 It was not by vile loitering in ease That Greece obtained the brighter palm of art ; That soft yet ardent Athens learned to please, To keen the wit, and to sublime the heart : In all supreme ! complete in every part ! It was not thence majestic Rome arose,...  The Competitor - Page 791883Full view - About this book
 | James Thomson - 1802 - 340 pages
...loitering in ease, " That Greece obtain'd the brighter palm of art, " That soft yet ardent Athens learn'd to please, " To keen the wit, and to sublime the heart,...every part! " It was not thence majestic Rome arose, " And o'er the nations shook her conquering dart: " For sluggard's brow the laurel never grows ; "... | |
 | James Thomson - 1802 - 344 pages
...loitering in ease, " That Greece obtain'd the brighter palm of art, " That soft yet ardent Athens learn'd to please, " To keen the wit, and to sublime the heart,...every part! " It was not thence majestic Rome arose, " And o'er the nations shook her conquering dart: " For sluggard's brow the laurel never grows; " Renown... | |
 | James Thomson, John Aikin - 1804 - 236 pages
...loitering in ease, " That Greece obtain'd the brighter palm of art, " That soft, yet ardent, Athens learn'd to please, " To keen the wit, and to sublime the heart,...every part ! " It was not thence majestic Rome arose, " And o'er the nations shook her conquering dart : " For Sluggard's brow the laurel never grows ; "... | |
 | Elizabeth Strutt - 1807 - 258 pages
...brightest palm of art, That soft, yet ardent Athens learn'd to please, To keen the wit, and to subdue the heart, In all supreme! complete in every part. It was not thence majestic Rome arose, And o'er the nations shook her conqu'ring dart, For sluggard's brows the laurel never grows. Renown... | |
 | James Thomson, Thomas Park - 1808 - 444 pages
...loitering in ease, That Greece obtain'd the brighter palm of art; That soft yet ardent Athens leara'd to please, To keen the wit, and to sublime the heart,...every part! It was not thence majestic Rome arose, And o'er the nations shook her conquering dart: For sluggard's brow the laurel never grows; Renown... | |
 | Cabinet - 1808 - 524 pages
...loitering in ease, "That Greece obtain'd the brighter palm of art, " That soft yet ardent Athens learn'd to please, " To keen the wit, and to sublime the heart,...every part ! " It was not thence majestic Rome arose, " And o'er the nations shook her conquering dart: " For sluggard's brow the laurel never grows ; "... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1809 - 604 pages
...[art "That Greece obtain'd the brighter palm of • " That soft yet ardent Athens learn' d to pirate, That lodg'd in fate's, lo wisdom they consign. All promise is poor dilatory man, [deed,, id Vv-aa not thence majestic Rome arose. " And o'er the nations shook her conquering "dart: . " For sluggard's... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 546 pages
...loitering in ease That Uroece obtain'd the brighter palm of art. That soft yet ardent Athens learnt to please, To keen the wit, and to sublime the heart, In all supreme ! complete in every part ! It wns not thence majestic Rome arose, And o'er the nations shook her conquering dart*For sluugardjs,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 536 pages
...loitering in ease That Greece obtain'd the brighter palm of art, 'I 'hat soil yet ardent Athens learnt to please, To keen the wit, and to sublime the heart, In all supreme ! complete in cwry pan ! It was not thence majestic Home arose, And o'er the nations shook her conquering dirt :... | |
 | William Somervile - 1811 - 312 pages
...loitering in ease, that Greece obtain'd the brighter palm of art, that soft yet ardent Athens learn'd to please, to keen the wit, and to sublime the heart,...every part! it was not thence majestic Rome arose, and o'er the nations shook her conquering dart: for sluggard's brow the laurel never grows ; renown... | |
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