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" The applause of listening senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to despise, To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their history in a nation's eyes... "
A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged, from Sir John ... - Page 597
by Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1859 - 762 pages
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Elegy written in a country church-yard, with versions in the Gr., Lat., Germ ...

Thomas Gray - 1839 - 216 pages
...D'un hameau dévasté relevé les débris, Et recueilli l'éloge en des yeux attendris, XVI. Т1Г applause of listening senates to command ; The threats...smiling land, And read their history in a nation's eyes, Moîpai ejrfкXuxruvт'' apfтаis ovx ÎA«u avтâv EK фóта où тч/шv, Kpaтfpаv тf тvpavvtSa...
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Elegy Written in a Country Church-yard

Thomas Gray - 1839 - 166 pages
...minaccia^ Sparger su' regni con la copia il riso, E la sua vita altrui leggere in faccia, XVI. TIT applause of listening senates to command ; The threats...smiling land, And read their history in a nation's eyes, XVI. J XVII. Moîpiu lirfK\a>cravт'' apfтals av% ÎAfai aiтâv Фvvfífva1s, fíif Spav iго^'...
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Selections from the British Poets, Volume 1

Fitz-Greene Halleck - English poetry - 1840 - 372 pages
...; Some mute, inglorious Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell, guiltless of his country's blood ; Th' applause of listening senates to command, The threats...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,...
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The American Class-reader: Containing a Series of Lessons in Reading; with ...

George Willson - Elocution - 1840 - 298 pages
...Some mute, inglorious Milton here may rest ; Some Cromwell, guiltless of his country's blood. 16 The applause of listening senates to command, The threats...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...
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The Visitor: Or, Monthly Instructor

Christianity - 1840 - 516 pages
...comparison, to reflect on the pious, though unnoticed, poor, whom, to do deeds of fame and glory— " Their lot forbade, nor circumscribed alone Their growing...slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind." The name of king will not cover a crime from an All-seeing eye, nor blot out a deed of blood...
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The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith

Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 292 pages
...withstood, Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood. The' applause of listening senates to command, The threats...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,...
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The book of poetry [ed. by B.G. Johns].

Book - 1841 - 164 pages
...flow'r is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness in the desert air. 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 ; The struggling pangs of conscious...
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Arundines Cami; sive, Musarum Cantabrigiensium lusus canori, collegit atque ...

Cam river - 1841 - 318 pages
...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...plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their history in a nation^ eyes, Their lot forbad : nor circumscribed alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confined...
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An Essay on Elocution, Designed for the Use of Schools and Private Learners

Samuel Kirkham - Elocution - 1842 - 386 pages
...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', Their lot forbade';* nor circumscribed...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';...
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Readings in poetry: a selection from the best English poets, from Spenser to ...

Readings - English poetry - 1843 - 466 pages
...withstood; Some mute, inglorious Milton here may rest; Some Cromwell, guiltless of his country's blood. The applause of listening senates to command, The threats...eyes, Their lot forbade; nor circumscribed alone Their glowing virtues, but their crimes confined; Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut...
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