 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
 | Hope - 1836 - 388 pages
...but to sigh ! The weary waste, that lengthen'd 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 1 When age has quench'd the eye, and closed the ear, Still nerved for action in her native sphere,... | |
 | Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 pages
...glows : Like yon fair orb, she gilds the brow of night With the mild magic of reflected light. And who can tell the triumphs of the mind By truth illumined,...will she rise — with searching glance pursue Some long-loved image vanished from her view ; Dart through the deep recesses of the past, O'er dusky forms... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1838 - 750 pages
...but to sigh! The weary waste, that lengthen'd 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? When age has quench'd the eye, and closed the ear, Still nerved for action in her native sphere, lift will she rise—with... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - English poetry - 1838 - 332 pages
...to sigh ! The weary waste, that lengthened as he ran, Fades to a blank, and dwindles to a span ! I Ah ! who can tell the triumphs of the mind, By truth illumined, and by taste refined ? I When age has quenched the eye, and closed the ear, Still nerved for action in her native sphere,... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1838 - 796 pages
...hut to sigh ! The weary waste, that lengthen'd as he ran, Fades to a hlank, and dwindles to a span ! gladsome lark Warbles his heaven-tuned song ; the lulling brook 37 hy taste refined ? When age has quench'd the eye, and closed the Still nerved for action in her native... | |
 | John Aikin, John Frost - English poetry - 1838 - 752 pages
...but to sigh ! The weary waste, that lengthen'd as he ran, Fades to a blank, and dwindles to a span ! hy taste refined ? When age has quench'd the eye, and closed the ear, Still nerved for action in her... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - English poetry - 1839 - 60 pages
...to sigh ! 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... | |
 | Friendship - 1841 - 358 pages
...but to sigh ! The weary waste, that lengthen'd 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 ? When age has quench'd the eye, and closed the ear, Still nerved for action in her native sphere, Oft will she rise... | |
 | Hope - 1841 - 200 pages
...can tell the triumphs of the mind, By truth illumined, and by taste refined ? When age has quench'd 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 image vanish'd from her view; Dart through the... | |
 | Friendship - 1841 - 360 pages
...but to sigh ! The weary waste, that lengthen'd 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 t When age has quench'd the eye, and closed the ear, Still nerved for action in her native sphere,... | |
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