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" 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... "
The Court Magazine and Monthly Critic, and Lady's Magazine and Museum: A ... - Page 274
1833
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Bell's Classical Arrangement of Fugitive Poetry, Volumes 9-10

John Bell - English poetry - 1789 - 416 pages
...BOOK I. I. AH I 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; II. And yet, the languor of inglorious days /• Not equally oppressive...
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The Minstrel; Or, The Progress of Genius: in Two Books. With Some Other Poems

James Beattie - 1797 - 150 pages
...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...
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Literary Hours: Or, Sketches Critical and Narrative, Volume 2

Natham Drake - English literature - 1800 - 510 pages
...Sat. iii. 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 frown, And Poverty's unconquerable...
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The Minstrel: Or, The Progress of Genius. In Two Books. With Some Other Poems

James Beattie - Wood-engraving - 1802 - 152 pages
...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...
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Poems of Established Reputation: To Wit: 1st. The Art of Preserving Health

Health - 1802 - 302 pages
...I. A I. H \ 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 frown. And Poverty's unconquerable...
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The Minstrel, Or, The Progress of Genius, with Some Other Poems

James Beattie - 1803 - 190 pages
...FIRST. I. 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? Checked by the scoff of Pride, by Envy's frown, And Poverty's unconquerable...
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Public Characters

Great Britain - 1804 - 636 pages
...: i. " Ah ! who ran 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...Fortune an eternal war ; Check'd by the scoff of Pride, by Envy's frown, And Poverty's unconquerable bar, In life's low vale remote has pined alone, Then dropt...
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Travels in Trinidad During the Months of February, March, and April, 1803 ...

Pierre Franc M'Callum - Enslaved persons - 1805 - 376 pages
...described : 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...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...
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The Minstrel; Or, The Progress of Genius: With Some Other Poems

James Beattie, Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1805 - 190 pages
...I. 1 ./1.H ! 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 frown, And Poverty's unconquerable...
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The Monthly Anthology, and Boston Review, Volume 2

Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - American literature - 1805 - 692 pages
...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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