 | Charles Bucke - Anecdotes - 1837 - 360 pages
...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 - Great Britain - 1838 - 320 pages
...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 - Great Britain - 1838 - 396 pages
...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 - English language - 1838 - 288 pages
...INTERJECTIONS. Ah I 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 ; Checked by the scoff of Pride, and Envy's frown, In life's low... | |
 | 1838 - 434 pages
...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 pages
...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... | |
 | English poetry - 1840 - 378 pages
...soul 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 bar, In life's low vale remote has pined alone, Then dropp'd into the grave, unpitied and unknown ! And yet the languor of inglorious... | |
 | English poetry - 1840 - 368 pages
...GENIUS. 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 ; Chec'k by the scoff of Pride, by Envy's frown, And Poverty's unconquerable... | |
 | Ebenezer Mack - 1841 - 396 pages
...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... | |
 | College student newspapers and periodicals - 1842 - 542 pages
...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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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... 
