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" 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... "
Songs of Three Centuries - Page 61
edited by - 1890 - 383 pages
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The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray LL.B., Late Professor of Modern Languages ...

Thomas Gray - 1799 - 270 pages
...eyes, Their lot forbade: nor circumscrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confin-'d ; Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And...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...
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The Beauties of the Poets:: Being a Collection of Moral and Sacred Poetry ...

English poetry - 1800 - 322 pages
...Their lot forbad: nor circuuiscrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confin'd; Forbad to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the...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...
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The Poetical Works: Of Thomas Gray, ... with Some Account of His Life and ...

Thomas Gray - 1800 - 302 pages
...spouse; Their lot forbade: nor circumscrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confin'd; Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And...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...
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The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray

Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1804 - 224 pages
...spouse ; That virtue form'd, for every decent part, The healthy offspring that adorn'd their house. Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And...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 ;...
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The Beauties of the Poets: Being a Collection of Moral and Sacred Poetry

Poetry - 1806 - 330 pages
...Tiieir lot forbad : nor circumscrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes coafin'd ; Forbad to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the...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...
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Poëmes ou morceaux détachés de differens auteurs anglais, traduits en vers ...

Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - English poetry - 1806 - 456 pages
...crrcumscrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes eonfin'd; Forbade to wade thro' flaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind....flame. Far 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...
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Poems on various subjects, selected by E. Tomkins

E Tomkins - 1806 - 280 pages
...nation's eyes, Their lot forhade; nor circnmscrih'd alone Their growing virtues, hut their crimes confm'd; The struggling pangs of conscious truth to hide, To...flame. Far 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...
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The Works of Thomas Gray: Containing His Poems, and Correspondence ..., Volume 1

Thomas Gray - 1807 - 728 pages
...Their lot forbad : nor circumscrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confin'd ; Forbad to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the...flame: Far 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...
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The muses' bower, embellished with the beauties of English poetry, Volume 3

English poetry - English poetry - 1809 - 308 pages
...Their lot forbad : nor circumscrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confin'd; Forbad to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the...flame.* Far 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...
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Specimens of the British poets, Volume 2

British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 526 pages
...ruin to despise, To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their hist'ry in a nation's eyes, The struggling pangs of conscious Truth to hide, To...flame. Far 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...
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