 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 664 pages
...long-refoundmgpace. Hark, his hands the lyre explore ! B:ight-ey'd Fancy hovering o'er, Scatters from her piftur'd urn, Thoughts that breathe, and words that burn. But,...'tis heard no more— Oh ! lyre divine, what daring fpirit Wakes thee now ? though he inherit Nor the pride, nor ample pinion, That the Theban eagle bear,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 456 pages
...cloath'd, and long-refound« ing pace. ' • •• m. 3. Hark., his hands the lyre explo're ! Bright ey'd Fancy hovering o'er Scatters from her pictur'd urn...Thoughts, that breathe, and words, that burn. ** But ah ! 'tis.heard no more— * For the fpirit of the living creature was in the wheels—And above the firmament,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 364 pages
...long-refoundmgpace. Hark, his hands the lyre explore! Bright-ey'd Fancy hovering o'er, Scatters from her piftur'd urn, Thoughts that breathe, and words that burn. But, ah ! 'tis heard no more— / 8 VERSES ON MR. DR YD EN. Oh ! lyre divine, what daring fpirit Wakes thee now ? though he inherit... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - English poetry - 1782 - 438 pages
...hg are nr ant to exprefs the ftatily march and founding energy of Drjdcn's rhymes. G. IH. 3. Hark, his hands the lyre explore! Bright-eyed Fancy hovering o'er , Scatters from her pi&ur'd uin ™ Thoughts, that breathe, and words, that burn * But ah! 'tis heard no more— Oh ! Lyre... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1786 - 210 pages
...' - - Bright-ey'd Fancy, hov'ring o'er, *.. _. i ^.j^... .'... •" ./. Scatters from her piftur'd urn Thoughts that breathe, and words that burn. But...! 'tis heard no more Oh ! Lyre divine, what daring fpirit • i Wakes thee now ? tho' he inherit * t Nor 91 Nor the pride, nor -ample pinion, That the... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 372 pages
...Hark, his hands the lyre explore ! Bright-ey'd Fancy hovering o'er Scatters from her piftur'd urn (1 Thoughts, that breathe, and words, that burn. ** But ah ! 'tis heard no more — '* For the fpirit of the living creature was in the wheels — And above the firmament, that was... | |
 | James Roach - English poetry - 1793 - 274 pages
...III. 3Hark, 'his hands the lyre explore! Bright-eyed fancy, hov'ring o'er, Scatters from her piftur'd urn Thoughts that breathe, and words that burn But, ah ! 'tis heard no more— O lyre divine ! what daring fpirit Wakes thee now ? tho' he inherit Nor the pride, nor ample pinion,... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1796 - 574 pages
...reHI. 3Hark, his hands the lyre explore .' Bright-eyed fancy, hov'ring o'er, Scatters from her pirtur'd urn Thoughts that breathe, and words that burn. But, ah ! tis heard no more О lyre divine ! what during fptrit Wakes thee now > Tho' he inherit Uor the pride nor ample pinion,... | |
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1797 - 450 pages
...[pace. Hark, his hands the lyre explore ! Bright-ey'd fancy, hov'ring o'er, Scatters from her piftur'd urn Thoughts that breathe, and words that burn. But...'tis heard no more — Oh ! Lyre divine, what daring fpirit Wakes thee now ? tho' he inhent Nor the pride, nor ample pinion, That the Theban eagle bear,... | |
 | Thomas Gray - Elegiac poetry, English - 1798 - 130 pages
...thunder cloth'd { and long-refoundIII.3 Hark ! his hands the lyre explore ! Bright-ey'd Fancy, hov'ring o'er, Scatters from her pictur'd urn Thoughts that breathe and words that burn ; § no But ah ! 'tis heard no more || — Oh, lyre divine ! what daring fpirit Wakes thee now ? tho'... | |
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Closed his eyes in endless night. Behold where Dryden's less presumptuous car Wide o'er the fields of Glory bear Two Coursers of ethereal race, With necks in thunder cloth'd, and long-resounding pace. 
