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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... "
Longer English poems, with notes, ed. by J.W. Hales - Page 79
edited by - 1872
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Lessons in Elocution: Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse, for the ...

William Scott - Elocution - 1817 - 416 pages
...Their lot forbade ; nor circumscrib'd alone, Their growing virtues, but their crimes conlin'd ; Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the...mankind : The struggling' pangs of conscious truth to hidr. To quench the blushes of ingenuous shame ; Or heap the shrine of luxury and pride, With iaceuse...
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Poems and Letters of Thomas Gray: With Memoirs of His Life and Writings

Thomas Gray, William Mason - English literature - 1820 - 548 pages
...smiling land, And read their hist'ry in a nation's eyes, Their lot forbad : nor circumscrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confin'd ;...to hide, To quench the blushes of ingenuous shame, Or heap the shrine of Luxury and Pride With incense kindled at the Muse's flame. Far from the madding...
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Lessons in Elocution: Or, A Selection of Pieces, in Prose and Verse, for the ...

William Scott - Elocution - 1819 - 366 pages
...Their lot forbade ; nor circumscrib'd alone, Their growing virtues, but their crimes confin'd ; Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the...to hide, To quench the blushes of ingenuous shame : Or heap the shrine of luxury and pride, With incense kindled at the muse's flame. Far from the madding...
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Lessons in Elocution: Or, A Selection of Pieces, in Prose and Verse, for the ...

William Scott - Elocution - 1820 - 434 pages
...Their lot forbade inor circumscrib'd alone, Their growing virtues, but their crimes confin'd ; Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the...to hide, To quench, the blushes of ingenuous shame ; Or heap the shrine of luxury and prided With incense kindled at the muse's flame. Far from the-madding...
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Select Works of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical ..., Volume 8

John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 358 pages
...smiling land, And read their history in a nation's eyes, Their lot forbad : nor circumscrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confin'd ;...to hide, To quench the blushes of ingenuous shame, Or heap the shrine of Luxury and Pride With incense kindled at the Muse's flame. Far from the madding...
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The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray

Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1821 - 196 pages
...Their lot forbade: nor circumscrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confin'd ; Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the...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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The Wreath: A Collection of Poems from Celebrated English Authors

English poetry - 1821 - 270 pages
...Their lot forbade ; nor circumscrib'd alone, Their growing virtues, but their crimes confin'd ; Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the...to hide, To quench the blushes of ingenuous shame : Or heap the shrine of luxury and pride, With incense kindled at the muse's flame. Far from the madd'ning...
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The Poems of Thomas Gray: Embellished with Engravings from the Designs of ...

Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1821 - 192 pages
...Their lot forbade: nor circumscrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confin'd ; Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the...mankind, The struggling pangs of conscious truth to To quench the blushes of ingenuous shame, Or heap the shrine of luxury and pride With incense kindled...
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The Works of the British Poets: With Lives of the Authors, Volume 29

Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - English poetry - 1822 - 584 pages
...Their lot forhade : nor circumscrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confin'd ; Forhade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the...to hide, To quench the blushes of ingenuous Shame, *Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learn'd to stray ; Along the...
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Lessons in Elocution: Or, a Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse for the ...

William Scott - Elocution - 1823 - 396 pages
...lot forbade ; nor 'circumscrib'd alone, Their growing virtues, but. their crimes confin'd ; Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, • And shut...mankind : The struggling pangs of conscious truth to bide, To quench the blushes of ingenuous shame : Or heap the shrine of luxury and pride, With incense...
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