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
| Thomas Gray - 1799 - 270 pages
...have blest a monarch's arms, And virtue cast a lustte on the throne: That 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, Their lot forbade: nor circumscrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their... | |
| English poetry - 1800 - 322 pages
...inglorious Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood. Th' applause oflist'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, Their lot forbad: nor circuuiscrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their... | |
| Thomas Gray - 1800 - 302 pages
...Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood [41]. 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, [41] Mr. Edwards (Author of Ihe Canons of Criticism), who, though an old... | |
| Richard Lovell Edgeworth - English poetry - 1802 - 152 pages
...years, withstood an act of public oppression, and had it redressed. xvI. " Th' applause of list'ning senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to...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... | |
| William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...inglorious Milton here may rest , Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood. *Th' applause of list'ning senates to command , The threats of pain and ruin...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... | |
| E. Tomkins - 1804 - 416 pages
...inglorious Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell, guillless of his country's hlood. 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. Their lot forhade ; nor i-ircumscrih'd alone Their growing virtues, hut... | |
| Robert Blair - 1804 - 132 pages
...inglorious Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood. Th* applause ot Hst'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 natiqu's «yes, 4 I ELEGY " ~ Their lot forbad; nor circumscrib'd alone Their growing... | |
| Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1804 - 224 pages
...Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood[41]. 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, Their lot forbade : nor circumscrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but... | |
| William Wirt - Virginia - 1805 - 144 pages
...Milton, here, may rest ; Some Cromwell, .guiltless of his country's blood. Th' applause dflist'ning senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to despise, 'To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, An d read their history in a natter's eyes., Their lot forbad.:"'. The heart of a philanthropist, no... | |
| Poetry - 1806 - 330 pages
...inglorious Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood. 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, Tiieir lot forbad : nor circumscrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but... | |
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