 | James Beattie - 1831 - 330 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 ; Check'd by the scoff of Pride, by Envy's frown, And Poverty's unconquerable bar, In life's low vale... | |
 | John Gordon Smith - Portugal - 1832 - 386 pages
..." — : 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 Hath felt the influence of malignant star?" The first two do/en persons, at least, to whom we put the question as to the locale of the distin-*... | |
 | 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
...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 of the CANTERBURY MAGAZINE will not be ill-appropriated, lo rescue from the perishable... | |
 | 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
...lines:— "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 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 the... | |
 | William Hempson Denham - 1837 - 114 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," were the beautiful exclamations of Beattie, when depicting the character of the " Minstrel" of the... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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,... | |
| |
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... 
