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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,... "
The Works of the British Poets: With Lives of the Authors - Page 45
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The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray LL.B., Late Professor of Modern Languages ...

Thomas Gray - 1799 - 270 pages
...pregnant with celestial fire ; Hands, that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or wak'd to ecstasy the living lyre. But Knowledge to their eyes her ample...Hampden, that, with dauntless breast, The little Tyrant of his fields withstood, Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell guiltless of his...
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Poetry Explained for the Use of Young People

Richard Lovell Edgeworth - English poetry - 1802 - 152 pages
...lie buried an.d unseen, like gems or jewels in the ocean, .or like flowers in a forest. 2L . xV. " Some village Hampden, that with dauntless breast,...Some Cromwell, guiltless of his country's blood. The lives of Hampden, Milton, and Cromwell are to be met with in every history of England. In Butler's...
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Swiftiana ...

Charles Henry Wilson - Authors, Irish - 1804 - 284 pages
...second paper might have possibly furnished a hint to Mr. Gray for this !fine verse in his Elegy : ,. . " Some village Hampden, that, with dauntless breast,...Some Cromwell, guiltless of his country's blood." The passage in the Tatler is as follows : " I soon observed, for it was easy to discover, the seeds and...
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Swiftiana ...

Charles Henry Wilson - Authors, Irish - 1804 - 286 pages
...second paper might have possibly furnished a hint to Mr. Gray for this fine verse in his Elegy : * Some village Hampden, that, with dauntless breast,...Some Cromwell, guiltless of his country's blood." The passage in the Tatler is as follows : " I soon observed, for it was easy to discover, the seeds and...
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The Speaker Or Miscellaneous Pieces Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...serene , The dark unfathoin'd caves of Ocean bear: Full many a flower is born to blush unseen , And 'waste its sweetness on the desert air. Som/e village...Hampden , that with dauntless breast The little Tyrant of his fields withstood ; Some; mute inglorious Milton here may rest , Some Cromwell guiltless of his...
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The British Spy, Or, Letters to a Member of the British Parliament: Written ...

William Wirt - United States - 1804 - 120 pages
...ray serene, the dark, unfathom'd waves of ocean bear; full many aflow'r is born to blush, unseen/ and waste its sweetness on the desert air. Some village Hampden, that, with dauntless breas\, the little tyrant of his fields withstood ; some mute, inglorious Milton, here may rest j some...
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Poems on various subjects, selected by E. Tomkins

E Tomkins - 1806 - 280 pages
...mute ingloriuns Milton here may rest. Some Cromwell, guiltless of his country's blood. Th' app>ause of list'ning senates to command. The threats of pain and ruin to despise, To scatter plenty »'er a smiling land, And read their hist'ry in a nation's eyes, Their lot forhade; nor circnmscrih'd...
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The Poetical Preceptor; Or, A Collection of Select Pieces of Poetry ...

English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...withstood : Some mute inglorious MILTON here may rest,] Some CROMWELL guiltless of his country's blood. Th' applause of list'ning senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to despise, To scatter plSnty o'er a smiling land, And read their hist'ry in a nation's eyes, Their lot forbad : nor circumscrib'd...
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Poëmes ou morceaux détachés de differens auteurs anglais, traduits en vers ...

Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - English poetry - 1806 - 456 pages
...; Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest ; Some Cromwell, guiltless of his country's blood. Th' applause of list'ning senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to despise, Le temple n'a point vu ses modestes portiques Ornés de leurs blazons et vêtus de leur deuil. Pourquoi...
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The Speaker; Or Miscellaneous Pieces: Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - Elocution - 1808 - 434 pages
...Chill Penury repress'd their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul. Full many a gern of purest ray serene The dark unfathom'd caves of...Hampden, that with dauntless breast The little tyrant of his fields withstood; Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest, Some Ciomwell guiltless of his...
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