...much deprived of what he has, as of what he has not ; for he enjoys neither. 3. Ah', who can tell, how hard it is to climb the steep, where Fame's proud temple shines afar, checked by the scoff of Pride, by Envy's frown, and Poverty's unconquerable bar! 4. A man of cultinntr.il...

...must the neglected artist cry out, in the language of Beattie's Minstrel, ' Ah, who can t^ll how hnrd it is to climb The steep, where fame's proud temple shines afar !' Painters, sometimes, indeed, as well as poets, have | been to blame themselves for their misfortunes....

...guilt and wretchedness, with a haste almost as dangerous as delay. CHAPTER XXVII. " 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...

..."You must be wise, indeed, if you have discovered a royal road to distinction! " 'Ah , who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar! ' A more sensible exclamation than poet's usually preface with their whining 'Ah's' and 'Oh's!'" "What...

...heart lay. Like many another humble genius before and since, he soon learned by a bitter experience how hard it is to climb The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar, and discovered in after life that only when he had entered the " dark valley " would he in any sense...

...to which his heart lay. many another humble genius before and since, he soon by a bitter experience how hard it is to climb The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar, and discovered in after life that only when he had entered & " dark valley " would he in any sense...

...without the addition of a load. As we struggled upward, I thought of Beattie's lines : "Ah, who can tell, how hard it is to climb The steep, where Fame's proud temple shines afar." I thought of Bunyan's "Hill Difficulty"; I thought of Longfellow's "Excelsior." Our objective point,...

...the truth of the lines, written by another Scottish poet, now almost forgotten — " 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 waged with Fortune an eternal war !" Fortune, indeed,...

...with paine. " Compare also Milton's Lycidas, 72, and Beattie, Minstrel, i. 1 : — " Ah ! who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar ? " 215. shall find ... sun. The man that ever strives to obey the voice of duty will attain the Divine...

...with paine." Compare also Milton's Lycidas, 72, and Beattie, Minstrel, i. 1 : — " Ah ! who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar ? " 215. shall find ... sun. The man that ever strives to obey the voice of duty will attain the Divine...