 And who, in time, knows whither we may vent The treasure of our tongue, to what strange shores This gain of our best glory shall be sent, T' enrich unknowing nations with our stores?  On the study of words, 5 lectures - Page 42by Richard Chenevix Trench (abp. of Dublin.) - 1855Full view - About this book
 | Baptists - 1850 - 664 pages
...died in 1616, thus sings of his language : " And who in time knows whither we may vent The treasures of our tongue ? To what strange shores This gain of our best glory shall be sent To enrich the unknowing nations with our stores ? What worlds in the yet unformed Occident May come refined with... | |
 | United States - 1839 - 630 pages
...Musophilus, hag the following prophetic lines : " And who knows whither may, in time, be sent The treasures of our tongue? To what strange shores This gain of our best glory may be lent T'enrich unknowing nations with our stores'} What worlds in the yet unform'd Occident,... | |
 | American periodicals - 1873 - 866 pages
...striking prophecy, an imagined possibility, in this poem. It relates to the spread of the language : And who in time knows whither we may vent The treasure...strange shores This gain of our best glory shall be sent T* enrich unknowing nations with our stores ? What worlds in th' yet unformed Occident May come refin'd... | |
 | American literature - 1850 - 602 pages
...the rounding points of Europe and Africa ; "And who in time knows whither we may vent The treasures of our tongue? To what strange shores This gain of our best glory shall be sent, To enrich the unknowing nations with our stores ?" The only language which can now pretend to complete with it... | |
 | English literature - 1850 - 662 pages
...the rounding points of Europe and Africa ; " And who in time knows whither we may vent The treasures of our tongue ? To what strange shores This gain of our best glory shall be sent, To enrich the unknowing nations with our stores?" The only language which can now pretend to compete with it... | |
 | American periodicals - 1850 - 602 pages
...the rounding points of Europe and Africa ; " And who in time knows whither we may vent The treasures of our tongue? To what strange shores This gain of our best glory shall b? sent, To enrich the unUnowing nitions with our stores ?" The only language which can now pretend... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1851 - 748 pages
...America, found a new impulse for the English Muse, and foresaw a boundless scope for the English tongue : the simple worshippers, perchance I only, like an...sate silent, shall I add, Fed on the day of vengeanc U" enrich unknowing nations with our stores? What worlds in th' yet unformed Occident, May come refined... | |
 | George Bancroft - United States - 1851 - 282 pages
...Daniel, the poet laureate of that kingdom — " Who in time knows whither we may vent The treasures of our tongue ? To what strange shores This gain of our best glory shall be sent T' enrich unknowing nations with our stores ? What worlds, in th' yet unformed Occident, May 'come... | |
 | Samuel Sullivan Cox - Europe - 1852 - 462 pages
...these mouldering forms spoke and wrote : " And who in time knows whither he may vent The treasures of our tongue ? To what strange shores This gain of our best glory shall be sent T' enrich unknowing nations with our stores ? What worlds in th' yet unformed Occident May come refined... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - Literature - 1852 - 742 pages
...first colonies beyond the Atlantic, exclaimed, " Who in time knows whither we may vent The treasures of our tongue ? To what strange shores This gain of our best glory shall he sent T' enrich unknowing nations with our stores ? What worlds, in th' yet unformed Occident, May... | |
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