 | William Enfield - Elocution - 1808 - 434 pages
...in a nation's :eyes. i . ofi; ni , C Their lot forbade? nor circurnscrj)??d. alone .'.:-,t-„ , , Their growing virtues, but their crimes confin'd Forbade to wade through slaughter to;a throng And shut the gates of mercy on mankind ; -H -. , rf ii** * The struggling pangs of conscious... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1809 - 604 pages
...Tneir lot forbade: nortireuinscrih'dalone [fin'd : Their growing virtues, but their crimes conForbade d within h!sci>ldembr»eff, Safe had I slumber'd in the arms of peace mankind ; Tlif struggling |wngs of conscious truth to hide, Tiujucnch the blushes of ingenuous shame,... | |
 | 1809 - 402 pages
...but their crimes confin'd, r'orbade to wade thro' slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of merry on mankind ; The struggling pangs of conscious truth to hide, To quench the blusliesof ingenuous shame, )r heap the shrine of luxury and pride With incense kindled at the Muse's... | |
 | John Black - 1810 - 528 pages
...descents ; and to agree, in some measure, to the open and saleable prostitution of his heaven-> born muse. The struggling pangs of conscious truth to hide,. To quench the blushes of ingenuous shame ; * Vol. IX. p. 431. VI. 248. &uesla fatica estrema, Ac. About a month after his election, his Holiness... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 682 pages
...Their lot forbad: nor circumscrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confin'd; Forbad to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on roank nd; The struggling pangs of conscious truth to hide, To quenc'li the blushes of ingemi'ius shame,... | |
 | John Young - Gray, Thomas, 1716-1771 - 1810 - 432 pages
...Their lot forbad : nor circumscrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confined: Forbad to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind ; B XVIII. The struggling pangs of conscious truth to hide, To quench the blushes of ingenuous... | |
 | Thomas Janes - 1810 - 336 pages
...despise, Their lot forbad: nor circumscrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confin'dForbad to wade through slaughter to a throne And shut the gates of mercy on mankind. Or heap the shrine of luxury and pride With incense kindled at the Muse's flame. The struggling... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 680 pages
...Their lot forbad: nor circumicrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confin'd; Forbad tu wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mank nd; The straggling pangs of conscious troth to hide, To quench the blushes of ingenuous shame,... | |
 | Charles Molloy Westmacott - English literature - 1813 - 404 pages
...sinking land ; Hands that the rod of empire might have grac'dV If Princes would their services command. Their lot forbade; nor circumscrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confin'dj Forbade to bow with meanness to the throne, And to their interests sacrifice mankind. Full... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1814 - 424 pages
...eyes, Their lot forbade ; nor circumscrib'd aloner Their growing virtues, but their crimes confinM , Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And...shut the gates of mercy on mankind : The struggling parig-s of conscious truth to To quench the blushes of ingenuous shame ; Or heap the shrine of luxury... | |
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Th' 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, Their lot forbade: nor circumscribed alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes... 
