 | Young gentleman - 1807 - 314 страници
...pride and pomp difguife, Deeds of ill fort, and mifchievous emprize : Lend me thy clarion, Gpddefs! let me try To found the praife of Merit ere it dies,...as I oft have chaunced to efpy Loft in the dreary fliades of dull ohfcurity. In ev'ry village, mark'd with little fpire, Einhower'd in trees, and hardly... | |
 | William Shenstone, Thomas Park - 1808 - 342 страници
...of ill sort, and mischievous emprize : Lend me thy clarion, goddess! let me try To sound the praise of Merit ere it dies, Such as I oft have chaunced to espy Lost in the dreary shades of dull obscurity. Who boasts uuruly brats with birch to tame ; They... | |
 | Cabinet - 1808 - 524 страници
...of ill sort, and mischievous emprize : Lend me thy clarion, goddess ! let me try To sound the praise of merit, ere it dies ; Such as I oft have chaunced to espy, Lost in the dreary shades of dull obscurity. In every village mark'd with littie spire, Embower'd... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 554 страници
...of ill sort, and mischievous emprise: Lend me thy clarion, goddess! let me try To sound the praise of Merit, ere it dies, Such as I oft have chaunced to espy, Lost in the dreary shades of dull Obscurity. In every village mark'd with little spire, Kmbower'd... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 386 страници
...of ill sort, and mischievous emprize : Lend me thy clarion, goddess \ let me try To sound the praise of Merit ere it dies, Such as I oft have chaunced to espy Lost in the dreary shades of dull obscurity. Who boasts unruly brats with birch to tame , They... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 420 страници
...of ill sort, and mischievous emprize : Lend me thy clarion, goddess ! let me try To sound the praise of merit ere it dies ; Such as I oft have chaunced to espy, Lost in the dreary shades of dull obscurity. In every village mark'd with little spire, Embower'd... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 412 страници
...of ill sort, and mischievous emprise : Lend me thy clarion, goddess ! let me try To sound the praise of Merit, ere it dies, Such as I oft have chaunced to espy, Lost in the dreary shades of dull Obscurity. In every village mark'd with little spire, Embower'd... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 270 страници
...of ill sort, and mischievous emprize : Lend me thy clarion, goddess ! let me try To sound the praise of Merit ere it dies, Such as I oft have chaunced to espy Lost in the dreary shades of dull obscurity. In every village mark'd with little spire, Embower'd... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 страници
...of ill sort, and mischievous emprize: Lend me thy clarion, goddess! let me try To sound the praise espy, Lost in the dreary shades of dull obscurity. In every village mark'd with little spire, Embower'd... | |
 | British anthology - 1825 - 460 страници
...of ill sort, and mischievous emprize : Lend me thy clarion, goddess ! let me try To sound the praise of Merit ere it dies, Such as I oft have chaunced to espy Lost in the dreary shades of dull obscurity. In every village mark'd with little spire, Embower'd... | |
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While partial Fame doth with her blasts adorn Such deeds alone as pride and pomp disguise; Deeds of ill sort, and mischievous emprize... 
