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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... "
A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged, from Sir John ... - Page 597
by Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1859 - 762 pages
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Old Humphrey's Walks in London and Its Neighbourhood

Old Humphrey - 1799 - 372 pages
...comparison, to reflect on the pious, though unnoticed poor, whom, to do deeds of fame and glory— " Their lot forbade, nor circumscribed alone Their growing...slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind!" The name of king will not cover a crime from an all-seeing eye, nor blot out a deed of blood...
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Poetry Explained for the Use of Young People

Richard Lovell Edgeworth - 1802 - 152 pages
...years, withstood an act of public oppression, and had it redressed. xvI. " Th' applause of list'ning senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to...history in a nation's eyes, " Their lot forbade ; nor circumscrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confin'd ; Forbade to wade through slaughter...
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The Speaker Or Miscellaneous Pieces Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...inglorious Milton here may rest , Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood. *Th' applause of list'ning senates to command , The threats of pain and ruin...history in a nation's eyes , Their lot forbade: nor circumscrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confin'd ? Forbade to wade- through slaughter...
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La Belle Assemblée, Volume 6

1809 - 402 pages
...; Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest : Some Cromwell guiltless of his country'* blood. 1'lf applause of listening senates to command, The threats...plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their history in a nation s eyes, Their lot forbade: nor eircumscrih'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confin'd,...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including ..., Volume 14

Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 628 pages
...withstood ; Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood. Th' applause of listening senates to command, The threats...And read their history in a nation's eyes, Their lot forbad : por circumscrib'd alone The;r growing virtues, but their crimes confin'd; Forbad to wade through...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including ..., Volume 15

Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 682 pages
...inglorious Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood. Th' applause of list'ning senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to...And read their history in a nation's eyes, Their lot forbad: nor circumscrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confin'd; Forbad to wade through...
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A criticism on the Elegy written in a country church yard. Being a ...

John Young - 1810 - 266 pages
...Milton here may rest ; Some Cromwell, guiltless of his country's blood. XVI. Th' applause of list'ning senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to...smiling land, And read their history in a nation's eyes, XVII. Their lot forbad : nor circumscrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confined:...
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A Criticism of the Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard

John Young - 1810 - 432 pages
...Milton here may rest ; Some Cromwell, guiltless of his country's blood. XVI. Th' applause of list'ning senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to...smiling land, And read their history in a nation's eyes, XVII. Their lot forbad : nor circumscrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confined:...
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Beauties of Poetry: Consisting of Elegant Selections from the Works of Pope ...

1814 - 310 pages
...; Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest ; Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood. TIi' applause of listening senates to command, The threats...nation's eyes, Their lot forbade : nor circumscribed aione Their growing virtues, but their crimes confined : Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne,...
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Elegant poems. Pope's Essay on man, Blair's Grave, Gray's Elegy, Goldsmith's ...

Elegant poems - 1814 - 132 pages
...inglorious Milton here may rest; Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood. Th' applause of list'ning senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to...history in a nation's eyes. Their lot forbade ; nor circumscrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confin'd : Forbade to wade through slaughter...
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