 | Adam Clarke - 1837 - 834 sider
...he had fallen; his services were but short: he sadly realized the truth of those pathetic lines:— "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 waged with fortune a perpetual war!" Certain it is,... | |
 | Charles Bucke - 1837 - 360 sider
...Heaven.'—Beaumont and Fletcher. Others know the strength and feel the beauty of another tale:— ' Ah! who can fell how many a soul, sublime, Has felt the influence of malignant star; And waged with fortune an eternal war. Check'd by the scoff of Pride, by Envy's frown, And Poverty's... | |
 | William Cramp - 1838 - 276 sider
...corresponding sensations in the person to whom they are addressed. ILLUSTRATION OF INTERJECTIONS. Ah I who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep where...sublime Has felt the influence of malignant star, And waged with Fortune an eternal war ; Checked by the scoff of Pride, and Envy's frown, In life's... | |
 | Andrew Becket - 1838 - 320 sider
...obscurity by any, even the most powerful of envy's arts. Volt. Here I think you are somewhat mistaken ; — Ah ! who can tell how many a soul sublime Has felt the influence of malignant star, And wag'd with fortune an eternal war : — Check'd by the scoff of pride, by envy's frown, And poverty's... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1896 - 794 sider
...Through the dark cloud of ills that cover him, Break out.and burn with more triumphant blaze ! ADDISON. Ah! who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep where fame's proud temple shines Ah! who can tell how many a soul sublime Has felt the influence of malignant star And waged with fortune... | |
 | Alexander M. Bisset - 1896 - 368 sider
...the charge of maintaining three unmarried sisters for whom no other provision had been made. "All ! who can tell how many a soul sublime Has felt the influence of malignant star, And waged with Fortune an eternal war ; Check'd by the scoff of Pride, by Envy's frown, And Poverty's... | |
 | Maryland State Bar Association - 1899 - 204 sider
...with the talents and learning of those who have fought their slow way to public confidence and learned "How hard it is to climb the steep Where Fame's proud temple shines afar," than that the barriers in the way of incompetency and ignorance shall be broken down and the walks... | |
 | Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1897 - 504 sider
...blunt laugh : " You must be wise indeed if you have discovered a royal road to distinction ! — " ' Ah, who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar !' A more sensible exclamation than poets usually preface with their whining 'Ah's' and 'Oh's!'" "... | |
 | Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1897 - 624 sider
...on the glittering steep (" Ah, who can tell how hard it is to climb!"i) has not been similarly i " Ah, who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar i " BEATTIC. attracted towards the roof at the craggy foot of the ascent, under which golden dreams... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1898 - 590 sider
...is in the Spenserian measure. The keynote is struck in the opening stanzas: PRELUDE TO THE MINSTREL. 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 ; Checked by the scoff of Pride, by Envy's frown, And Poverty's... | |
| |
AH ! who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar; Ah! who can tell how many a soul sublime Has felt the influence of malignant star, And waged with Fortune an eternal war; Check'd by the scoff of Pride, by Envy's... 
