 | Thomas Gray - 1786 - 210 pàgines
...ruin to defpife, To fcatter plenty o'er a fmiling land, And read their hift'ry in a nation's eyes, . Their lot forbade : nor circumfcrib'd. alone Their...virtues, but their crimes confin'd ; Forbade to wade thro' Daughter to a throne, And fhut the gates of mercy to mankind, The ftruggling pangs of confcious... | |
 | 1787 - 668 pàgines
...pieces, were they rigornufly examined, would be found to confift of language feldom elevated, often harlh and mean, and commonly profaic. He might be capable...Forbade to wade through (laughter to a throne, And fhut the gates of mercy on mankind:" — But this were far beyond his powers — " But not to one in... | |
 | 1792 - 112 pàgines
...ruin to defpife, To fcatter plenty o'er a fmiling land , And read their hiftory in a nations eyes, Their lot forbade: nor circumfcrib'd alone Their growing...but their crimes confin'd; Forbade to wade through flaughter to a throne ; And shut the gates of mercy on mankind; The The ftruggling pangs of confcious... | |
 | Robert Anderson - 1795 - 1036 pàgines
...ruin to defpife, To fcattcr plenty o'er a fmiling land. And read their hiftory in a nation's eyes, Their lot forbade ; nor circumfcrib'd alone Their growing virtues but their crimes confia'd; Forbade to wade through daughter to a throne, And llait the gates of mercy on mankind. The... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1796 - 574 pàgines
...Their lot forbade: nor circumfcrib'd alone [fin'd; Their growing virtues, but their crimes conForbade to wade through (laughter to a throne, And (hut the gates of mercy on mankind ; The ftruggling pangs of confcious truth to hide. To quench the bluihc; of ingenuous ihame, Or heap... | |
 | 1797 - 350 pàgines
...fcatter plenty o'er a fmiling land, And read their hift'ry in a nation's eyes. Their lot forbade: not circumfcrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confin'd ; Forbade to wade through flaughter to a throne, And fliut the gates of mercy on mankind. The ftruggling pangs of confcious truth... | |
 | British poetical miscellany - 1805 - 262 pàgines
...ruin to defpife, To fcatter plenty o'er a fmiling land, And read iheir hift'ry in a nation's eyes-, Their lot forbade; nor circumfcrib'd alone Their growing...but their crimes confin'd; Forbade to wade through fiaughter to a throne, And fhut the gates of mercy on mankind ; The ftruggling pangs of confcious Truth... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1799 - 270 pàgines
...o'er a smiling land, And read their hist'ry 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 to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind, The struggling pangs of conscious Truth... | |
 | T. Bowen - 1799 - 76 pàgines
...ruin to defpife, To fcatter plenty o'er a {railing land, And read their hiftory in a nation'* eyes, Their lot forbade: nor circumfcrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confir.V!, Forbade to wade through Slaughter to a throne, And Oiut the gates of mercy on mankind; The... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1800 - 302 pàgines
...an honest heart, And cheer'd the labours of a faithful spouse; Their lot forbade: nor circumscrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confin'd; Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind, The struggling pangs of conscious Truth... | |
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Their lot forbade: nor circumscrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confin'd; Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind, The... 
