 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
 | John Johnstone - 1827 - 596 pages
...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 Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learn'd to stray ; Along the... | |
 | George Merriam - Readers - 1828 - 286 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...life They kept the noiseless tenour of their way. Yet e'en these bones from insult to protect, Some frail memorial still erected nigh, With uncouth rhymes... | |
 | John Pierpont - Children's literature - 1828 - 320 pages
...growing virtues, but their crimes confined;— The struggling pangs of conscious Truth to hide, „ To quench the blushes of ingenuous Shame ; Or heap...to stray : Along the cool, sequestered vale of life i They kept the noiseless tenor of their way. Yet even these bones from insult to protect, Some frail... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - Readers, American - 1828 - 266 pages
...to a throne; And shut the gate 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! Yet, even these bones from insult to protect, Some frail memorial, still erected nigh, With uncouth... | |
 | John Pierpont - Readers - 1829 - 290 pages
...struggling pangs of conscious Truth to hide, To quench the blushes of ingenuous Shame ; Or heap the shriae of Luxury and Pride With incense kindled at the muse's...cool, sequestered vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way. Yet even these bones from insult to protect, Some frail memorial, still erected... | |
 | Marie-Joseph Chénier - 1829 - 484 pages
...a throne, And shut the gates of mercy ou mankind. The struggling pangs of conscious Truth to hide, To quench the blushes of ingenuous Shame, Or heap...shrine of Luxury and Pride With incense kindled at die Muse's flame. Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learn' d to... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1829 - 420 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 the shrine of luxry and pride, With incense kindled at the muse's flame. Far from the madd'ning crowd's ignoble strife,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1830 - 844 pages
...to a throne, And shut me gates of mercy on mankind. The struggling pangs of conscious truth to hide, he water, tenor of their way. Yet even these bones from insult to protect, Some frail memorial still erected... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 516 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 learn'd to stray ; Along the cool sequester'd vale of life They kept the noiseless... | |
 | Thomas F. Walker - English poetry - 1830 - 256 pages
...throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind ; G 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 learn'd to stray ; Along the cool sequester'd vale of life They kept the noiseless... | |
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