 And live there men who slight immortal fame ? Who then with incense shall adore our name ? But, mortals ! know, 'tis still our greatest pride To blaze those virtues which the good would hide. Rise ! Muses, rise ! add all your tuneful breath ; These must...  The Beauties of English Poetry - Page 21by Peter Pindar - 1804Full view - About this book
 | Songs, English - 1840 - 652 pages
...(D'Almaine and Co.) GLEE,/or 4 Voices. — Sir. J. STEVENSON. (Alto, 2 Tenors, and Bass.) THEY play'd in air, the trembling music floats, And on the winds triumphant swell the notes ; So soft though high, so loud and yet so clear, E'en listening angels leaned from Heaven to hear. (Mills.) GLEE,/or... | |
 | 1841 - 534 pages
...has not embraced in his Introduction, and which still awaits the embalming skill of the historian. " Rise! Muses, rise ! add all your tuneful breath ; These must not sleep in darkness and in death." The twenty-sixth lecture, on Sir Robert Walpole, is one of the most powerful in the volumes now before... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1841 - 840 pages
...men, who slight immortal Fame? Who then with incenxe shall adore our name ? But, mortals ! know, 'tis w the madness rise ; His glowing cheeks, his ardent eyes ; And, while he Heaven and Earth rUe ! add all your tuneful breath ; These must not sleep in darkness and in death." She said : in air... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1843 - 826 pages
...adore our name ? But, mortals! know, 'tis still our greatest pride. To blaze those virtues which tho ight, New as he was to love, and novice to delight...but by his glimmering sense First found his want of though high, so loud, and yet so clear, Ev'n listening angels lean from Heaven to hear: To farthest... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1843 - 830 pages
...men, who slight immortal Fame ? Who then with incense shall adore our name t But, mortals ! know, 'tis ; Those must not sleep in darkness and in death." She said : in air the trembling music floats. And... | |
 | James Stamford Caldwell - Literature and morals - 1843 - 372 pages
...with horn. 3 The trembling strings around her fingers crowd And tell their joy for every kiss aloud. 4 In air the trembling music floats, And on the winds, triumphant, swell the notes, So soft, so high, so loud, and yet so clear, Ev'n list'ning angels lean'd from heaven to hear.:' Who with his... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1846 - 328 pages
...But mortals ! know, 'tis still our greatest pride, To blaze those virtues which the good wouldliide Rise ! Muses, rise ! add all your tuneful breath ;...on the winds triumphant swell the notes ; So soft, though high, so loud, and yet so clear, E'en listening angels lean from heaven to hear ; To farthest... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1847 - 488 pages
...men, who slight immortal Fame? Who then with incense shall adore our name ? But, mortals ! know, 'tis still our greatest pride To blaze those virtues, which...Rise ! Muses, rise ! add all your tuneful breath, 370 These must not sleep in darkness and in death. She said : in air the trembling music floats, And... | |
 | New-York Historical Society - New York (State) - 1821 - 422 pages
...and above all the Dominicans, Petro de Cordova aud Antonio de Montesino. Rise, Mure of history, lend your tuneful breath—- These must not sleep in darkness and in death. While these pages were printing, I have unexpectedly met with a irery strong corroboration of the facts... | |
 | Carpenters - 1848 - 374 pages
...men, who slight immortal fame ? Who then with incense shall adore her name ? But, mortals ! know, 'tis still our greatest pride, To blaze those virtues which the good would hide." POPE. •E have already said that one of the earliest objects recognized by the TradeGuilds was the... | |
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