 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...  Poétique anglaise - Page 374by Albin Joseph U. Hennet - 1806Full view - About this book
 | Lindley Murray - 1823 - 236 pages
...more true joy Marcellus exil'd feels, Than Caesar with a senate at his heels. Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learn'd to stray, Along the cool s«quester'd vale of life, They kept the noiseless tenor of their way. What nothing earthly gives,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1064 pages
...growing virtues, but their crimes confin'd; Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And abut n, devil with devil damn'd Firm concord holds, men...proclaiming peace, Yet live in hatred, enmity, and strife vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way. Yet ev'n these bones from insult to protect... | |
 | William Collins, Thomas Gray, James Beattie, George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1824 - 478 pages
...circumscribed alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confined ; Forbad to wade through slaughter 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 the noiseless... | |
 | Marie-Joseph Chénier - 1824 - 460 pages
...circumscrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confin'd; Forbade to wade through slaughter 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 the... | |
 | Marie-Joseph Chénier - 1824 - 464 pages
...their crimes confîn'd; Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy ou mankind. The struggling pangs of conscious Truth to...shrine of Luxury and Pride With incense kindled at the Muse' s flame. Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learn'd to stray;... | |
 | William Oxberry - 1824 - 398 pages
...circumscrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confin'd ; Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind. The struggling; panjs of conscious Truth to hide, To quench the blushes of ingenuous Shame, Or heap the shrne of Luxury... | |
 | William Scott - 1825 - 382 pages
...circumscrib'd alone, Their growing virtues, but their crimes confin'd ; Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind :...flame. Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never leanrtl to stray — Along the cool sequester'd vale of life, They kept the... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1825 - 314 pages
...Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind ; The strugglmg pangs of conscious truth to hide, To quench the blushes...never learn'd to stray ; Along the cool sequester'd vale of life They kept the noiseless tenour of their way. Yet e'en these bones from insult to protect,... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1825 - 346 pages
...circumscribed alone 65 Their growing virtues, but their crimes confined ; Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of Mercy on mankind,...to hide, To quench the blushes of ingenuous Shame, 70 Or heap the shrine of Luxury and Pride With incense kindled at the Muse's flame. thought by some,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1825 - 600 pages
...And shut the gates of merey on mankind ; The struggling pangs of eonseious truth to hide, To queneh e. With how sad steps, ineense kindled at the Muse's flame. Far from the madding erowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes... | |
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