 Through the azure deep of air : Yet oft before his infant eyes would run Such forms, as glitter in the Muse's ray With orient hues, unborrow'd of the sun : Yet shall he mount, and keep his distant way Beyond the limits of a vulgar fate ; Beneath the good...  Poems - Sivu 50tekijä(t) Thomas Gray - 1768 - 119 sivuaKoko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | 1760 - 556 sivua
...thefeOdes. . Oh ! Lyre divine, what daring fpirit Wakes thee now ? tho' he inherit Nor the pride, nor ample pinion, That the Theban eagle bear Sailing with...deep of air : Yet oft before his infant eyes would ran Such forms as glitter in the Mufes ray W«th orient hues, nnborrow'd of the fun : Yet (hall he... | |
 | 1764 - 202 sivua
...inherit Nor the f ride nor ample pinion Ybat the Ihelun eagle tear, Sailing ivitbfupreme dominion, Ihre' the azure deep of air : Yet oft before his infant eyes would rim Such forms as glitter in the Mufe's ray Yet Jhall lie mount and keep his diflant <way Bejoftd the... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1768 - 200 sivua
...above all, in the laft of Caraftacus, Hark ! heard ye not yon footftep dread ? £2c. Nor the pride, nor ample pinion, * That the Theban Eagle bear Sailing...before his infant eyes would run Such forms, as glitter in*the Mufe's ray With orient hues, unborrow'd of the Sun : Yet fhall he mount, and keep his diftant... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1772 - 230 sivua
...Theban eagle ; but the imagery of both poets is much the fame. -' tho' he inherit " Nor the pride, nor ample pinion, " That the Theban eagle bear " Sailing...with fupreme dominion " Thro' the azure deep of air." Progrefs of Poetry. [u] —flee] The proper word had been Jfly, if the rhyme would have given leave.... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1775 - 168 sivua
...Nor the pride, nor ample pinion, * That the Theban Eagle bear, Sailing with fupreme dominion Through the azure deep of air : Yet oft before his infant eyes would ruu Such forms as glitter in the Mufe's ray, With orient hues, unborrow'd of the fun : Yet fhall he... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 664 sivua
...Nor the pride, nor ample pinion, That the Theban eagle bear, Sailing with fupreme dominion Through the azure deep of air : Yet oft before his infant...forms, as glitter in the Mufe's ray With orient hues, unborrow' d of the fun : Yet mall he mount, and keep his diftant way Beyond the limits of a vulgar... | |
 | 1782 - 542 sivua
...pinion, That the ponían Svlla bore, Sailing to fuprcme dominion O'er foaming feas of kindred gore ! Yet oft before his infant eyes would run Such forms as glitter in ambition's ray : 'With duiky hues, unbrighten'd by the fun, Yet /hall he mount and keep his dirbnt... | |
 | Johann Joachim Eschenburg - 1789 - 454 sivua
...fpirit Wakes thee now? tho' he inherit Nor the pride, nor ample pinion That the Theban Eagle bear 1 Sailing with fupreme dominion Thro' the azure deep of air: Yet oft before his infant eyes weuld run Such forms, as glitter in the Mufe's ray With orient hues, unborrow'd of the fun : Yet lhall... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1791 - 966 sivua
...? tho' he inherit N&r the pride, nor xmplc pinion, That the Theban eagle bear, Sniltng with luprcme dominion Thro' the azure deep of air ; Yet oft before...his infant eyes would run Such forms as glitter in trie Mufe's ray, With orient hues, unbomnv'd of the fun : Yet mall he mount, and keep his diftant way... | |
 | 1791 - 728 sivua
...prove. But, firft, a word of a modern poet or two. That beautiful pafl'age in GRAY'S Progrefs of Poetry, Yet oft before his infant eyes would run Such forms as glitter in the Mufe's ray, With orient hues, uuhot i owed of the fun, ii borrowed, as a gentleman of elegant literature pointed out to me, from... | |
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