theban eagle bear, Sailing with supreme dominion Thro' the azure deep of air : Yet oft before his infant eyes would run Such forms as glitter in the Muse's ray With orient hues...  Poésies de Gray - Seite 56von Thomas Gray - 1797 - 173 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1791 - 510 Seiten
...Scatters from her pJ£Vur"d urn Thoughts that breathe, and words that bun* Uut ah ! 'tis heard no more Oh, lyre divine, what daring fpirit Wakes thee now...he inherit Nor the pride nor ample pinion That the Thtban eagle bear. Sailing \vi:h fupreme dominion I'hrci' the azure dee-p of air; ' Yet oft before... | |
 | James Roach - 1793 - 274 Seiten
...from her piftur'd urn Thoughts that breathe, and words that burn But, ah ! 'tis heard no more— O lyre divine ! what daring fpirit Wakes thee now ?...pride, nor ample pinion, That the Theban eagle bear, Sailing with fupreme dominion Thro" the azure deep of air ; .... Yet ofl before his infant eyes would... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1798 - 130 Seiten
...her pictur'd urn Thoughts that breathe and words that burn ; § no But ah ! 'tis heard no more || — Oh, lyre divine ! what daring fpirit Wakes thee now...• Nor the pride nor ample pinion That the Theban eayle bear, If 115 Sailing with fupreme dominion Thro' the azure deep of air, Yet oft' before his infant... | |
 | PURSUITS. - 1798 - 422 Seiten
...his Lyre in this animated apoftrophe : O ! Lyre divine, what daring fpirit Wakes thee now ? though he inherit Nor the pride, nor ample pinion, That the Theban eagle bear, Sailing with fupreme dominion Through the azure deep of air; Yet Here he quits his original ; thinking,... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1799 - 270 Seiten
...weep, and tears that speak. Cawley. But ah ! 'tis heard no more (c) Oh! Lyre divine, what daring Spirit Wakes thee now ? Tho' he inherit Nor the pride, nor ample pinion, That the Theban Eagle bear (d}, Sailing with supreme dominion Thro' the azure deep of air : Yet oft before his infant eyes would... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1800 - 302 Seiten
...that sigh, and words that weep. But ah! 'tis heard no more (c) Oh! Lyre divine, what daring Spirit Wakes thee now ? Tho' he inherit Nor the pride, nor ample pinion, That the Theban Eagle bear (d), Sailing with supreme dominion Thro' the azure deep of air: Yet oft before his infant eyes would... | |
 | Samuel Berdmore - 1801 - 144 Seiten
...his Lyre in this animated apoftrophe : O ! Lyre divine, what daring fpirit Wakes thee now ? though he inherit Nor the pride, nor ample pinion, That the Theban eagle bear, Sailing with fupreme dominion Through the azure deep of air; Yet Here he quits his original ; thinking,... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1804 - 224 Seiten
...that weep. Mallet's Funeral Hymn. But ah ! 'tis heard no more b Oh t Lyre divine, what daring Spirit Wakes thee now ? Tho' he inherit Nor the pride, nor ample pinion, That the Theban Eagle bear c, Sailing with supreme dominion Thro" the azure deep of air : Yet oft before his infant eyes would... | |
 | Edmund Spenser - 1805 - 516 Seiten
...Thefe lines probably fuggefted a hint to Gray when, in his Progrefs of Poefy, he wrote • " though he inherit " Nor the pride, nor ample pinion, " That the Theban eagle bear " Sailing with fupreme dominion " Through the azure deep of air." TODD. XLII. 3. his brode failes,]... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1807 - 728 Seiten
...that breathe, and words, that burn. *But ah! 'tis heard no more Oh! Lyre divine, what daring Spirit Wakes thee now? tho' he inherit Nor the pride, nor ample pinion, fThat the Theban Eagle bear Sailing with supreme dominion Thro' the azure deep of air: Yet oft before... | |
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