 | Old Humphrey - London (England) - 1799 - 372 pages
...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...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 from the record... | |
 | Richard Lovell Edgeworth - English poetry - 1802 - 152 pages
...Hampden, who, within these few years, withstood an act of public oppression, and had it redressed. xvI. " Th' applause of list'ning senates to command, The...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 pages
...serene , The dark unfathoin'd caves of Ocean bear: Full many a flower is born to blush unseen , And 'waste its sweetness on the desert air. Som/e village...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... | |
 | English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...Their lot forbad : nor circumscrib'd alone Tfieir growing virtues, but their crimes confin'd ; Forbad to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the...of conscious truth to hide. To quench the blushes cf ingenuous shame, Or heap the shrine of Luxury and Pride With incense kindled at the Muse's flame.... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 pages
...nor circumscrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes connn'd ; !'(>: i) ,-.l to wade thro' slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy...Truth to hide, To quench the blushes of ingenuous Sliamb, Or heap the shrine of Luxury and Ptide t With incense kindled at tlie Muse's flame. Far from... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 682 pages
...dauntless breast The little tyrant of his fields withstood; Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood. Th'...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... | |
 | John Young - Gray, Thomas, 1716-1771 - 1810 - 432 pages
...; Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest ; Some Cromwell, guiltless of his country's blood. XVI. Th' applause of list'ning senates to command, The...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 confined:... | |
 | John Young - 1810 - 266 pages
...; Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest ; Some Cromwell, guiltless of his country's blood. XVI. Th' applause of list'ning senates to command, The...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 confined:... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 628 pages
...inglorious Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood. Th' applause of listening senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to...And read their history in a nation's eyes, Their lot forbad : por circumscrib'd alone The;r growing virtues, but their crimes confin'd; Forbad to wade through... | |
 | Elegant poems - 1814 - 132 pages
...dauntless breast, The little tyrant of his fields withstood ; Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest; Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood. Th'...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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Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air. Some village Hampden that with dauntless breast The little tyrant of his fields withstood, Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell guiltless of his... 
