 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...  Lyrical gleanings from various authors - Page 86by Lyrical gleanings - 1864 - 128 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1809 - 470 pages
...excellently expressed in his Elegy these sacrificial offerings to the great from the poetirk trihe: " To heap the shrine of luxury and pride " With incense kindled at the muse's flame." Wakefield. 2 through him Drink the free air.] That is, catch his hreath in affected fondness. Johnson.... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1809 - 604 pages
...And shut the gates of mercy on mankind ; Tlif struggling |wngs of conscious truth to hide, Tiujucnch 1'ridc With incense kindled at the Muse's flame. I'jrfrom the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 622 pages
...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...flame. Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never leam'd to stray j Along the cool scqucster'd vale of life They kept the noiseless... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 682 pages
...on roank nd; The struggling pangs of conscious truth to hide, To quenc'li the blushes of ingemi'ius shame, Or heap the shrine of luxury and pride With...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... | |
 | John Young - Gray, Thomas, 1716-1771 - 1810 - 432 pages
...And shut the gates of mercy on mankind ; B XVIII. The struggling pangs of conscious truth to hide, To quench the blushes of ingenuous shame, Or heap...and pride, With incense kindled at the muse's flame. XIX. Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learn'd to stray : Along... | |
 | John Young - 1810 - 266 pages
...throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind ; XVIII. The struggling pangs of conscious truth to hide, To quench the blushes of ingenuous shame, Or heap...and pride, With incense kindled at the muse's flame. XIX. Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learn'd to stray : Along... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 628 pages
...a throne, Aud shut the gates of mercy on mankind. The struggling pangs of conscious truth to hide, To quench the blushes of ingenuous shame, Or heap...and Pride With incense kindled at the Muse's flame, 4Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learn'd to stray ; Along the... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 686 pages
...thrcme, And shot the gates of meivy on uiauk nd; The straggling pangs of conscious truth to hi;le, To quench the blushes of ingenuous shame, Or heap the shrine of luxury and pride With iucensc kindled at the Muse's flame. Par from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes... | |
 | Thomas Janes - 1810 - 336 pages
...crimes confin'dForbad to wade through slaughter to a throne And shut the gates of mercy on mankind. Or heap the shrine of luxury and pride With incense kindled at the Muse's flame. The struggling pangs of conscious truth to hide To quench the blushes of ingenuous shame, ' Along the... | |
 | Poetical selections - 1811 - 324 pages
...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...luxury and pride, With incense kindled at the muse's ilame. Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learn'd to stray ; Along... | |
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