 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...  A History of English Poetry - Страница 393по William John Courthope - 1905Пълен достъп - Информация за книгата
 | Thomas Burton - 1828 - 562 страници
...after having almost engrossed the admiration of antiquity, has too often excited modern heroism, " to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind," might have been destined to pass their lives among the dwellers " under the wood-side ;"... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1829 - 290 страници
...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...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 страници
...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,... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 436 страници
...praise, And my Creator's name inspire my lays. Gay. Their lot forbade ! nor circumscribed alone Th«ir growing virtues, but their crimes confined ; Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And ihut the fates of mercy on mankind. Gray"! Elegy. CIRCUMSPE'CT, adj. "] Lat. circumCIRCUMSPE'CTION,... | |
 | Marie-Joseph Chénier - 1829 - 484 страници
...vene'ration. Jean Their lot forbade: nor circumscrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes coufin'd; Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy ou mankind. The struggling pangs of conscious Truth to hide, To quench the blushes of ingenuous Shame,... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 516 страници
...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. * Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learn'd to stray ; Along the... | |
 | Sydney Ross - 1991 - 254 страници
...ideal, chose science for its own sake and regarded themselves as benefactors of mankind. They scorned To heap the shrine of luxury and pride With incense kindled at the Muse's flame. They did in fact use similar lofty expressions in describing their ideals. To them the word scientist... | |
 | Martin Gardner - 1992 - 226 страници
...Their lot forhade: nor circumscribed alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confined; Forhade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the...and Pride With incense kindled at the Muse's flame. Along the cool sequester'd vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way. Yet ev'n these... | |
 | John Guillory - 1993 - 422 страници
...nation's 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. Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learn'd to stray; Along the cool... | |
 | Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - 1995 - 936 страници
...ruin to despise, To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their hist'ry in a nation's eyes, Their lot forbade: nor circumscribed alone Their growing...to hide, To quench the blushes of ingenuous shame, 70 Or heap the shrine of Luxury and Pride With incense kindled at the Muse's flame. Far from the madding... | |
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