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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... "
Poétique anglaise - Page 374
by Albin Joseph U. Hennet - 1806
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Elegia inglese ... sopra un cimitero di campagna, trasportata in verso ital ...

Thomas Gray - 1772 - 60 pages
...through slaugther to a throne , And shut the gates of mercy on mankind The ftruggling pangs of confcious truth to hide, To quench the blushes of ingenuous shame, Or heap the shrine of Luxury and Pride With incenfe kindled at the Mufe 's flame . Far 'lAttrar eon iibce imperiofa i plaufi D'attonito Senato:...
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Select lessons in prose and verse, from various authors, to which are added ...

Select lessons - 1785 - 156 pages
...the Gates of Mercy on Mankind. The ftruggling Paftgs ofconfciods Truth to hide, To quench the Bluihes of ingenuous Shame, Or heap the Shrine of Luxury and Pride With Incenfe kindled at the Mafe's Flame. Far from the madding Crowd's ignoble Strife, Thair fober Wifhes...
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Poems Selected and Printed by a Small Party of English, who Made this ...

1792 - 112 pages
...flaughter to a throne ; And shut the gates of mercy on mankind; The The ftruggling pangs of confcious truth to hide; To quench the blushes of ingenuous...shame , Or heap the shrine of Luxury and Pride With incenfe kindled at the Mufe's flame. Far from the madding crowd's ignoble ftrife Their fober wishes...
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The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray LL.B., Late Professor of Modern Languages ...

Thomas Gray - 1799 - 270 pages
...circumscrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confin-'d ; Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind,...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 ...

1800 - 322 pages
...circuuiscrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confin'd; Forbad to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind....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
...circumscrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confin'd; Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind,...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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Poetry Explained for the Use of Young People

Richard Lovell Edgeworth - 1802 - 148 pages
...metaphorically) the flattery which poets offer to those who live in splen-' dour. " Fw 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 tenour of their way. ' ? Ignoble* — The poet justly calls the...
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The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray

Thomas Gray - 1804 - 224 pages
...every decent part, The healthy offspring that adorn'd their house. Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind,...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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Poems on Various Subjects: Selected to Enforce the Practice of Virtue, and ...

E. Tomkins - 1804 - 416 pages
...hut their crimes confin'd ; The struggling pangs of conscious truth to hiire. To quench the hlushes of ingenuous shame, Or heap the shrine of luxury and...at the Muse's flame. Far from the madding crowd's ignohle strife, Their soher wishes never Icarn'd to stray , Along the cool sequester'd vale of life...
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The Speaker Or Miscellaneous Pieces Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...virtues, but their crimes confin'd ? Forbade to wade- through slaughter to a throne, And shut the grates of mercy on mankind ; The struggling pangs of conscious...Truth to hide , To quench the blushes of ingenuous Shauie, Or heap the shrine of Luxury and Pride With incense kindled at the Muse's flame. Far from the...
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