 | John Warner Barber - 1855 - 608 σελίδες
...; nor circumscribed alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confined ; Forbad to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy...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.... | |
 | Edwin Waugh - 1855 - 282 σελίδες
...senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to despise, To scatter plenty o'er a smiling hind, And read their history in a nation's eyes, " Their...virtues, but their crimes confined ; Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind ; " The struggling pangs of conscious... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1856 - 800 σελίδες
...blood. 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...virtues, but their crimes confined; Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind, 3 1 A writer in the ninth volume... | |
 | William Sherwood - 1856 - 466 σελίδες
...blood. 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...virtues, but their crimes confined ; Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind ; The struggling pangs of conscious... | |
 | Joseph William Jenks - 1856 - 574 σελίδες
...blood. The applause of listening senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to despise, To scatter And the ancient graves, through slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates pf mercy on mankind ; The struggling pangs of conscious... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1856 - 134 σελίδες
...blood. 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...alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confined ; Forbabe to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind ; The struggling... | |
 | Joseph William Jenks - 1856 - 578 σελίδες
...senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to despise, To scatter plenty o'er a smiling Innd, lls, His limbs invested in their gorgeous plait -...wife, his children, left To struggle with adversity : through slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind ; The struggling pangs of conscious... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1856 - 474 σελίδες
...nor circumscrihed alone Their growing virtues, hut their crimes confined ; Forhade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy...struggling pangs of conscious truth to hide, To quench the hlushes of ingenuous shame, Or heap the shrine of Luxury and Pride, With incense kindled at the Muse's... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1848 - 786 σελίδες
...Til' 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...virtues, but their crimes confined ; Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind,3 l A writer in the ninth volume... | |
 | Charles William Smith (professor of elocution.) - 1857 - 338 σελίδες
...blood. 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...virtues, but their crimes confined ; Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind ; The struggling pangs of conscious... | |
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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, Their lot forbade : nor circumscribed alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes... 
