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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... "
Lyrical gleanings from various authors - Page 86
by Lyrical gleanings - 1864 - 128 pages
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The Christian lady's magazine, ed. by Charlotte Elizabeth, Volumes 18-26

Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna - 1842 - 986 pages
...had been indited : — " Far from the maddening crowd's ignoble strife, Tbeir sober wisheB ne'er had learned to stray. Along the cool, sequestered vale of life, They kept the noicelees tenor of their way." In the same peaceful tranquillity, the days of Moran and his wife glided...
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The Poetical Works of Milton, Young, Gray, Beattie, and Collins

English poetry - 1836 - 558 pages
...The struggling pangs of conscious truth to hide, To quench the blushes of ingenuous shame, Or ltcap the shrine of luxury and pride With incense kindled...life They kept the noiseless tenour of their way. Yet e'en these bones, from insult to protect Some frail memorisl still erected nigh, With uncouth rhymes...
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The Elocutionist: Consisting of Declamations and Readings in Prose and ...

Jonathan Barber - Oratory - 1836 - 404 pages
...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 1 With uncouth rhymes, and shapeless sculpture, decked, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Yet,...
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The Church of England quarterly review, Volume 2

1837 - 638 pages
...Funeral of the Soldier" — " The paths of glory lead but to the grave," — by Hart ; the poet heaping " The shrine of Luxury and Pride With incense kindled at the Muse's flame," — admirably delineated by Mulready; and the " Unlettered Muse," spelling the inscriptions, by Chalon....
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The poetic reciter; or, Beauties of the British poets: adapted for reading ...

Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 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...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...
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The National Preceptor: Or, Selections in Prose and Poetry; Consisting of ...

Jesse Olney - Readers - 1838 - 346 pages
...throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind; 18. 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. * John Hampden, an illustrious patriot and political writer in the reign of Charles I. He was a man...
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The Columbia Anthology of British Poetry

Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - Literary Criticism - 1995 - 936 pages
...mankind, The struggling pangs of conscious truth to hide, To quench the blushes of ingenuous shame, 70 Or heap the shrine of Luxury and Pride With incense...flame. Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife Their sober wishes never leamed to stray; Along the cool sequestered vale of life They kept the noiseless...
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Europe: A History

Norman Davies - History - 1996 - 1428 pages
...the seasons has survived serfdom, plagues, famines, wars, poverty, and the CAP: Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learned...cool sequestered vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way.4 St Omer (1127) led the way for Bruges and Ghent. In north Germany, the selfgovernment...
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Now All We Need Is a Title: Famous Book Titles and How They Got That Way

André Bernard - Business & Economics - 1996 - 132 pages
...Written in a Country Churchyard" Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their wishes never learn 'd to stray, Along the cool sequestered vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way. THOMAS HARDY Jude the Obscure (1895) f~j /ARDY's novel of flesh versus spirit —...
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Famous Lines: A Columbia Dictionary of Familiar Quotations

Robert Andrews - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1997 - 666 pages
...Eugène Delacroix, journal entry, 1 847, trans, by Walter Pach (1937). 2 Far from the madding crowd's Their sober wishes never learned to stray; Along the...cool sequestered vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way. THOMAS GRAY, (1716-1771) British poet. "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard,"...
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