 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;...  The Letters of the British Spy - Page 176by William Wirt - 1829 - 224 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Esther Milnes Day, Thomas Lowndes - 1805 - 362 pages
...rose ; Display'da warm, a sympathetic soul, A genial soil, where ev'ry virtue grows. " Full man}' a gem of purest ray serene, The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear ;'* But gems of Sympathy, how seldom seen, Though none with these, in value can compare ! The precious... | |
 | Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - English poetry - 1806 - 456 pages
...time, did ne'er 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...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... | |
 | English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...time, did ne'er 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,...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... | |
 | Poetry - 1806 - 330 pages
...time, did ne'er 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,... | |
 | Albin Joseph U. Hennet - 1806 - 458 pages
...time, did ne'er 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 flower is born to blush unseen , And waste its sweetness ;on the desert air. '- _•'• 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... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1807 - 728 pages
...time did ne'er 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...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... | |
 | 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...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... | |
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