| Charles Phillips - 1822 - 324 páginas
...the cradle of his young ambition, might have sought to crush him in its envenomed foldings. 1 "wts> can tell how hard it is to climb The steep where Fame's...shines afar? Ah ! who can tell how many a soul sublime Hath felt the influence of malignant star, And waged with fortune an eternal war?" Can such an injury... | |
| 1822 - 428 páginas
...•:,;•-,' • .". , •.. - r ..:,» Ah! who can tell how hard it is to climb -..; i. .'; ,,.-. -,, The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar ?...a soul sublime Has felt the influence of malignant stair, -:i • '» -^ • .. • y And waged with fortune an eternal .war; . , Cheek'd by the scoff... | |
| Franklin James Didier - 1822 - 218 páginas
...which the friendless child of genius has to wade, before the world smiles on his solitary labours: " Ah! who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep where Fame's proud temple stands afar!" The government, far from dispensing rewards to modest worth, may be described, in the... | |
| Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - 1822 - 560 páginas
...dulces ante omnia Mane, qunrun. i«cn» fero, ingenti percultus unore, Accipiant. VIB.O. JiOOK I. I. AH ! who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep whereFame's proud temple shines afar ; , Ah ! who can tell how many a soul sublime Has felt the influence... | |
| Charles Burton - 1823 - 234 páginas
...Minstrel. It is one of those rare performances of which the shortness is the greatest disappointment. " Ah ! who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep...shines afar! Ah! who can tell how many a soul sublime Hath felt the influence of malignant star, And wag'd with Fortune an eternal war; Check'd by the scoff... | |
| 1823 - 816 páginas
...picturesque scenery ¡в general. THE FEELINGS AND FORTUNES OF A SCOTCH TL'TOlt. No. V. Oh ! who can say how hard it is to climb The steep where Fame's proud Temple shines afar ': THEY only, Mr Editor, whose fortunes have been of their own making, who have known what it is to... | |
| John Morison Duncan - 1823 - 372 páginas
...sleep. Names of no small renown may be quoted, who, by their own experience in this respect, knew - how hard it is to climb The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar !" The author of these lines himself, the amiable Beattie, taught his way through the University, aided... | |
| 1834 - 424 páginas
...and industry. It need hardly be said this is SHERIDAN KNOWLES. To those who contemplate — How bard it is to climb The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar; How many a soul sublime Hath felt the influence of malignant star ; Checked by the scoff of pride,... | |
| Tobias Merton (pseud) - 1824 - 476 páginas
...with much energy and pathos the difficulties and sorrows to which distressed genius is subject: — Ah ! who can tell how hard it Is to climb The steep...sublime Has felt the influence of malignant star, And waged with Fortune an eternal war : CJieck'd by the scoff of Pride, by Envy's frown, And Poverty's... | |
| Catherine George Mason - 1824 - 642 páginas
...the carriage stopped at the gates of Slanmore Priory. r OR ONE, TWO, THHBK. 577 . ' CHAPTER XXVI. ' " Ah ! who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep...sublime Has felt the influence of malignant star, And waged with Fortune an eternal war! Check'd by the scoff of pride, by Euvy's frown. And Poverty's unconquerable... | |
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