 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, unborrow'd of the sun : Yet shall he mount, and keep his distant way Beyond the limits of a vulgar fate, Beneath the Good...  Poetical Works - Page 9by John Dryden - 1808Full view - About this book
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1777 - 644 pages
...pinion, That the Thehan eagle bear, Sailing with supreme dominion Through the azut e deep of air : i 5 Yet oft before his infant-eyes would run Such forms as glitter in the Muse's ray With orient hues, unhorrow'd of the sun : Yet shall he mount, and keep his distant way Beyond the limits of a vulgar... | |
 | Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1778 - 182 pages
...the Mufe's ray, With orient hues, unborrow'd of the fun ; Yet fhall he mount, and keep his diftant way Beyond the limits of a vulgar fate, Beneath the Good how far — but far abpvc the Great, THE THE £ R D. PINDARIC ODE. ADVERTISEMENT. The following Ode is founded on a Tradition... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 342 pages
...in the Mufe's ray With orient hues, unborrow'd of the fun i Yet fhall he mount, and keep his diftant way Beyond the limits of a vulgar fate Beneath the good how far — but far above the great. MR. MR. DRYDE N'S ORIGINAL POEMS. Upon the DEATH of Lord HASTINGS. MUST noble Haftings immaturely die,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 390 pages
...in the Mufe'sray With orient hues, unborrow'd of the fun.: Yet (lull he mount, ami keep his diftant way .Beyond the limits of a. vulgar fate, .Beneath the good how far— hut. far above the great. * "Aw« Vfa/; "fnxa 9«i«i>. Olymp. x. .Pindar com.pares himfelf to that... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - English poetry - 1782 - 438 pages
...in the Mufe's ray With orient hues, unborrow'd of the Sun: Yet fliall he mount, and keep his diftant way Beyond the limits of a vulgar fate, Beneath the Good how far,—but far above the Great. ODE. OD E. BY THE SAME. Ibtfollowing OJe is founded on a tradition... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1786 - 210 pages
...the Mufe's ray, With orient hues, unborrow'd of the fun : Yet ihall he mount, and keep his diftant way Beyond the limits of a vulgar fate, Beneath the Good how far — -but far above the Great. THE THE BARD. PINDARIC ODE. G 2 ADVERTISEMENT. The following Ode is founded on a Tradi• » tion current... | |
 | Johann Joachim Eschenburg - Literature - 1789 - 454 pages
...in the Mufe's ray With orient hues, unborrow'd of the fun : Yet lhall he mount, and keep his diftant way Beyond the limits of a vulgar fate, Beneath the Good how far — but far above the Great. ЭК af о m < ' •* Ocfi tbeile Ыег nod) bie neuejïe übe biefeá fdjon обе« C55. ш. @.... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 372 pages
...in the Mufe's ray With orient hues, unborrow'd of the fun : Yet fhall he mount, and keep his diftant way Beyond the limits of a vulgar fate, Beneath the good how far — but far above the great. * AIO? TTfo^i opw^a Ssiiv. Olyrnp. 1. Pindar compare* Mmfelf to that bird, and his enemies to ravens... | |
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1797 - 450 pages
...the Mufe's ray, With orient hues, unborrow'd of the fun : Yet (hall he mount, and keep his diftant way Beyond the limits of a vulgar fate, Beneath the good how far — but far above the great. SECT. IIÍ. Of the Elegy. THE Elegy is a mournful and plaintive, but yet and engaging, kind of poem.... | |
 | Thomas Gray - Elegiac poetry, English - 1798 - 130 pages
...their noife. ^ ith orient haes, unborrow'd of the fun ; 1zo Yet Jhall he mount, and keep his diftant way Beyond the limits of a vulgar fate, Beneath the good how far — but far above the great. ODE VI. THE BARD. TINDARICK. ADVERTISEMENT. The following Ode is founded on a Tradition current in... | |
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