 | Samuel Kirkham - 1834 - 360 páginas
...a nation's eyes', bTshll'dr4n— n°t. tshll'drun. «J6k'und. ^*re. «Tr6'fh. Their lot forliadt';* nor circumscribed alone' Their growing virtues', but...confined': Forbade* to wade through slaughter to a ihrme\ And shut the gates of mercy on mankind': The struggling pangs of conscious truth to hide', To... | |
 | Well-wisher to society - 1834 - 434 páginas
...a shield, but it was a shield of faith ; for his was a religion of peace and good will to men, and forbade " To wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind." Nor had the Jews any ground for considering Jesus as an enthusiast. The moderation uniformly... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1835 - 292 páginas
...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...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 crowd's... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1835 - 158 páginas
...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...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... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1836 - 404 páginas
...virtues,—but their crimes confined; Forbade to wade thro' slaughter to a throne; And shut the gate of mercy on mankind ; The struggling pangs of conscious...and Pride With incense kindled at the Muse's flame 1 With uncouth rhymes, and shapeless sculpture, decked, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Yet,... | |
 | 1836 - 748 páginas
...Their growing virtues, but their crimes confin'd — Forbade to wade thro' slaughter to a throne, Or shut the gates of mercy on mankind ; The struggling...quench the blushes of ingenuous shame, Or heap the shrines of luxury and pride, With incense kindled at the muse's flame.' Who does not feel how flat... | |
 | 1836 - 558 páginas
...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 crimesconfined; Forbade, to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind... | |
 | 1837 - 638 páginas
...Funeral of the Soldier" — " The paths of glory lead but to the grave," — by Hart ; the poet heaping " The shrine of Luxury and Pride With incense kindled at the Muse's flame," — admirably delineated by Mulready; and the " Unlettered Muse," spelling the inscriptions, by Chalon.... | |
 | Jesse Olney - 1838 - 346 páginas
...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 Shame... | |
 | 740 páginas
...world, had humbler fortune circumscribed the sphere in which she exercised her vast abilities — " Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind." Christian Europe shrunk with horror, civilized Europe with a shuddering disgust, from her... | |
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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... 
