 | Adam Clarke - 1833 - 458 pages
...who can tell bow hard it is to climb, The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar ; Ah, who call tell how many a soul sublime Hath felt the influence of malignant star, And waged with fortune a perpetual war." Certain it is, that the life of this able scholar, and amiable man, fell beneath... | |
 | 1834 - 464 pages
...head directing the feet !"] THE FATE OF GENIUS. Ah ! who can tell, bow bard it is to climb The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar — Ah ! who can tell, how many a soul sublime, Has felt the influence of malignant star, And waged with Fortune an eternal war ! BEATTIE. A corner... | |
 | President of a college - Composition (Language arts) - 1836 - 156 pages
...as, "All! who can tell how hard it is to climb The sleep where Fame's proud temple shines afer 1 Ah 1 who can tell how many a soul sublime Hath felt the...malignant star, And waged with Fortune an eternal war; Check'a by the scoff of Pride, by Envy's frown, And Poverty's unconquerable bar, In life's low vale... | |
 | Adam Clarke - 1837 - 834 pages
...realized the truth of those pathetic lines:— "Ah, who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep where fame's proud temple shines afar! Ah, who can...influence of malignant star. And waged with fortune a perpetual war!" Certain it is, that the life of this able scholar and amiable man fell beneath the... | |
 | William Hempson Denham - 1837 - 114 pages
...his bed of roses will be unmixed with thorns. " Ah ! who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar ; Ah ! who can tell how many a soul sublime Has felt the influence of malignant star, And waged with fortune an eternal war," were the beautiful... | |
 | Charles Bucke - Anecdotes - 1837 - 360 pages
...the strength and feel the beauty of another tale:— ' Ah! who can fell how many a soul, sublime, Has felt the influence of malignant star; And waged with fortune an eternal war. Check'd by the scoff of Pride, by Envy's frown, And Poverty's unconquerable bar, In life's low vale,... | |
 | William Cramp - English language - 1838 - 288 pages
...climb The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar! Ah ! who can tell how many a soul sublime Has felt the influence of malignant star, And waged with...Fortune an eternal war ; Checked by the scoff of Pride, and Envy's frown, In life's low vale, remote, has pined alone, And dropt into the grave unpitied and... | |
 | William Cramp - English language - 1838 - 276 pages
...they are addressed. ILLUSTRATION OF INTERJECTIONS. Ah I who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar! Ah ! who can tell how many a soul sublime Has felt the influence of malignant star, And waged with Fortune an eternal war ; Checked by the scoff... | |
 | Margaret Richardson - 1839 - 236 pages
...climb The steep where Fame's proud temple stands afar; Ah ! who can tell how many a soul sublime Has felt the influence of malignant star, And waged with fortune an eternal war ; Check'd by the scoff of Pride, by Envy's frown, And Poverty's unconquerable bar, In life's low vale,... | |
 | John Philpot Curran, Robert Emmet, Henry Grattan - Ireland - 1840 - 562 pages
...sought to crush him in its envenomed foldings. " Ah! who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar? Ah '. who can...malignant star. And waged with fortune an eternal war 7" Can such an injury as this admit of justification? I think the learned counsel will concede it cannot.... | |
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AH ! who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar; Ah! who can tell how many a soul sublime Has felt the influence of malignant star, And waged with Fortune an eternal war; Check'd by the scoff of Pride, by Envy's... 
