 | Poetry - 1806 - 330 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1808 - 178 pages
...And more true joy Marcellus exiiM feels, Than Caesar with a senate at his heels. Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learn'd...vale of life, They kept the noiseless tenor of their way. What nothing earthly gives, or can destroy, The soul's calm sunshine, and the heartfelt joy, Is... | |
 | English poetry - English poetry - 1809 - 308 pages
...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...to protect, Some frail memorial still erected nigh, * In the first manuscript copy of this exquisite poem, the conclusion is different from that which... | |
 | British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 526 pages
...nation's eyes, 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...life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way. Yet e'en these bones from insult to protect, Some frail memorial still erected nigh, With uncouth rhymes... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 680 pages
...mank nd; The straggling pangs of conscious troth to hide, To quench the blushes of ingenuous shame, Or heap the shrine of luxury and pride With incense...cool sequester'd vale of life They kept the noiseless tenour of their way. Yet e'en these bones from insult to protect, Some frail memorial still erected... | |
 | John Young - Gray, Thomas, 1716-1771 - 1810 - 432 pages
...the shrine of luxury and pride, With incense kindled at the muse's flame. XIX. Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learn'd...vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way. XX. Yet even these bones from insult to protect, Some frail memorial still erected nigh, With... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 622 pages
...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...flame. Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never leam'd to stray j Along the cool scqucster'd vale of life They kept the noiseless... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 686 pages
...stray; Along the cool seq«e-.ter'd vale of life They kept the noiseless tenour of their way. Yet e'en these bones from insult to protect. Some frail memorial...nigh, With uncouth rhymes and shapeless sculpture Implores the passing tribute of a sigh, [deck'd, Their name, their years, spelt by the unlctter'd The... | |
 | Thomas Branagan - Bibliography - 1812 - 370 pages
...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...never learn'd to stray ; Along the cool sequester'd va!e of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way, Yet e'en these bones from insult to protect... | |
 | English poetry - 1814 - 310 pages
...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...to protect, Some frail memorial still erected nigh, AVith uncouth rhymes and shapeless sculpture deck'd, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Their... | |
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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... 
