 Hampden, that with 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' applause of listening senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to despise,...  The World's Best Poetry ... - Page 2531904Full view - About this book
 | Joseph Emerson - Elocution - 1832 - 122 pages
...Cromwell, guiltless of his country's blood. 60 tree's The applause of list'ning s-hateto command, [heap, The threats of pain and ruin to despise, To scatter...history in a nation's eyes, Their lot forbade. Nor circumscrib'd alone 6f> Their growing virtues, but their crimes, confm'd Forbade to wade through slaughter... | |
 | Samuel BLACKBURN - 1833 - 254 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... | |
 | Moses Severance - American literature - 1833 - 304 pages
...; Some mute, inglorious Milton here may rest ; Some Cromwell, guiltless of his country's blood. 16. Th' applau.se of listening senates to command, The...smiling land, And read their history in a nation's eyes, — 17. Their lot forbade : nor circumscribed alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confined;... | |
 | George Miller - Book industries and trade - 1833 - 428 pages
...Publisher. " What \ shall we receiveyood at the hand o/GoD, and shall wenot receiveevil?"—JoTi, " Th' applause of listening Senates to command. The...to despise) To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read his hist ry in a nation a eyes, ti s lot foibadei"— - AW. from G&AY. " What iho" no sculptur'd... | |
 | John Preston - Arithmetic - 1834 - 312 pages
...virtues to IMMORTAL FAME !" Waltt. Thus may some have it in their pow'r, " Th' applause of lisl'ning Senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to...scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their hisfry in a NATIONS' EYES." DIRECTIONS FOR TEACHING BY THIS BOOK. 1. Each scholar must have a slate... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - Elocution - 1834 - 360 pages
...rest'; Some Cromwell', guiltless of his country's blood'. Th' applause of list'ning srnatrs to command', The threats of pain and ruin to despise', To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land', And read their hist'ry in a nation's eyes', bTshll'dr4n— n°t. tshll'drun. «J6k'und. ^*re. «Tr6'fh. Their lot... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - Elocution - 1835 - 158 pages
...childhood there No watch around his tomb-stone keeps ; But, when the evening stars appear, 734. The applause of listening senates to command, The threats...slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind ! LESSON XXXVII. MONOTONE. In the previous parts of this book the pupil has been made acquainted... | |
 | English poetry - 1836 - 558 pages
...~ Some mute inglorious Milton, here may rest, Some Cromwell, guiltless of his country's blood. The applause of listening senates to command, The threats...circumscribed alone Their growing virtues, but their crimesconfined; Forbade, to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind... | |
 | Sir Nathaniel William Wraxall - Great Britain - 1836 - 412 pages
...service. If, indeed, Gray's lines were ever realized, when he says, — " Th' applause of list'ning senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to...scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their hist'ry in a nation's eyes ;" — if ever this picture was personified, and presented to human view,... | |
 | sir Nathaniel William Wraxall (1st bart.) - 1836 - 394 pages
...service. If, indeed, Gray's lines were ever realized, when he says, — " Th' applause of list'ning senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to...scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their hist'ry in a nation's eyes;" — if ever this picture was personified, and presented to human view,... | |
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