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, 70 Or heap the shrine of Luxury and Pride With incense kindled at the Muse's... Simple English poems, ed. by H.C. Bowen - Página 60editado por - 1879Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Thomas Gray - 1799 - 270 páginas
...Their growing virtues, but their crimes confin-'d ; Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind, The struggling...to hide, To quench the blushes of ingenuous Shame, Or heap the shrine of Luxury and Pride With incense kindled at the Muse's flame. [2] That humble beauty... | |
| 1800 - 322 páginas
...Their growing virtues, but their crimes confin'd; Forbad to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind. The struggling...to hide, To quench the blushes of ingenuous shame, Or heap the shrine of luxury and pride With incense kindled at the Muse's flame. Far from the madding... | |
| Thomas Gray - 1800 - 302 páginas
...Their growing virtues, but their crimes confin'd; Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind, The struggling...to hide, To quench the blushes of ingenuous Shame, Or heap the shrine of Luxury and Pride With incense kindled at the Muse's flame [42]. Far from the... | |
| Richard Lovell Edgeworth - 1802 - 152 páginas
...metaphorically) the flattery which poets offer to those who live in splen-' dour. " Fw from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learn'd...stray ; Along the cool, sequester'd vale of life, They kept the noiseless tenour of their way. ' ? Ignoble* — The poet justly calls the ufaal pursuits... | |
| Thomas Gray - 1804 - 224 páginas
...The healthy offspring that adorn'd their house. Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind, The struggling,...to hide, To quench the blushes of ingenuous Shame, Or heap the shrine of Luxury and Pride With incense kindled at the Muse's flame[42]. Far from the madding... | |
| E. Tomkins - 1804 - 416 páginas
...confin'd ; The struggling pangs of conscious truth to hiire. To quench the hlushes of ingenuous shame, Or heap the shrine of luxury and pride With incense...at the Muse's flame. Far from the madding crowd's ignohle strife, Their soher wishes never Icarn'd to stray , Along the cool sequester'd vale of life... | |
| William Enfield - 1804 - 418 páginas
...virtues, but their crimes confin'd ? Forbade to wade- through slaughter to a throne, And shut the grates of mercy on mankind ; The struggling pangs of conscious...Truth to hide , To quench the blushes of ingenuous Shauie, Or heap the shrine of Luxury and Pride With incense kindled at the Muse's flame. Far from the... | |
| Robert Blair - 1804 - 132 páginas
...ftruggling pangs of conscious Truth to hide, To quench the blushes of ingenuous Shame, Or heap the (brine of Luxury and Pride With incense kindled at the Muse's...flame, -*•• Far from the madding crowd's ignoble ftrife, T heir sober wishes fiever learn'd to ftray ; Along the cool sequefter'd vale of life They... | |
| E Tomkins - 1806 - 280 páginas
...confm'd; 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...to stray; Along the cool sequester'd vale of life They kept the noiseless tenour of their way. Yet e'en these bones from insult to protect Some frail... | |
| Albin Joseph U. Hennet - 1806 - 458 páginas
...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...never learn'd to stray ; Along the cool sequester'd Tale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way. Yet ev'n these bones from insult to protect... | |
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