| William Enfield - 1827 - 412 Seiten
...Death F Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire ; Hands, that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or wak'd to ecstasy the living lyre. But Knowledge to their eyes her ample page, Rich with the spoils of time, did ne'er unroll ; Chill... | |
| Thomas Burton - 1828 - 574 Seiten
...triumvirate. " Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire, Hands that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or wak'd to ecstasy the living lyre. " Some Village-IIampden, that with dauntless breast, The little tyrant of his fields withstood, Some... | |
| Thomas Burton - 1828 - 562 Seiten
...triumvirate. " Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire, Hands that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or wak'd to ecstasy the living lyre. " Some Village-Hampden, that with dauntless breast, The little tyrant of his fields withstood, Seme... | |
| 1835 - 496 Seiten
...Churchyard — "Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire ; Hands, that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or wak'd to ecstasy the living lyre: Some village Hampden, that with dauntless breast The little tyrant of his fields withstood; Some mute... | |
| Book - 1841 - 164 Seiten
...breath ? Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire ; Hands that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or wak'd to ecstasy the living lyre : But knowledge to their eyes her ample page, Rich with the spoils of time, did ne'er unroll ; Chill... | |
| Salem Town - 1841 - 170 Seiten
...YARD. Perhaps, in this neglected spot, is laid Some heart, once pregnant with celestial fire ; Hands, that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or wak'd to ecstasy the living lyre : But Knowledge to their eyes her ample page, Rich with the spoils of time, did ne'er unroll ; Chill... | |
| 1843 - 588 Seiten
...churchyard. " Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire ! Hands, that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or wak'd to ecstasy the living lyre ! Some village Hampden, who, with dauntless breast, The little tyrant of his fields withstood, Some... | |
| Leonor de Almeida Portugal Lorena e Lencastre Alorna (Marquesa de) - 1844 - 298 Seiten
...usa. 183 Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire; Hands, that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or wak'd 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... | |
| Thomas Gray - 1845 - 92 Seiten
...XI. r Perhaps, in this neglected spot, is laid Some heart, once pregnant with celestial fire ; Hands, that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or wak'd to ecstasy the living lyre. XII. But Knowledge, to their eyes, her ample page, Rich with the spoils of Time, did ne'er unroll ;... | |
| John Wilson - 1845 - 266 Seiten
...services when insisting on being sent—and in some pestilential climate swift death benumbs " Hands that the rod of empire might have sway'd— Or wak'd to ecstasy the living lyre." It is drudgery to sit six, or eight, or ten hours a-day as a clerk in the India-house ; but Charles... | |
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