 Ah ! who can tell the triumphs of the mind, By truth illumined, and by taste refined ? When age has quenched the eye, and closed the ear, Still nerved for action in her native sphere, Oft will she rise — with searching glance pursue Some long-loved...  The Early Life of Samuel Rogers - Page 235by Peter William Clayden - 1887 - 461 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Samuel Rogers - English poetry - 1801 - 222 pages
...truth illumin'd, and by taste refin'd ? When Age has quench'd the eye and clos'd the ear, Still nerv'd for action in her native sphere, Oft will she rise — with searching glance pursue Some long-lov'd image vanish'd from her view; Dart thro' the deep recesses of the past, O'er dusky forms... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - English poetry - 1802 - 308 pages
...truth illumin'd, and by taste refin'd? When Age has quench'd the eye and clos'd the ear, Still nerv'd for action in her native sphere, Oft will she rise — with searching glance pursue Some long-lov'd image vanish'd from her view; Dart thro' the deep recesses of the past, O'er dusky forms... | |
 | 1856 - 634 pages
...in mental philosophy with the most seductive charms of sensibility and poetry. For example : — ' Ah ! who can tell the triumphs of the mind, By truth...refined ? When age has quenched the eye, and closed the car, Still nerved for action in her native sphere, Oft will she rise — with searching glance pursue... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - English poetry - 1816 - 260 pages
...to sigh ! z The weary waste, that lengthened as he ran, Fades to a blank, and dwindles to a span ! / Ah ! who can tell the triumphs of the mind, /By truth...will she rise — with searching glance pursue Some long-loved image vanished from her view ; /T 0 l)art thro' the deep recesses of the past, O'er dusky... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - English poetry - 1816 - 276 pages
...but to sigh! r The weary waste, that lengthened as he ran, Fades to a blank, and dwindles to a span ! Ah ! who can tell the triumphs of the mind, By truth...will she rise — with searching glance pursue Some long-loved image vanished from her view; Dart thro' the deep recesses of the past, O'er dusky forms... | |
 | Arthur Jewitt - 1818 - 336 pages
...troth illumined, and by taste refined? ' " When age has quench^ the eye and closed the ear, '• j> Still nerved for action in her native sphere, ' Oft...rise— with searching glance pursue ¡ ' • • : Some long-loved image vanish'd from the view ; Dart through the deep recesses of the past ; / O*er dusky... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - English poetry - 1820 - 272 pages
...to sigh ! z The weary waste, that lengthened as he ran, Fades to a blank, and dwindles to a span ! Ah ! who can tell the triumphs of the mind, By truth...nerved for action in her native sphere, Oft will she rise—with searching glance pursue Some long-loved image vanished from her view; Dart thro' the deep... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - Memory - 1820 - 160 pages
...sigh .' (22) The weary waste that lengthened as he ran, Fades to a blank, and dwindles to a span ! Ah ! who can tell the triumphs of the mind, By truth illumined, and by taste refined ? Still nerved for action in her native sphere, When age has quenched the eye and closed the ear, Oft... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - English poetry - 1822 - 340 pages
...but to sigh ! z The weary waste, that lengthened as he ran, Fades to a blank, and dwindles to a span! Ah ! who can tell the triumphs of the mind, By truth...will she rise — with searching glance pursue Some long-loved image vanished from her view; Dart thro' the deep recesses of the past, O'er dusky forms... | |
 | 1824 - 492 pages
...CDELL, FRWTIW. 320 THE GLASGOW MECHANICS' MAGAZINE. 1 Ah! who can tell the triumphs of the mind, l!y truth illumined, and by taste refined ? When age has...pursue Some long loved image vanished from her view \ "—Rogers. No. XXI. Saturday, 22d May, 1824. Price 3rf. ORIGINAL BUT DISPUTED INVENTION. MR. HUNTER'S... | |
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