 | George Horne (bp. of Norwich.) - 1818 - 574 oldal
...peace and hope, has not the happiness of a Dr. Smith to pen the story of his death : " Full many a gem of purest ray serene " The dark unfathom'd caves...unseen, " And waste its sweetness in the desert air. " Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, " Their sober wishes never learn'd to stray ; " Along... | |
 | George Horne, William Jones - 1818 - 566 oldal
...peace and hope, has not the happiness of a Dr. Smith to pen the story of his death : ' " Full many a gem of purest ray serene " The dark unfathom'd caves...unseen, " And waste its sweetness in the desert air. " Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, " Their sober wishes never learn'd to stray ; " Along... | |
 | 1819 - 594 oldal
...labours. But for this the language of the poet had been exemplified in their case : — " 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 fragrance on the desertair." It is only a few, the force... | |
 | John Bernard Trotter - 1819 - 656 oldal
...admirable! Never, in any spot, could be more justly pronounced the poet's lines! — " Full many a gem of purest ray serene , The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear, And many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness in the desert air." Have you not... | |
 | 1820 - 494 oldal
...to music, with his 'accustomed taste and feeling. The combined excellencies of the music and poetry attracted observation, and were deservedly admired....unseen, And waste its sweetness in the desert air." GRAY. Dr. Wolcot, at length, removed to Helstone, about seventeen miles towards the lands-end, where... | |
 | William Scott - 1819 - 366 oldal
...enroll ; Chill penury refiress'd their 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 bear ; Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness dn the desert air. Some village Hampden, that,... | |
 | John Duncan (philosophical writer.) - 1820 - 138 oldal
...Shakespeare, Newton, and Milton, and many other celebrated names, would have been unknown. " Full many a gem of purest ray serene The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear ; Full many a flow'r is born to bbieh unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air." A distinction is, certainly,... | |
 | Thomas Gray, William Mason - 1820 - 548 oldal
...unroll ; Chill Penury repress'd their 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 bear : Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air. Some village Hampden, that... | |
 | 1821 - 734 oldal
...but one instance from many. The following well-known lines of the first-mentioned Poet " 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," are evidently taken from... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1821 - 192 oldal
...unroll ; Chill penury repress'd their 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 bear: Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air. Some village-Hampden, that,... | |
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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,... 
