 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
 | John Dryden, Thomas Park - 1808 - 374 Seiten
...burn. But, ah! 'tis heard no more — Oh ! lyre divine, what daring spirit Wakes thee now ! though he inherit Nor the pride, nor ample pinion, That the Theban eagle bear, Sailing with supreme dominion Through the azure deep of air : Yet oft before his infant-eyes would... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 526 Seiten
...breathe and words that burn ; But ah ! 'tis heard no more— Ob ! lyre divine ! what daring spirit Wakes thee now; tho' he inherit Nor the pride nor ample pinion That the Theban eagle bear, Sailing with supreme dominion Thro' the aaure deep of air, Yet oft before his infant eyes would run... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1809 - 332 Seiten
...upward bear. Mr. Gray calls him, the Theban eagle; but the imagery of both poets is much the same. " tho' he inherit " Nor the pride, nor ample pinion, " That the Theban eagle bear, " Sailing with supreme dominion " Thro' the azure deep of air." Progress of Poetry. PAGE 139. For little... | |
 | Percival Stockdale - 1809 - 498 Seiten
...of olympian royalty. — Oh! lyre divine, [of DRYDKN] what daring spirit Wakes thee now !— Though he inherit Nor the pride, nor ample pinion That the theban eagle bear, Sailing, with supreme dominion, Through th« azure deep of air ! — &c. After my arrival at GIBRALTAR,... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 Seiten
...words that burn. But ah ! tis heard no more — O lyre divine ! what daring spirit Wakes thee now ? TW i'i (-'/iristian to ft'n Soul. OD K. VITAL spark of heavenly flame! Qu Sailing with supreme dominion Thro' the azure deep of air : Yet oft before his infant eyes would run... | |
 | Thomas Gray, John Mitford - 1816 - 446 Seiten
...cento from Thomson's Seasons. G 2 But ah ! 'tis heard no more Oh ! J jre divine, what daring spirit Wakes thee now ? Tho' he inherit Nor the pride, nor ample pinion, That the Theban eagle bear, 115 Sailing with supreme dominion Thro' the azure deep of air : NOTES. 4 Ver. 111. But ah! 'tis heard... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1821 - 192 Seiten
...words that hum. But ah ! 'tis heard no more Oh ! lyre divine, what daring spirit Wakes thee now? Though he inherit Nor the pride, nor ample pinion, That the Theban eagle bear, Sailing with supreme dominion Through the azure deep of air: Yet oft before his infant eyes would run... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 358 Seiten
...burn. But ah ! 't is heard no more — Oh ! lyre divine, what daring spirit Wakes thee now ? though he inherit Nor the pride, nor ample pinion, That the Theban eagle bear, Sailing with supreme dominion Through the azure deep of air : Yet oft before his infant eyes would... | |
 | 1863 - 1198 Seiten
...that burn. " But ah ! 'tis heard no more : O lyre divine ! what daring spirit Wakes thee now ? though he inherit Nor the pride, nor ample pinion, That the Theban eagle bear, Sailing with supreme dominion Through the azure deep of air : Yet oft before his infant eyes would... | |
 | 1823 - 734 Seiten
...without grace, in our lyric poetry ; as here, O lyre divine ! what daring spirit Wakes thee now ? though he inherit Nor the pride, nor ample pinion, That the Theban eagle bear, Sailing with supreme dominion Through the azure deep of air. — Gray. But the most suitable place... | |
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