 Ascendency o'er rank and birth, The rich, the brave, the strong; ;« And if despondency weigh down Thy spirit's fluttering pinions then, Despair — thy name is written on The roll of common men.  Alnwick Castle, with Other Poems - Stran 18avtor: Fitz-Greene Halleck - 1827 - 64 straniCelotni ogled - O knjigi
 | 1837 - 634 strani
...monument — that tells to Heaven The homage of earth's proudest isle, To that bard-peasant given ! Bid thy thoughts hover o'er that spot, Boy-minstrel,...know, however low his lot, A poet's pride and power. HALLECE. THE EXILE'S RETURN. The night on which the second reading of the Union Bill was dehated in... | |
 | 1830 - 472 strani
...His monument—that tells to Heaven The homage of earth's proudest isle, To that bard-peasant given ! Bid thy thoughts hover o'er that spot, Boy-minstrel,...however low his lot, A Poet's pride and power. The power that gave a child of song Ascendency o'er rank and birth— The pride that lifted Burns from... | |
 | 1836 - 268 strani
...His monument— that tells to Heaven The homage of earth's proudest isle To thtt Bart-pbteant given ! Bid thy thoughts hover o'er that spot, Boy-Minstrel,...Burns from earth, The power that gave a child of song Ascendency o'er rank and birth, The rich, the brave, the strong: And if despondency weigh down Thy... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1840 - 328 strani
...monument — that tells to Heaven The homage of earth's proudest isle To that Bard-peasant given ! Bid thy thoughts hover o'er that spot, Boy-Minstrel,...despondency weigh down Thy spirit's fluttering pinions then, There have been loftier themes than his, And longer scrolls, and louder lyres, And lays lit up with... | |
 | 1840 - 544 strani
...monument — that tells to Heaven The homage of earth's proudest isle To that Bard-peasant given ! Bid thy thoughts hover o'er that spot, Boy-Minstrel,...o'er rank and birth, The rich, the brave, the strong j And if despondency weigh down Thy spirit's fluttering pinions then, Despair — thy name is written... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1842 - 638 strani
...monument — that tells to heaven The homage of earth's proudest isle, To that bard-peasant given. Bid thy thoughts hover o'er that spot, Boy-minstrel,...BURNS from earth, The power that gave a child of song Ascendencv o'er rank and birth, The rich, the brave, the strong ; And if despondency weigh down Thy... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1843 - 558 strani
...earth's proudest isle, To that bard-peasant given. Bid thy thoughts hover o'er that spot, Boy -minstrel, in thy dreaming hour; And know, however low his lot, A poet's pride and power. The pride that lifted BUHNS from earth, The power that gave a child of song Asrendi-ucy o'er rank and birth, The rich, the... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1843 - 324 strani
...proudest isle To that Bard-peasant given! And know, however low his lot, A Poet's pride and power. Bid thy thoughts hover o'er that spot, Boy-Minstrel, in thy dreaming hour; The pride that lifted Burns from earth, The power that gave a child of song Ascendancy o'er rank and... | |
 | Charles William Everest - 1844 - 480 strani
...His monument—that tells to heaven The homage of earth's proudest isle To that bard-peasant given. Bid thy thoughts hover o'er that spot, Boy-minstrel,...despondency weigh down Thy spirit's fluttering pinions then. Despair—thy name is written 0:1 The roll of common men. There have been loftier themes than his,... | |
 | John Goldsbury, William Russell - 1844 - 444 strani
...thoughts hover o'er that spot, Boy-Minstrel, in thy dreaming hour; And know, however low his lot, 20 A Poet's pride and power. The pride that lifted Burns...o'er rank and birth, The rich, the brave, the strong ; 25 And if despondency weigh down Despair : — thy name is written on The roll of common men. There... | |
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