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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... "
Longer English poems, with notes, ed. by J.W. Hales - Page 79
edited by - 1872
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The rhetorical reader, consisting of choice specimens of oratorical ...

John Hall Hindmarsh - 1845 - 464 pages
...1'ot forba'de ; nor circumscribed alon'e Their growing virtues/, but their crimes confin'ed ; Forbade to wade through slau'ghter/ to a thr'one, And shut...pan'gs/ of conscious truth/ to hid'e To quench the blus hes/ of ingenuous sh'ame ; Or heap the shrine of lux'ury/ and pride, With incense kin'dled/ at...
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Elegy Written in a Country Church-yard

Thomas Gray - 1845 - 92 pages
...to despise ; To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, XVI. Their lot forbad : nor circumscrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confin'd ;...slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind. j XVII. The struggling pangs of conscious truth to hide ; To quench the blushes of ingenuous...
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Poetry for Home and School ...

1846 - 436 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 poetry [ed. by B.G. Johns].

Book - English poetry - 1847 - 206 pages
...Their lot forhade : 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 the Muse's flame. Far from the madding...
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The English Prosody: With Rules Deduced from the Genius of Our Language, and ...

Asa Humphrey - Literature - 1847 - 238 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 maddening...
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Knowles' Elocutionist: A First-class Rhetorical Reader and Recitation Book ...

James Sheridan Knowles - Elocution - 1847 - 344 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 book of poetry [ed. by B.G. Johns].

Book - English poetry - 1847 - 216 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 the Muse's flame. Far from the madding...
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North American First Class Reader: The Sixth Book of Tower's Series for ...

David Bates Tower - 1853 - 444 pages
...Their lot forbade ; nor circumscribed alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confined j 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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Reading lessons for the higher classes in classical, middle and diocesan schools

William Balmbro'. Flower - 1848 - 304 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...conscious truth to hide, To quench the blushes of ingenious shame, Or heap the shrine of Luxury and Pride, With incense kindled at the Muse's flame....
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The gift book of English poetry

English poetry - 1848 - 468 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...conscious Truth to hide, To quench the blushes of ingenious Shame, Or heap the shrine of Luxury and Pride With incense kindled at the Muse's flame. Far...
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