 | Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 266 pages
...Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest, — Some Cromwell, guiltless of his country's blood. The applause of listening senates to command, — The...history in a nation's eyes, Their lot forbade: nor circumscrib'd, alone, Their growing virtues, — but their crimes confm'd; Forbade to wade thro' slaughter... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1829 - 290 pages
...; Some mute, inglorious Milton here may rest ; Some Cromwell, guiltless of his country's blood. The applause of listening senates to command, The threats...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... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1831 - 294 pages
...Some village Hampden, that, with dauntless breast, The little tyrant of his fields withstood ; The applause of listening senates to command, The threats...virtues, but their crimes confined ;- Forbade to wade throagh slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind ; The struggling pangs of conscious... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pages
...inglorious Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell, guiltless of his country's blood. The applause of list'ning senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to...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,... | |
 | Moses Severance - 1832 - 312 pages
...to despise, To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their history in a nation's eyes,— 17. Their lot forbade : nor circumscribed alone Their...slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind ; — 18. The struggling pangs of conscious Truth to hide To quench the blushes of ingenuous... | |
 | Joseph Emerson - 1832 - 122 pages
...Cromwell, guiltless of his country's blood. 60 tree's The applause of list'ning s-hateto command, [heap, The threats of pain and ruin to despise, To scatter...history in a nation's eyes, Their lot forbade. Nor circumscrib'd alone 6f> Their growing virtues, but their crimes, confm'd Forbade to wade through slaughter... | |
 | Samuel BLACKBURN - 1833 - 254 pages
...pregnant with celestial fire ; Hands that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or wak'd to ecstacy the living lyre. But knowledge to their eyes her ample...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... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - 1834 - 360 pages
...threats of pain rind ruin to despise', To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land', And read their hist'ry ia a nation's eyes', Their lot forbade'; nor circumscribed...slaughter to a throne', And shut the gates of mercy on mankind'. In this passage, a falling inflection of the voice is not allowable, until it sweeps through... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1835 - 158 pages
...childhood there No watch around his tomb-stone keeps ; But, when the evening stars appear, 734. The applause of listening senates to command, The threats...slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind ! LESSON XXXVII. MONOTONE. In the previous parts of this book the pupil has been made acquainted... | |
 | 1836 - 558 pages
...~ Some mute inglorious Milton, here may rest, Some Cromwell, guiltless of his country's blood. The applause of listening senates to command, The threats...circumscribed alone Their growing virtues, but their crimesconfined; Forbade, to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind... | |
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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... 
