| Leonor de Almeida Portugal Lorena e Lencastre Alorna (Marquesa de) - 1844 - 298 páginas
...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...the spoils of time did ne'er unroll ; Chill Penury repress'd their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul. Full many a gem of purest ray... | |
| William Collins - 1844 - 324 páginas
...pregnant with celestial fire; Hands, that the rod of empire might have sway'd* Or waked to eestacy the living lyre. But knowledge to their eyes her ample...the spoils of time did ne'er unroll ; Chill Penury repress'd their noble rage, And froce the genial current of the soul. Full many a lem, Of purest ny... | |
| 1844 - 1128 páginas
...worthy," mingle their ashes with the common clay. " For knowledge to their eyes her ample page, Rich with the spoils of time, did ne'er unroll ; Chill penury repressed their noble rage, And froze the genial current of their soul." Although it is the duty of every nation to respect and reward men of literary... | |
| Orson Scott Card - 2009 - 353 páginas
...I teach you to see in yourselves what Gray saw? Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire, Hands that the rod of empire might have swayed, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre. But she doubted that any of these ordinary souls in Hatrack River were really mute, inglorious Miltons.... | |
| Martin Gardner - 1992 - 226 páginas
...laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire; Hands, that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre. But Knowledge...the spoils of time did ne'er unroll; Chill Penury repress'd their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul. Full many a gem of purest ray... | |
| John Guillory - 1993 - 422 páginas
...by 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. . . . (45-48) The conditions preventing such accomplishment must obtain equally for the living peasants... | |
| Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - 1995 - 936 páginas
...of 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...living lyre. But Knowledge to their eyes her ample page Rich with the spoils of time did ne'er unroll; 50 Chill Penury repressed their noble rage. And... | |
| 1996 - 160 páginas
...Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire; Hands that the rod of empire might have swayed, Or wak'd to ecstasy the living lyre; But Knowledge to their...Penury repressed their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul. The applause of list'ning senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to... | |
| Stephen Adams - 1997 - 260 páginas
...distinguish: 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. "Heart," in this resplendently troped quatrain, is conventional metonymy for "spirit" or "being;" but... | |
| William Harmon - 1998 - 386 páginas
...of Death? Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial f1re; Hands that the rod of empire might have swayed, Or waked...Penury repressed their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul. Full many a gem of purest ray serene. The dark unfathomed caves of ocean bear:... | |
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