 | John Dryden - 1760 - 448 sivua
...words that burn. But, ah! 'tis heard no more-— Oh ! lyre divine, what daring fpirit Wakes thee now ? though he inherit 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 run Such forms,... | |
 | 1760 - 556 sivua
...principal motive for writing 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 fupreme dominion Thro' the azure deep of air : Yet oft before his infant eyes would ran Such forms... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - 1765 - 412 sivua
...words, that burn. But ah ! '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 fupreme dominion Through the azure deep of air : Yet oft before his infant eyes would run Such forms,... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1768 - 200 sivua
...his Chcrufes — 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 with fupreme dominion. Thro' the azure deep of air : Yet oft before his infant eyes would run Such forms,... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1772 - 230 sivua
...fwan] Mr. Gray calls him, tfe 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... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1777 - 266 sivua
...TheTheKanfwaKiMr. Gray calls him, the Theliatt fagle ; but the imagery ofboth poets is much the fame, " tho' he inherit " Nor the pride, nor ample pinion, " That the Theban eagle bear, 1' Sailing with fupreme dominion « Thro' theazure deep of air.'Trogrefs of Poet) y. Does, with weak... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 336 sivua
...'tis heard no more— 84 Oht Oh ! iyre divine, what daring fpirit Wakes thee now ? though he mherit Nor the pride, nor ample pinion, That the Theban eagle bear, Sailing with fupreme dominion Through the azure deep of air i Yet oft before his infant eyes would* run Such forms,... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1786 - 210 sivua
...heard no more Oh ! Lyre divine, what daring fpirit • i Wakes thee now ? tho' he inherit * t Nor 91 Nor the pride, nor -ample pinion, That the Theban Eagle bear, Sailing with fupreme dominion Thro' the azure deep of air : Yet oft before his infant eyes would run Such forms... | |
 | Johann Joachim Eschenburg - 1789 - 454 sivua
...that burn. But ah I 'tis heard no more — Oh ! Lyre divine, what daring 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... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 372 sivua
...not yon footftep dread ? &c, VOL. LXIV, P Oh! Oh ! lyre divine, what daring fpirit Wakes thee now ? though he inherit 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 run Such forms,... | |
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Though he inherit Nor the pride, nor ample pinion, That the Theban eagle bear, Sailing with supreme dominion Through the azure deep of air... 
