 | Thomas Gray - 1845 - 92 sidor
...blood. .-E-'.V YGJ-. K ..^LiL Li Jlx »-T-'--.'-PNOX »NC T.lU-.1. ' •'j'--' •' ON». XVI. Th' applause of listening senates to command ; The threats...smiling land, And read their history in a nation's eyes, XVII. Their lot forbad : nor circumscrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confin'd ;... | |
 | Encyclopaedia - 1845 - 852 sidor
...little betray his thoughts, notning but forbiddennta of self dispatch hindered his artin,' it. Th' applause of listening senates to command, The threats...smiling land, And read their history in a nation's eyes, Their lot furbad. (iray. Elegy wriltin ma Country Churchyard. FORBLOWN ; for, ie forth, and blown.... | |
 | 1846 - 436 sidor
...resisted King Charles the First's usurpation of power. 128 AN ELEGY WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCHYARD. The applause of listening senates to command, The...smiling land, And read their history in a nation's eyes, Their lot forbade ; nor circumscribed alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confined ; Forbade... | |
 | 1846 - 632 sidor
...laborious ancestors, might truthfully repeat these emphatic words of England's gifted bard : — ' Some village Hampden, that, with dauntless breast,...Cromwell, guiltless of his country's blood.' " "The statement made by General Dearborn appeared to me во startling, so appalling, that I was induced... | |
 | Asa Humphrey - 1847 - 238 sidor
...Or flattery sooth the dull cold ear of death ? But knowledge to their eyes her ample page, Rich with the spoils of time, did ne'er unroll, Chill penury...The applause of listening senates to command, The threat of pain and ruin to despise, To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their history in... | |
 | James Sheridan Knowles - 1847 - 344 sidor
...Milton, here may rest — Some Cromwell, guiltless of his country's blood. TV applause of list ning senates to command, • The threats of pain and ruin...smiling land, And read their history in a nation's eyes, Their lot forbade : nor circumscribed alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confined— Forbade... | |
 | Book - 1847 - 216 sidor
...born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air. # * * * Th' applause of list'ning senates to command ; The threats of pain and ruin...smiling land, And read their history in a nation's eyes — Their lot forbade : nor circumscrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confined ;... | |
 | William Balmbro'. Flower - 1848 - 304 sidor
...power, And all that beauty, all that wealth ere gave, Await alike the inevitable hour : — TBSLpaths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud,...smiling land, And read their history in a nation's eyes. Their lot forbade : nor circumscribed alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confined ; Forbade... | |
 | David Bates Tower - 1853 - 444 sidor
...praise. Can storied urn or animated bust Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath T Can Honor's voice provoke the silent dust, Or Flattery soothe...smiling land, And read their history in a nation's eyes, — Their lot forbade ; nor circumscribed alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confined j... | |
 | English poetry - 1848 - 468 sidor
...ray serene The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear : Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air. Some village...guiltless of his country's blood. The* applause of list'ning senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to despise, To scatter plenty o'er a smiling... | |
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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... 
