 | Isaac Brandon - 1811 - 26 pages
...School f see rang'd in order fair (" Plants of his hand and children of his care,") * " 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 tbe desert air !" GRAY'S ELEGT. Í 565R... | |
 | Clergy - 1811 - 394 pages
...talent, however destitute of external recommendation. How often would lie-say — " Full many ag^em 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." Secondly. We see what progress... | |
 | Kenneth Macleay (M.D.) - 1811 - 100 pages
...REMARKS RELATIVE TO THAT ISLAND. K, MACLEAY, MD TO WHICH IS SUBJOINED, THE MERMAID, A POEM. " Full many a gem of purest ray serene, " The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear." EDINBURGH: CRAY. Printed by James Clarke, Cawgate, FOB THOMAS BRYCE & CO. NO. 13, INFIRMARY-STREET;... | |
 | Thomas Branagan - Bibliography - 1812 - 370 pages
...unroll ; Chill penury repress'd their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the so 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. Some village-Hampden, that... | |
 | Daniel Dewar - Ireland - 1812 - 372 pages
...native genius and virtue, as the splendid mansion, or the academic halls of the College. 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. But it is not true that... | |
 | Augusta Amelia Stuart - 1812 - 264 pages
...frown, would scatter blessings round, and be themselves the charm of refined society ! " Full many a gem, of purest ray serene, The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear; Full many a fiow'r was born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air." • So lost in their beautiful... | |
 | John Galt - Greece - 1813 - 472 pages
...descriptive, that the poetry, I am sure, could not have been otherwise than good. Alas ! " Full many a gem of purest ray serene The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear 5 Full many a flower has blown to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air." The other... | |
 | Margaret Chalmers - 1813 - 182 pages
...ice yields to more chilling thaw, Wilt thou the Thulian fleece around thee draw : FOULA. Full many a gem of purest ray serene, The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear. — GRAY. .NATIVES of Foula, oft my Muse Hath fondly wish'd your Isle to see, But chance or fate seems... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1814 - 424 pages
...enroll ; 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...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 - 1814 - 310 pages
...Knowledge to their eyes her ample page, Rich' with the spoils of time, did ne'er unroll Full many a gem of purest ray serene, The dark unfathom'd caves...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... | |
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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,... 
