 | Archibald Hamilton Bryce - 1869 - 344 pages
...pregnant with celestial fire ; Hands that the rod of empire might have swayed, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre : But knowledge to their eyes her...waste its sweetness on the desert air ! Some village Hampden, that, with dauntless breast, The little tyrant of his fields withstood ; Some mute inglorious... | |
 | Scottish school-book assoc - 1869 - 438 pages
...pregnant with celestial fire; Hands, that the rod of empire might have swayed, Or waked' to ecstasy' the living lyre; But Knowledge' to their eyes' her...waste its sweetness' on the desert air. Some village Hampden, that, with dauntless breast, The little tyrant of his fields withstood; Some mute1 inglorious... | |
 | William Davis (B.A.) - 1869 - 200 pages
...pregnant with celestial fire ; Hands, that the rod of empire might have swayed, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre : But Knowledge to their eyes her...waste its sweetness on the desert air. Some village Hampden, that, with dauntless breast, The little tyrant of his fields withstood : Some mute, inglorious... | |
 | Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1869 - 596 pages
...pregnant with celestial fire ; Hands, that the rod of empire might have swayed, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre : But Knowledge to their eyes her...penury repressed their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul. Pull many a gem of purest ray serene, The dark unfathomed caves of ocean bear... | |
 | English poetry - 1869 - 328 pages
...pregnant with celestial fire ; Hands that the rod of empire might have swayed, Or waked to ecstacy the living lyre : But knowledge to their eyes her...penury repressed their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul. 113 Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the... | |
 | Treasury - 1869 - 474 pages
...nature. — Sir THOMAS BROWNE. Relig. Mud. Part i. Sect. xiii. Full many a gem of purest ray serene The dark unfathomed caves of ocean bear : Full many...waste its sweetness on the desert air.* Some village Hampden, that, with dauntless breast, The little tyrant of his fields withstood, Some mute inglorious... | |
 | 1960 - 262 pages
...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 eyes her ample...dark, unfathomed caves of ocean bear: Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air. Far from the madding crowd's... | |
 | Johanne Clare - 1987 - 248 pages
...once pregnant with celestial fire, Hands, that the rod of empire might have swayed, Or waked to extasy the living lyre. But knowledge to their eyes her ample...unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air. Some village-Hampden, that with dauntless breast The little Tyrant of his fields withstood; Some mute inglorious... | |
 | Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - 1995 - 936 pages
...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 froze...unseen And waste its sweetness on the desert air. Some village-Hampden that with dauntless breast The little tyrant of his fields withstood; Some mute inglorious... | |
 | 1996 - 160 pages
...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 eyes her ample...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... | |
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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 ; But Knowledge to their eyes her ample page Rich with the spoils of time did ne'er... 
