 Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind, The struggling pangs of conscious truth to hide, To quench the blushes of ingenuous shame, Or heap the shrine of luxury and pride With incense kindled at the muse's...  A Thousand and One Gems of English Poetry - Page 192by Charles Mackay - 1896 - 633 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Gray - 1799 - 270 pages
...o'er a smiling land, And read their hist'ry in a nation's eyes, Their lot forbade: nor circumscrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confin-'d...and Pride With incense kindled at the Muse's flame. [2] That humble beauty warm'd an honest heart, And cheer'd the labours of a faithful spouse ; That... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1800 - 302 pages
...an honest heart, And cheer'd the labours of a faithful spouse; Their lot forbade: nor circumscrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confin'd;...and Pride With incense kindled at the Muse's flame [42]. Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learn'd to stray; 'Along... | |
 | 1800 - 322 pages
...Their lot forbad: nor circuuiscrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confin'd; Forbad to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the...flame. Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learnt to stray; Along the cool sequester'd vale of life They kept the noiseless... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1804 - 224 pages
...spouse ; That virtue form'd, for every decent part, The healthy offspring that adorn'd their house. Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And...Luxury and Pride With incense kindled at the Muse's flame[42]. Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learn'd to stray ;... | |
 | 1806 - 330 pages
...Tiieir lot forbad : nor circumscrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes coafin'd ; Forbad to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the...flame. Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learnt to stray; Along the cool sequester'd vale of life They kept the noiseless... | |
 | Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - 1806 - 456 pages
...crrcumscrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes eonfin'd; Forbade to wade thro' flaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind....flame. Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learn'd to stray ; • '; Along the cool sequester'd vale of life : They kept... | |
 | E Tomkins - 1806 - 280 pages
...nation's eyes, Their lot forhade; nor circnmscrih'd alone Their growing virtues, hut their crimes confm'd; The struggling pangs of conscious truth to hide, To...flame. Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learn'd to stray; Along the cool sequester'd vale of life They kept the noiseless... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1807 - 728 pages
...Their lot forbad : nor circumscrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confin'd ; Forbad to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the...flame: Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learn'd to stray ; Along the cool sequester'd vale of life They kept the noiseless... | |
 | English poetry - 1809 - 308 pages
...Their lot forbad : nor circumscrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confin'd; Forbad to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the...flame.* Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learn'd to stray; Along the cool sequester'd vale of life They kept the noiseless... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 526 pages
...ruin to despise, To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their hist'ry in a nation's eyes, The struggling pangs of conscious Truth to hide, To...flame. Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learn'd to stray ; Along the cool sequester'd vale of life They kept the noiseless... | |
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