 | England - 1838 - 884 pages
...Pollok's Course of Time. ho walked here knew not if he be" Take one example, to our purpose quite. A man of rank, and of capacious soul, Who riches had...flattery, to titles born, And reputation, and luxurious lite, Yet, not content with ancestorial name, Or to be known because his fathers were ; He on this... | |
 | James Silk Buckingham - 1827 - 640 pages
...Mr. Pollok's powers as a poet are of the highest order : .. I. — CHARACTER OF LORD BYRON, ABRIDGBDJ Book 4. vol. ip 184. • Take one example, A man of...and fame, beyond desire ; . An heir of flattery, to title's, born, And reputation, and luxurious life ; Yet not content with ancestorial name, Or to be... | |
 | English poetry - 1828 - 814 pages
...faith's supporting rod ; Then breathes his soul into its rest, The bosom of his God. Cowper. LORD BYRON. An heir of flattery, to titles born, And reputation,...higher, purposed in his heart To take another step. Abpve him seemed Alone the mount of song — the lofty seat Of canonized bards ; and thitherward, By... | |
 | Christian poetry, English - 1828 - 398 pages
...broods O'er ghastly shapes, and sounds not to be borne. BYRON Take one example, to our purpose quite : A man of rank, and of capacious soul, Who riches had,...content with ancestorial name, Or to be known because bis fathers were, He on this height hereditary stood, And gazing higher purpos'd in his heart To take... | |
 | 1828 - 640 pages
...least, excessively overcharged. The Hues in italics, seeui to us exaggerated and bombastic. -• " A man of rank, and of capacious soul ; Who riches...reputation, and luxurious life. Yet not content with aucestorial name ; Or to be known, because his fathers were ; lie on this height hereditary stood,... | |
 | Robert Pollok, William Jenks - Books and reading - 1828 - 256 pages
...cheek of death, Sought gubstance in a world of fleeting shades. Take one example, to our purpose quite. A man of rank, and of capacious soul, Who riches had...flattery, to titles born, And reputation, and luxurious Hfe : ^ Yet, not content with ancestorial name, Or to be known because his fathers were, He on this... | |
 | Religion - 1828 - 588 pages
...dispensations, an example is given, which our readers will be at no loss to refer to the peerless original. " A man of rank, and of capacious soul ; Who riches...fame beyond desire An heir of flattery, to titles bom, < And reputation, and luxurious life. Yet not content with ancestorial name ; Or to be known,... | |
 | William Jerdan, William Ring Workman, Frederick Arnold, John Morley, Charles Wycliffe Goodwin - 1828 - 882 pages
...indignation. g » hile on this subject, we may mention that A man of rank, and of capacious soul, » ho riches had, and fame, beyond desire • An heir of...to titles born. And reputation, and luxurious life • V et noi content with ancestorial name, Or to be known because his father, were ; He on this height... | |
 | Almanacs, English - 1830 - 472 pages
...Danes, when sitting at table. t Suhm's Hist, of Denmark, Vol. III. p. 380. 19. 1824.—LORD BYRON DIED. A man of rank, and of capacious soul, Who riches had,...luxurious life ; Yet not content with ancestorial names, Or to be known because his fathers were; He on this height hereditary stood, And gazing higher,... | |
 | Robert Pollok - English poetry - 1833 - 364 pages
...cheek of death, Sought substance in a world of fleeting shades. Take one example, to our purpose quite. A man of rank, and of capacious soul, Who riches had,...purposed in his heart To take another step. Above him sccmcd, Alone, the mount of song, the lolly seat Of canonized bards ; and thitherward, By nature taught,... | |
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Take one example, to our purpose quite. A man of rank, and of capacious soul, Who riches had and fame, beyond desire, An heir of flattery, to titles born, And reputation and luxurious life : Yet not content with ancestorial name, Or to be known because... 
