 To he the scorn of them that knew him not, Trampling alike the giver and his gift, The gift a pearl precious, inestimable, A lay divine, a lay of love and war, To charm, ennoble, and, from age to age, Sweeten the labour, when the oar was plied Or on the...  Italy, illustrated and described - Page 1071864Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Rogers - 1830 - 516 pages
...children gathering shells along the shore, One laugh'd and play'd, unconscious of his fate;1 ] lis to drink deep of sorrow, and, through life, To be...that knew him not, Trampling alike the giver and his gin, The gift a pearl precious, inestimable, A lay divine, a lay of love and war, To charm, ennoble,... | |
 | Robert Jennings - 1832 - 432 pages
...breathed his last in her arms. SORRENTO. Where once, among The children gathering shells along tbe shore, One laughed and played, unconscious of his fate, His to drink deep of sorrow. ROOEXS. AMONGST the many delightful situations with which Italy abounds, Sorrento is perhaps one of... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1838 - 796 pages
...children gathering shells along the shore, 'loe laugh'd and play'd, unconscious of his fate ¡* Hi* 1 lav divine, a lay of love and war, To charm, ennoble, and, from age to age, Sweeten the labour, when... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - English poetry - 1839 - 510 pages
...the cliff, where once among The children gathering shells along the shore, One laugh'd and play'd, unconscious of his fate ; ' His to drink deep of sorrow,...him not, Trampling alike the giver and his gift, The gifi a pearl precious, inestimable, A lay divine, a lay of love and war, To charm, ennoble, and, from... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1840 - 280 pages
...POS!LIPO, may soon, Crossing from side to side that beautiful lake, Land underneath the cliff, where once among The children gathering shells along the...unconscious of his fate;* His to drink deep of sorrow, and, thro' life, To be the scorn of them that knew him not, Trampling alike the giver and his gift, The... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1852 - 792 pages
...the cliff, where once among The children gathering shells along the shore, One laugh'd and play'd, unconscious of his fate ;* His to drink deep of sorrow,...inestimable, A lay divine, a lay of love and war, To cham, ennoble, and, from age to age, Sweeten the labour, when the oar was plied Or on the Adrian or... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - Italy - 1852 - 350 pages
...•.- "** »*- -ffi•«^wt*^uisv'uu?,f*i<ce.'t| -^.thesouth Bide of the gulf ''.« *^, • I' • His to drink deep of sorrow, and, through life, To be the scorn of them that knew Mm not, Trampling alike the giver and his gift, The gift a pearl precious, inestimable, A lay divine,... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1860 - 480 pages
...POSILIPO, may soon, Crossing from side to side that beautiful lake, Land underneath the cliff where, once among The children gathering shells along the...shore, One laughed and played, unconscious of his fate ; 3 His to drink deep of sorrow, and, through life, To be the scorn of them that knew him not, Trampling... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1862 - 560 pages
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 | William Henry Davenport Adams - Herculaneum (Extinct city) - 1868 - 296 pages
...Sorento, which looks out upon the Parthenopean bay from its castled heights, was born Torquato Tasso : " Once among The children gathering shells along the...him not — Trampling alike the giver and his gift." — ROGERS. Gorgeous Roman villas glittered of yore amid the purple vineyards, and the shades of Caesar... | |
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