 Full many a gem of purest ray serene, The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear: Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air. Some village Hampden that with dauntless breast The little tyrant of his fields withstood;...  The Letters of the British Spy - Sida 105efter William Wirt - 1805 - 128 sidorObegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | John Huddlestone Wynne - 1807 - 744 sidor
...time, did ne'er unroll ; Chill Penury repress'd his noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul. Full many a gem of purest ray serene The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean Full m.my a flower u born to blush unseen, And w-»tc its sweetness on the dt-sart air.' GRAY. But... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1775 - 168 sidor
...their noble rage, Aud froze the genial current of the foul. , R Full many a gem of pureft ray fcrene, The dark unfathom'd caves of Ocean bear ; Full many a flow'r is born to blufli unfecn, And wafte*? fweetnefs on the defert air. Some village-Hampden, that with dauntlefs bread... | |
 | John Walter - 1785 - 258 sidor
...reprefs'd their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the foul. Full many a gem of pureft ray ferene, The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear;. Full many a flow'r is born to blufh unfeen, And wafte its fweetnefs on the defart air. Some village Hampden, that, with dauntlefs... | |
 | 1790 - 708 sidor
...their noble rage, Д«Л finira íKe rr*>niî»l rnrrpnt flf Full many a gem of pureft ray ferene, The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear; Full many a flow'r is born to blufh unfeeo, And wafte its fweetnefs on the defert air. To thefe I dedicate this and the following... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1791 - 966 sidor
...their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the foul. Full many a gem, of purcft ray fercne, ght wat never known, Regard my voice, and make me blcft, By kindly gra blulh uiiicen, And wafte its fwectncfs on the dcfart air. Some village-Hampdcn, that with dauntlcfsbrcaft... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1791 - 510 sidor
...their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the foul. Full many a gem, of pureft ray ferene, The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear; Full many a flow'r is born to bluih uiifeen, And wafte its fwectnels on the ckTart air. Some villagc-Hampden, that with dauntlcfsbrcaft... | |
 | 1792 - 112 sidor
...their noble rage , And froze the genial current of the foul. Full many a gem, of pureft, ray ferene, The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear ; Full many a flow'r is born to blush unfeen , And wafte its fweetnefs on the defart air. Some village-Hampden ; that with dauntlefs breaft... | |
 | James Roach - 1792 - 284 sidor
...their noble r-ge, And froze the genial current of the fbul. Full many a gem, of purefl ray ferene, The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear ; Full many a flow'r is born to blufli tinfeen, And wafle its fweetnefs on the defart air. Some village Hampden, that with daunt let... | |
 | George Butt - 1793 - 254 sidor
...its own disappointments, and tremble to repine when it recollects with the admirable Gray, How many a gem of purest ray serene The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear, How map/ a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air. Yon, my noble... | |
 | 1795 - 466 sidor
...favourite amusement of drawing. Our elegant poet, GRAY, says, with impressive tenderness, " Full many a gem of purest ray serene, " The dark unfathom'd caves...many a flow'r is born to blush unseen, " And waste its sweetness on the desert air." Such, however, was not the fate of our rustic APELLES ; several gentlemen... | |
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