| John Bell - 1789 - 416 str.
...THE PROGRESS OF GENIUS. BT JAMES BEATTIE, LLD BOOK I. I. AH I who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar; Ah!...sublime Has felt the influence of malignant star, And waged with fortune an eternal war; II. And yet, the languor of inglorious days /• Not equally oppressive... | |
| James Beattie - 1797 - 150 str.
...BOOK. I. AH ! who can tell how hai'd it is to climb The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar j 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 frown, And Poverty's unconquerable... | |
| Natham Drake - 1800 - 510 str.
...quorum virtutibus obstat Ret angusta domi. Juvenal. Sat. iii. Ah ! who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar ?...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 unconquerable... | |
| 1802 - 302 str.
...fero, ingenti perculsus amore, Accipiant. VIRG. BOOK I. A I. H \ who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar ;...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 unconquerable... | |
| James Beattie - 1802 - 152 str.
...BOOK. I. AH ! who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar j 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 frown, And Poverty's unconquerable... | |
| 1804 - 646 str.
...introductory lines to this poem have been greatly admired : i. " Ah ! who can tell how hard it is to climb ' The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar ;...Pride, by Envy's frown. And Poverty's unconquerable bar, In life's low vale remote has pined alone, Then dropt into the grave, unpitied and unknown !"... | |
| James Beattie - 1803 - 190 str.
...perculsus amore, A ccipiant. VIRGIL. THE MINSTREL. BOOK FIRST. I. AH ! who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep, where Fame's proud temple shines afar?...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 unconquerable... | |
| Pierre Franc M'Callum - 1805 - 376 str.
...the career of the latter is thus pathetically described : Ah ! who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep where fame's proud temple shines afar ?...malignant star, And wag'd with fortune an eternal war ; Check.' d by the scoff of pride — by envy's frown, And poverty's unconquerable bar ? In life's... | |
| James Beattie - 1805 - 178 str.
...• THE MINSTREL; THE PROGRESS OF GENIUS. BOOK FIRST. I. AH ! who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep, where Fame's proud temple shines afar !...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 unconquerable... | |
| Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - 1805 - 692 str.
...celebrity. « All ! who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep, where Fame's proud temple stands afar ! Ah ! who can tell how many a soul sublime Has felt the influence of malignant star I Aid waged with Fortune an eternal war ! Check'd by the scoff of pride, by envy's frown. And poverty's... | |
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