| John Bell - 1789 - عدد الصفحات: 416
...perdie, to YOU. POEM V. THE MINSTREL; on, THE PROGRESS OF GENIUS. BT JAMES BEATTIE, LLD BOOK I. I. AH I who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep where...malignant star, And waged with fortune an eternal war; II. And yet, the languor of inglorious days /• Not equally oppressive is to all. Him, who ne'er listen'd... | |
| James Beattie - 1797 - عدد الصفحات: 150
...'- .*- '..A THE MINSTREL: OR, THE PROGRESS OF GENIUS. THE FIRST BOOK. I. AH ! who can tell how hai'd it is to climb The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar j Ah ! who can tell how many a soul sublime Has felt the influence of malignant star, And waged with... | |
| James Stanier Clarke, Stephen Jones, John Jones - 1799 - عدد الصفحات: 640
...benefit in abating the dread of a threatening barrier, which too often disheartens those, who feel , " how hard it is to climb The steep, where Fame's proud temple beams afar." Lord Bridport was the son of the late worthy vicar of Thorncombe in Devonshire, near Axminster,... | |
| James Beattie - 1802 - عدد الصفحات: 152
...MINSTREL; OR, THE PROGRESS OF GENIUS. BOOK I. THE MINSTREL ; OR, THE PROGRESS OF GENIUS. THE FIRST BOOK. I. AH ! who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar j Ah ! who can tell how many a soul sublime Has felt the influence of malignant star, And waged with... | |
| James Beattie - 1803 - عدد الصفحات: 190
...Musce, Quorum sacra fero, ingenti perculsus amore, A ccipiant. VIRGIL. THE MINSTREL. BOOK FIRST. I. AH ! who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep,...malignant star, And waged with Fortune an eternal war? Checked by the scoff of Pride, by Envy's frown, And Poverty's unconquerable bar, In life's low vale... | |
| 1804 - عدد الصفحات: 646
...is faulty in other respects." The introductory lines to this poem have been greatly admired : i. " Ah ! who can tell how hard it is to climb ' The steep...sublime Has felt the influence of malignant star, And wag'd with Fortune an eternal war ; Check'd by the scoff of Pride, by Envy's frown. And Poverty's unconquerable... | |
| 1804 - عدد الصفحات: 636
...other respects." The introductory lines to this poem have been greatly admired : i. " Ah ! who ran tell how hard it is to climb The steep where Fame's...sublime Has felt the influence of malignant star, ' And wag'd with Fortune an eternal war ; Check'd by the scoff of Pride, by Envy's frown, And Poverty's unconquerable... | |
| James Beattie - 1805 - عدد الصفحات: 178
...f era, ingenti perculsut amorc, Accipiant. • THE MINSTREL; THE PROGRESS OF GENIUS. BOOK FIRST. I. AH ! who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep,...malignant star, And waged with Fortune an eternal war ! Checked by the scoff of Pride, by Envy's frown, And Poverty's unconquerable bar, In life's low vale... | |
| Pierre Franc M'Callum - 1805 - عدد الصفحات: 376
...Savage, and Chatterton attracted my eye; the career of the latter is thus pathetically described : Ah ! who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep...sublime, Has felt the influence of malignant star, And wag'd with fortune an eternal war ; Check.' d by the scoff of pride — by envy's frown, And poverty's... | |
| David Phineas Adams, William Emerson, Samuel Cooper Thacher - 1805 - عدد الصفحات: 696
...; three of them attained their wishes ; and two of them, Browne and Stewart, acquired celebrity. " 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 !... | |
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