 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...  The American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review - Stran 165uredili: - 1818Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | Charles Bucke - 1837 - 360 strani
...Heaven.'—Beaumont and Fletcher. Others know 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... | |
 | Andrew Becket - 1838 - 320 strani
...obscurity by any, even the most powerful of envy's arts. Volt. Here I think you are somewhat mistaken ; — Ah ! who can tell how many a soul sublime Has felt...by envy's frown, And poverty's unconquerable bar! — MINSTREL. So says the poet ; and I believe with sufficient truth. I speak of genius in its infancy... | |
 | Andrew Becket - 1838 - 396 strani
...obscurity by any, even the most powerful of envy's arts. Volt. Here I think you are somewhat mistaken ; — Ah ! who can tell how many a soul sublime Has felt...pride, by envy's frown, And poverty's unconquerable bar ! — MINSTREL. So says the poet ; and I believe with sufficient truth. I speak of genius in its infancy... | |
 | William Cramp - 1838 - 276 strani
...whom they are addressed. ILLUSTRATION OF INTERJECTIONS. Ah I who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar! Ah !...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... | |
 | 1838 - 434 strani
...ome instances, to majiy inconveniences nd evils. Cases are on record of those who lave been 1 Checked by the scoff of pride, by envy's frown, And poverty's unconquerable bar,' ml consequently, at times, have felt the keenest pangs of wretchedness. Two of the lamented bards of... | |
 | Margaret Richardson - 1839 - 236 strani
...Reader 218 POEMS. "Ah ! who can tell how hard it is to 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... | |
 | 1840 - 378 strani
...1735-1803. THE MINSTREL ; OR, THE PROGRESS OP GENIUS. AH ! who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar ; Ah !...sublime Has felt the influence of malignant star, And waged with Fortune an eternal war ; Chec'k by the scoff of Pride, by Envy's frown, And Poverty's unconquerable... | |
 | John Philpot Curran, Robert Emmet, Henry Grattan - 1840 - 562 strani
...have sought to crush him in its envenomed foldings. " 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 an eternal war 7" Can such an injury... | |
 | Ebenezer Mack - 1841 - 396 strani
...reason, his destiny is indeed controlled, in a great measure, by the chances of birth and fortune. " O, who can tell, how many a soul sublime Has felt the influence of malignant star, And waged with Fortune an eternal war ; In life's low vale remote has pined alone, Then dropt into the... | |
 | 1842 - 542 strani
...opening stanza of Beattie's Minstrel : Ah ! who can tell how hard it is to climb GEdRGE HERBERT. 183 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, by Envy's frown, And Poverty's unconquerable... | |
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