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Longer English poems, with notes, ed. by J.W. Hales - Page 79
edited by - 1872
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First collection of instructive extracts

Scottish school-book assoc - 1852 - 248 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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A Book for a Corner; Or, Selections in Prose and Verse from ..., Volumes 1-2

Leigh Hunt - English literature - 1852 - 470 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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The Class Book of Poetry

Class-book - Poetry - 1852 - 152 pages
...circumscribed alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confined ; Forbade to wade through slaughter to'a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind ; The...to hide, To quench the blushes of ingenuous shame, Or heap the shrine of luxury and pride With incense kindled at the Muses' flame. Far from the madding...
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A Book for a Corner: Or, Selections in Prose and Verse from ..., Volume 1

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...The "struggling pangs of conscious truth to hide, Co quench the blushes of ingenuous shame, Or heap the shrine of luxury and pride With incense kindled...
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Poets of England and America: Being Selections from the Best Authors of Both ...

Poets, American - 1853 - 560 pages
...eyes, Their lot forbad ; nor circumscribed alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confined ; Forbad to wade through slaughter to a throne, And...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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A System of Elocution: With Special Reference to Gesture, to the Treatment ...

Andrew Comstock - Elocution - 1853 - 456 pages
...growing virtues ; | but, their crimes' confin'd', , Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne', I And shut the gates of mercy on mankind; | The struggling...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...
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The Complete Poetical Works of William Collins, Thomas Gray, and Oliver ...

William Collins - English poetry - 1854 - 430 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 pleasures of hope, Gertrude of Wyoming, and other poems. To which are ...

Thomas Campbell - 1854 - 278 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. .Along the cool sequester'd...
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Gleanings from the Poets: For Home and School

American poetry - 1854 - 456 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 Muses' flame. Far from the madding...
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The book of celebrated poems

Book - 1854 - 496 pages
...Their lot forbade : nor circumscribed aloue Their growing virtues, but their crimes confm'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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