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Longer English poems, with notes, ed. by J.W. Hales - Page 79
edited by - 1872
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Exercises in Rhetorical Reading: With a Series of Introductory Lessons ...

Richard Green Parker - Elocution - 1849 - 446 pages
...forbade : nor circumscribed alone 30 Their growing virtues, but their crimes confined; ā€” ā€” Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the...to hide, To quench the blushes of ingenuous Shame ; 35 Or heap the shrine of Luxury and Pride With incense kindled at the muse's flame. Far from the...
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Beauties of the British Poets ...

George Croly - English poetry - 1850 - 442 pages
...Their lot forbade : nor circumsciibed alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confined ; Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the...to hide, To quench the blushes of ingenuous shame, Or heap the shrine of luxury and pride, With incense kindled at the muse's flame. Far from the maddening...
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The literary class book; or, Readings in English literature

Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 pages
...Their lot forbade : nor circumscrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confined ; Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the...to hide : To quench the blushes of ingenuous shame ; Or heap the shrine of luxury and pride, With incense kindled at die muse's flame. Far from the madding...
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Poems for Young People

William Chambers - Children's poetry - 1851 - 200 pages
...Their lot forbade : nor circumscribed alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confined; Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the...to hide, To quench the blushes of ingenuous shame, Or heap the shrine of luxury and pride With incense kindled at the Muse's flame. Far from the madding...
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The Literary Reader: For Academies and High Schools: Consisting of ...

Arethusa Hall - Readers - 1851 - 422 pages
...Their lot forbade; nor circumscribed alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confined; Forbade to wa"de through slaughter to a throne, And shut the...to hide, To quench the blushes of ingenuous Shame, Or heap the shrine of Luxury and Pride With incense kindled at the Muse's flame. Far from the madding...
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Select English poetry, with notes by E. Hughes

Edward Hughes - 1851 - 362 pages
...Their lot forbade : nor circumscribed alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confined ; Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the...to hide, To quench the blushes of ingenuous shame, Or heap the shrine of Luxury and Pride, With incense kindled at the Muse's flame. ELEGY WRITTEN IN...
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The Illustrated London Reading Book

English language - 1851 - 278 pages
...Their lot forbade : nor circumscribed alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confined ; Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the...to hide, To quench the blushes of ingenuous shame, Or heap the shrine of Luxury and Pride With incense kindled at the Muse's flame. Far from the madding...
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The Literature and the Literary Men of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 2

Abraham Mills - English literature - 1851 - 616 pages
...Their lot forbade: nor circumscribed alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confined ; Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the...to hide, To quench the blushes of ingenuous shame, Or heap the shrine of Luxury and Pride Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife Their sober wishes...
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The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray

Thomas Gray - 1851 - 378 pages
...Their growing virtues, but their crimes confin'dā€” Forbade to wade thro' slaughter to a throne, Or shut the gates of mercy on mankind ; The struggling...to hide, To quench the blushes of ingenuous shame, Or heap the shrines of luxury and pride With incense kindled at the muse's flame.' Who does not feel...
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A Book for a Corner, Or Selections in Prose and Verse from Authors the Best ...

Leigh Hunt - English literature - 1852 - 460 pages
...Their lot forbade ; nor circumscrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confin'd ; Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the...to hide, To quench the blushes of ingenuous shame, Or heap the shrine of luxury and pride "With incense kindled at the muse's flame. Far from the madding...
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