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" 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... "
Sequel to the English Reader: Or, Elegant Selections in Prose and Poetry ... - Page 211
by Lindley Murray - 1825 - 299 pages
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Lessons in Elocution: Or, A Selection of Pieces, in Prose and Verse, for the ...

William Scott - Elocution - 1820 - 434 pages
...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...ingenuous shame ; Or heap the shrine of luxury and prided With incense kindled at the muse's flame. Far from the-madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their...
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Lessons in Elocution, Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse: For the ...

William Scott - Children's stories - 1820 - 422 pages
...mankind : The struggling pangs of conscious truth to hide, •* To quench the blushes of ingesiuous shame ; Or heap the shrine of luxury and pride, With incense kindled at the muse's flame. Far from tlie-madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learn'd to stray — Along the cool sequester'd...
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Select Works of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical ..., Volume 8

John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 358 pages
...Forbad 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...life They kept the noiseless tenour of their way. Yet ev'n these bones from insult to protect, Some frail memorial still erected nigh, [deck'd, With uncouth...
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The Wreath: A Collection of Poems from Celebrated English Authors

English poetry - 1821 - 270 pages
...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...incense kindled at the muse's flame. Far from the madd'ning crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learn'd to stray — Along the cool sequester'd...
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The Poems of Thomas Gray: Embellished with Engravings from the Designs of ...

Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1821 - 192 pages
...slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind, The struggling pangs of conscious truth to To quench the blushes of ingenuous shame, Or heap...luxury and pride With incense kindled at the Muse's Name. Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learn'd to stray ; Along...
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The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray

Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1821 - 196 pages
...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, Fur from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learn'd to stray ; Along the...
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Harley Radington

Dorothea Primrose Campbell - 1821 - 552 pages
...Mavci. GOLDSMITB. Far from t IK: madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their virtuous wishes never tearn'd to stray ; Along the cool sequester'd vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way. GRAY. AT dinner my uncle discovered to me the cause of Glensetter's coolness :...
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The Wreath: A Collection of Poems from Celebrated English Authors

English poetry - 1821 - 282 pages
...heap the shrine of luxury and pride, With incense kindled at the muse's flame. Far from the madd'ning crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learn'd to stray — Along the cool sequestei'd vale of life, They kept the noiseless tenour of their way. Yet e'en these bones from insult...
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The British Poets: Including Translations ...

British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 284 pages
...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...life They kept the noiseless tenour of their way. '-' Between this and the preceding stanza, in Mr. (.'ray's first MS. of the Poem, were the foor following:—...
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The Poetical Common-place Book: Consisting of an Original Selection of ...

English poetry - 1822 - 418 pages
...forbade-: nor circumscrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confin'd ; The struggling pangs of conscious truth to hide. To quench the blushes...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...
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