 | John Pierpont - 1828 - 320 pages
...throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind; Their growing virtues, but their crimes confined;— The struggling pangs of conscious Truth to hide, „...flame. Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learned to stray : Along the cool, sequestered vale of life i They kept the... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 266 pages
...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 - 1829 - 290 pages
...ray serene, The dark, unfathomed caves of ocean bear; Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air. Some village...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... | |
 | William Scott - 1829 - 420 pages
...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,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1830 - 844 pages
...growing virtues, but their crimes confined; Forbade to \vade through slaughter to a throne, And shut me et to virgin-grace. What strings symphouious tremble in the air, Their sober wishes never learned to stray ; Along the cool sequestered vale of life They kept the noiseless... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1831 - 294 pages
...nor circumscribed alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confined ;- Forbade to wade throagh slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy...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... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pages
...inglorious Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell, guiltless of his country's blood. The applause of list'ning senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to...to hide, To quench the blushes of ingenuous shame, !,h, • ;,,°'i,--P. Or heap the shrine of luxury and pride With incense kindled at the Muse's flame.... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - 1834 - 360 pages
...Their growing virtues', but their crimes confined': Forbade* to wade through slaughter to a ihrme\ And shut the gates of mercy on mankind': The struggling...incense kindled at the muse's flame'. Far from the madd'ning crowd's ignoble strife', Their sober wishes never learned to stray'; — Along the cool',... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1835 - 292 pages
...air. 'Some village Hampden, that, with dauntless breast, The little tyrant of his fields withstood ; The applause of listening senates to command, The...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 crowd's... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1835 - 278 pages
...Hampden, that, with dauntless breast, The little tyrant of his fields withstood ; • NATIONAL READER. 233 The applause of listening senates to command, The...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... | |
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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... 
