The applause of listening senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to despise, To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their history in a nation's eyes, Their lot forbade: nor circumscribed alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes... The Theory of the School - Pagina 251door Howard Sandison - 1886 - 484 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
| John Johnstone - 1827 - 596 pagina’s
...eyes, Their lot forbade : nor circumscribed alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confined; Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And...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... | |
| James Lackington - 1827 - 368 pagina’s
...and well, and tolerably happy. The following lines often occurred to my mind : " Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learn'd to stray : Along the cool sequester'd rale of life They keep the noiseless tenor of their way." At Taunton and Wellington it seemed the unanimous... | |
| George Merriam - 1828 - 286 pagina’s
...eyes. Their lot forbade ; nor circumscrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confined ; Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And...flame. Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learned to stray ; Along the cool, sequestered vale of life They kept the... | |
| Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 266 pagina’s
...virtues, — but their crimes confm'd; Forbade to wade thro' slaughter to a throne; And shut the gate of mercy on mankind; The struggling pangs of conscious...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 - 1828 - 320 pagina’s
...to command, And read their history in a nation's eyes, Their lot forbade : nor circumscribed alone , Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind; Their growing virtues, but their crimes confined;— The struggling pangs of conscious Truth... | |
| Thomas Burton - 1828 - 574 pagina’s
...after having almost engrossed the admiration of antiquity, has too often excited modern heroism, " to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind," might have been destined to pass their lives among the dwellers " under the wood-side;" where... | |
| Thomas Burton - 1828 - 562 pagina’s
...after having almost engrossed the admiration of antiquity, has too often excited modern heroism, " to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind," might have been destined to pass their lives among the dwellers " under the wood-side ;"... | |
| William Scott - 1829 - 420 pagina’s
...eyes. Their lot forbade' ; nor circumscrib'd alone, Tfaeir growing virtues, but their crimes oonfiu'dj Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And...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,... | |
| John Pierpont - 1829 - 290 pagina’s
...eyes, Their lot forbade : nor circumscribed alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confined ;• Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And...quench the blushes of ingenuous Shame ; Or heap the shriae of Luxury and Pride With incense kindled at the muse's flame. Far from the madding crowd's ignoble... | |
| Marie-Joseph Chénier - 1829 - 484 pagina’s
...vene'ration. Jean Their lot forbade: nor circumscrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes coufin'd; Forbade to wade through slaughter to 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,... | |
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