 | Poetry - 1806 - 330 pages
...unroll ; Chill penury repress'd their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul. Full many a gem of purest ray serene, The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear; Full many a flow'r is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air. 144 Some village-Hampden,... | |
 | James Fisher - Meditations - 1806 - 352 pages
...which brings to my recollection those beautiful lines of the celebrated Mr Gray : • " Full many a gem of purest ray serene, " The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear ; " And many a flower is born to blush unseen, " And waste its sweetness on the desert air." And is... | |
 | William Enfield - Elocution - 1808 - 434 pages
...Chill Penury repress'd their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul. Full many a gern of purest ray serene The dark unfathom'd caves of...unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air. Some village Hampden, that with dauntless breast The little tyrant of his fields withstood; Some mute inglorious... | |
 | George Gregory - Books and reading - 1808 - 352 pages
...sentiments to which every bosom returns an •cho." The best stanzas I think are— » " Full many a gem of purest ray serene, " The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear; " Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, " And waste its sweetness on the desart air." * For who to-dumb forgetfulness... | |
 | 1808 - 512 pages
...however destitute of external recommendation. Often wxmld he say — ; . : .: (. . • '•' Fufl many a gem of purest ray serene . The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear; » < i Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, Arid waste its sweetness on the desert air." rf... | |
 | British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 526 pages
...unroll ; Chill Penury repress' d their noble rage, And froae the genial current of the soul. Full many a gem of purest ray serene The dark unfathom'd caves...unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air. Some village Hampden, that with danntless breast The little tyrant of his fields withstood, Some mute inglorious... | |
 | Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1809 - 594 pages
...connoisseurs, and whose works have excited the admiration of all who know them. HOVEY. Full many a gem of purest ray serene, The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear; Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air. — GBAV. IT is but too... | |
 | 1809 - 592 pages
...connoisseurs, and whose works have excited the admiration of all who know them. HOVEY. Full many a gem of purest ray serene, The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear; Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air. — GBAY. , IT is but too... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 628 pages
...unroll; Chill Penury rcpress'd their noble rage, And froze the gciu'al current of the soul. Full many a gem of purest ray serene, The dark unfathom'd caves...guiltless of his country's blood. Th' applause of listening senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to despise, To scatter plenty o'er a smiling... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 622 pages
...their noble rage, And froze the Denial current of the soul. Full many 3 gom of purest ray serene, Tiie the more! With these compar'd, ye sons of Afric,...your lot ? Bland health, 200 Of ardent eye, and lim village-TIampdcn, that with dauntless breast The little, tyrant of his fields withstood ; Some mule... | |
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Full many a gem of purest ray serene The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear : Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air. Some village-Hampden, that with dauntless breast The little tyrant of his fields withstood,... 
