 | Charles Phillips - 1820 - Počet stránok 296
...the era15 die of his young ambition, might have sought t* crush him in its envenomed foldings. " Ah ! who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep where...shines afar ? Ah! who can tell how many a soul sublime Hath felt the intiuence of malignant star, And waged with fortune an eternal war ?" Can such an injury... | |
 | James Watson - 1820 - Počet stránok 160
...of the noblest efforts, are suffered to languish, in obscurity and want. " All ! who can tell, bow hard it is to climb The steep, where Fame's proud...afar? Ah ! who can tell, how many a soul sublime, Hath felt the influence of malignant sla.r, — And wag'd with Fortune an eternal war: Cbeck'd by the... | |
 | 1821 - Počet stránok 282
...201 " O mortal man, who livest here by toil." THE MINSTREL ; OR, THE PROGRESS OF GENIUS. BOOK I. An ! who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep where...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... | |
 | 1821 - Počet stránok 676
...ridicule, the same familiar truth which the poet more naturally bewails with tender sympathy: Ah ! who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep where Fame's proud temple shir.es afar ! But one finds a similar difficulty in extricating himself from the crowd with which... | |
 | Charles Phillips - 1822 - Počet stránok 324
...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... | |
 | Franklin James Didier - 1822 - Počet stránok 218
...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... | |
 | Charles Burton - 1823 - Počet stránok 234
...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 where...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... | |
 | John Morison Duncan - 1823 - Počet stránok 372
...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... | |
 | 1823 - Počet stránok 816
...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... | |
 | 1834 - Počet stránok 424
...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,... | |
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I who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar... 
