 Tho' he inherit Nor the pride, nor ample pinion, That the Theban eagle bear, Sailing with supreme dominion Thro' 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...  Poésies de Gray - Pàgina 56per Thomas Gray - 1797 - 173 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | 1760 - 556 pàgines
...prctenfions; while ^he parody of the latter confefles his principal motive for writing thefeOdes. . Oh ! Lyre divine, what daring fpirit Wakes thee now...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... | |
 | John Dryden - 1760 - 448 pàgines
...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... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - 1765 - 412 pàgines
...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... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1772 - 230 pàgines
...fhehan 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... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1775 - 168 pàgines
...from her pi&ur'd urn * Thoughts that breathe, and words that bum. f But ah ! 'tis heard no more — Oh ! Lyre divine, what daring fpirit Wakes thee now ? tho' he inherit • Words that weep, and tears that fpeak. Cvwlej. . K f We hai.e bad in our language no other ede«... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1778 - 182 pàgines
...her pidtur'd urn * Thoughts that breathe, and words that burn, •f- But ah ! 'tis heard no more — Oh ! Lyre divine, what daring fpirit Wakes thee now...? tho' he inherit Nor the pride, nor ample pinion, J That the Theban Eagle bear, Sailing with fupreme dominion Through the azure deep of air : * Words... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 664 pàgines
...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... | |
 | 1782 - 542 pàgines
...fields of death ! Ah ! who can now his faulchion wield ? Oh ! direful maid; what daring fpirit, Calls thee now, tho' he inherit Nor the pride nor ample pinion, That the ponían Svlla bore, Sailing to fuprcme dominion O'er foaming feas of kindred gore ! Yet oft before... | |
 | Johann Joachim Eschenburg - 1789 - 454 pàgines
...Scatters from her piftur'd urn Thoughts that breathe, and words that burn. But ah I 'tis heard no more — Oh ! Lyre divine, what daring fpirit Wakes thee now?...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 pàgines
...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... | |
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