 | Edmund Spenser - 1805 - 516 Seiten
...aire,] Thefe lines probably fuggefted a hint to Gray when, in his Progrefs of Poefy, he wrote • " though he inherit " Nor the pride, nor ample pinion, " That the Theban eagle bear " Sailing with fupreme dominion " Through the azure deep of air." TODD. XLII. 3. his brode failes,] Sails are often... | |
 | John Dryden - 1808 - 382 Seiten
...Hark, his hands the lyre explore ! [pace. Bright-eyed Fancy hovering o'er, Scatters from her pictur'd urn, Thoughts that breathe, and words that burn. But,...heard no more — Oh ! lyre divine, what daring spirit JFakes thee now ! though he inherit Nor the pride, nor ample pinion, That the Tlieban eagle bear, Sailing... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 Seiten
...explore! Bright-ey'd Fancy, hov'ruig o'er, Scatters from her pictured urn ~ Thoughts that breathe ajod words that burn§; But ah! 'tis heard no more||.... Oh, lyre divine! what daring spirit Wakes tliee now ; tho1 lie inherit Nor the pride nor ample pinion That the Theban eagle benr^, * For the... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1807 - 728 Seiten
...III. 3. Hark, his hands the lyre explore ! Bright-eyed Fancy hovering o'er Scatters from her pictur'd urn Thoughts, that breathe, and words, that burn....Oh! Lyre divine, what daring Spirit Wakes thee now? tho' he inherit Nor the pride, nor ample pinion, fThat the Theban Eagle bear Sailing with supreme dominion... | |
 | David Phineas Adams, William Emerson, Samuel Cooper Thacher - 1808 - 708 Seiten
...double rhymes to the language of a ballad-monger. I will take the liberty of quoting the passage : Oh ! lyre divine, what daring spirit Wakes thee now ? Though he inherit Nor the pride, nor ampie pinion That the Thcban eagle bear, Sailing with supreme dominion Through the azure dsef of air.... | |
 | English poetry - 1809 - 302 Seiten
...3. Hark, his hands the lyre explore ! Bright-eyed Fancy, hovering o'er, Scatters from her pictur'd urn Thoughts that breathe, and words that burn. But...inherit Nor the pride, nor ample pinion, That the Theban Eaglef bear, Sailing with supreme dominion Through the azure deep of air: Yet oil before his infant... | |
 | Percival Stockdale - 1809 - 498 Seiten
...theban bard to that soaring monarch of birds, and of olympian royalty. — Oh! lyre divine, [of DRYDKN] what daring spirit Wakes thee now !— Though he inherit...eagle bear, Sailing, with supreme dominion, Through th« azure deep of air ! — &c. After my arrival at GIBRALTAR, I was in no haste to cross the STRAITS:... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1809 - 332 Seiten
...bear. Mr. Gray calls him, the Theban eagle; but the imagery of both poets is much the same. " tho' he inherit " Nor the pride, nor ample pinion, " That...Theban eagle bear, " Sailing with supreme dominion " Thro' the azure deep of air." Progress of Poetry. PAGE 139. For little drops of honey flee. The proper... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1809 - 322 Seiten
...calls him, the Theban eagle; but the imagery of both poets is much the same. " tho' he inherit i " Nor the pride, nor ample pinion, " That the Theban eagle bear, " Sailing with supreme dominion " Thro' the azure deep of air." Progress of Poetry. PAGE 139. For little drops of honey flee. The proper... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 Seiten
...3. Hark, his hands the lyre explore ! Bright-eyed fancy, hov'ring o'er, Scatters from her pictur'd Grave where is thy Victory) O Death I where is thy — O lyre divine ! what daring spirit Wakes thee now ? TW he inherit Nor the pride nor ample pinion,... | |
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tis heard no more Oh ! lyre divine, what daring spirit Wakes thee now ? Though he inherit Nor the pride, nor ample pinion, That the Theban eagle bear, Sailing with supreme dominion Through the azure deep of air... 
