 | John Fitzgerald Pennie - 1827 - 672 pages
...OR, THE MISERIES OF PARNASSUS. LETTER LXXVI. " Ah ! who can tell how hard it is to climb The lteep, 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 ; Checked by the scoff... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 782 pages
...be governed as occasion should vary. Sir John Hayward. Ah, who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep where fame's proud temple shines afar! Ah, who...malignant star, And wag'd with fortune an eternal war ! Bealtie'i Miratrel. AFDELLES, in ichthyology, a name given by the Cretans to the fish called at Rome,... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 828 pages
...rainbow-ray invite His wingy nerves to climb. Beat tie. 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. Id. What is the end of fame ? 'Tib but to fill A certain portion... | |
 | William Henry Smyth - Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) - 1829 - 366 pages
........ tt ' *.* THE LIFE OF CAPTAIN PHILIP BEAVER, RN " 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 unequal war ! " THE family of Beaver came into England from the Isle of Guernsey,... | |
 | Phrenology - 1829 - 686 pages
...; for it is easily conceivable that mild and gentle and unassuming individuals are easily " Checked by the scoff of pride, by envy's frown, And poverty's unconquerable bar ;" and this they have often to encounter from those who hold superior stations in society, which are... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1830 - 844 pages
...soul sublime lias felt the influence of malignant star, And waged with Fortune an eternal war; Checked rt vale remote lias pined alone, Then dropped. into the grave, uu pitied and unknown! And yet the languor... | |
 | James Beattie - 1831 - 340 pages
...THE MINSTREL; OR, THE PROGRESS OF GENIUS. BOOK I. I. An ! 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 ; Check'd by the scoff of Pride, by Envy's frown, And Poverty's unconquerable... | |
 | James Beattie - 1831 - 330 pages
...THE MINSTREL; OR, THE PROGRESS OF GENIUS. BOOK I. I. An ! 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 ; Check'd by the scoff of Pride, by Envy's frown, And Poverty's unconquerable... | |
 | 1831 - 426 pages
...soul sublime Has felt the influence of malignant star, And waged with Fortune an eternal war; Cbeck'd 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, unpitled and unknown 1 II. And yet, the languor... | |
 | Naval art and science - 1851 - 830 pages
...true that I shall make no apology for quoting them. " All! who can tell how many a soul sublime Ha* felt the influence of malignant star, And wag'd with...frown, And poverty's unconquerable bar; In life's low vale remote has pin'd alone, Then drop'd into the grave, unpiticd and unknown!" How far the conclusion... | |
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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... 
