 | Old Humphrey - 1799 - 372 sidor
...comparison, to reflect on the pious, though unnoticed poor, whom, to do deeds of fame and glory— " Their lot forbade, nor circumscribed alone Their growing...slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind!" The name of king will not cover a crime from an all-seeing eye, nor blot out a deed of blood... | |
 | Richard Lovell Edgeworth - 1802 - 152 sidor
...years, withstood an act of public oppression, and had it redressed. xvI. " Th' applause of list'ning senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to...history in a nation's eyes, " Their lot forbade ; nor circumscrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confin'd ; Forbade to wade through slaughter... | |
 | William Enfield - 1804 - 418 sidor
...inglorious Milton here may rest , Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood. *Th' applause of list'ning senates to command , The threats of pain and ruin...history in a nation's eyes , Their lot forbade: nor circumscrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confin'd ? Forbade to wade- through slaughter... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 682 sidor
...inglorious Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood. Th' applause of list'ning senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to...And read their history in a nation's eyes, Their lot forbad: nor circumscrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confin'd; Forbad to wade through... | |
 | 1814 - 310 sidor
...; Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest ; Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood. TIi' applause of listening senates to command, The threats...nation's eyes, Their lot forbade : nor circumscribed aione Their growing virtues, but their crimes confined : Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne,... | |
 | Elegant poems - 1814 - 132 sidor
...inglorious Milton here may rest; Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood. Th' applause of list'ning senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to...history in a nation's eyes. Their lot forbade ; nor circumscrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confin'd : Forbade to wade through slaughter... | |
 | Thomas Gray, John Mitford - 1816 - 446 sidor
...Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood. 60 Th' applause of list'ning senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to...And read their history in a nation's eyes, Their lot forbad : nor circumscrib'd alone 65 Their growing virtues, but their crimes confin'd ; NOTES. For the... | |
 | Elizabeth Tomkins - 1817 - 276 sidor
...pain and ruin to despise, To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their history in a nation'* eyes, Their lot forbade ; nor circumscribed alone...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,... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1821 - 192 sidor
...Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood. 'I'll' applause of list'ning senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to...history in a nation's eyes, Their lot forbade: nor circumscrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confin'd ; Forbade to wade through slaughter... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1821 - 196 sidor
...inglorious Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood. Th' applause of list'ning senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to...history in a nation's eyes, Their lot forbade: nor circumscrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confin'd ; Forbade to wade through slaughter... | |
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Th' 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... 
