 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...  Poétique anglaise - Sida 374efter Albin Joseph U. Hennet - 1806Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | Thomas Gray - 1772 - 60 sidor
...through slaugther to a throne , And shut the gates of mercy on mankind The ftruggling pangs of confcious truth to hide, To quench the blushes of ingenuous shame, Or heap the shrine of Luxury and Pride With incenfe kindled at the Mufe 's flame . Far 'lAttrar eon iibce imperiofa i plaufi D'attonito Senato:... | |
 | Select lessons - 1785 - 156 sidor
...the Gates of Mercy on Mankind. The ftruggling Paftgs ofconfciods Truth to hide, To quench the Bluihes of ingenuous Shame, Or heap the Shrine of Luxury and Pride With Incenfe kindled at the Mafe's Flame. Far from the madding Crowd's ignoble Strife, Thair fober Wifhes... | |
 | 1792 - 112 sidor
...flaughter to a throne ; And shut the gates of mercy on mankind; The The ftruggling pangs of confcious truth to hide; To quench the blushes of ingenuous...shame , Or heap the shrine of Luxury and Pride With incenfe kindled at the Mufe's flame. Far from the madding crowd's ignoble ftrife Their fober wishes... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1799 - 270 sidor
...circumscrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confin-'d ; Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind,...and Pride With incense kindled at the Muse's flame. [2] That humble beauty warm'd an honest heart, And cheer'd the labours of a faithful spouse ; That... | |
 | 1800 - 322 sidor
...circuuiscrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confin'd; Forbad to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind....flame. Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learnt to stray; Along the cool sequester'd vale of life They kept the noiseless... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1800 - 302 sidor
...circumscrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confin'd; Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind,...and Pride With incense kindled at the Muse's flame [42]. Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learn'd to stray; 'Along... | |
 | Richard Lovell Edgeworth - 1802 - 152 sidor
...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 to stray ; Along the cool, sequester'd vale of life, They kept the noiseless tenour of their way. ' ? Ignoble* — The poet justly calls the... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1804 - 224 sidor
...every decent part, The healthy offspring that adorn'd their house. Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind,...Luxury and Pride With incense kindled at the Muse's flame[42]. Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learn'd to stray ;... | |
 | E. Tomkins - 1804 - 416 sidor
...hut their crimes confin'd ; The struggling pangs of conscious truth to hiire. To quench the hlushes of ingenuous shame, Or heap the shrine of luxury and...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 sidor
...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... | |
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