 | Kent Gramm - History - 2001 - 350 pages
...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...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 Sitter - Literary Criticism - 2001 - 322 pages
...The gentleman-poet moralizes about the lives of poor laborers he did not know: Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learn'd...cool sequester'd vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way. (lines 73-76) But the laborers turn the tables on him, viewing him as a man who... | |
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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... 
