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 Gentleman's Magazine - Page 2291821Full view - About this book
| English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...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 flow'r is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air. Some village-Hampden, that... | |
| Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - English poetry - 1806 - 456 pages
...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... | |
| James Fisher - Meditations - 1806 - 352 pages
...which brings to my recollection those beautiful lines of the celebrated Mr Gray : • " 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 on the desert air." And is... | |
| Thomas Gray - 1807 - 728 pages
...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... | |
| George Gregory - Books and reading - 1808 - 352 pages
...sentiments to which every bosom returns an •cho." The best stanzas I think are— » " 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 desart air." * For who to-dumb forgetfulness... | |
| William Enfield - Elocution - 1808 - 434 pages
...Chill Penury repress'd their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul. Full many a gern 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... | |
| 1808 - 512 pages
...however destitute of external recommendation. Often wxmld he say — ; . : .: (. . • '•' Fufl many a gem of purest ray serene . The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear; » < i Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, Arid waste its sweetness on the desert air." rf... | |
| 1809 - 592 pages
...connoisseurs, and whose works have excited the admiration of all who know them. HOVEY. 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. — GBAY. , IT is but too... | |
| Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1809 - 594 pages
...connoisseurs, and whose works have excited the admiration of all who know them. HOVEY. 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. — GBAV. IT is but too... | |
| English poetry - English poetry - 1809 - 308 pages
...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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