 | Timothy Dwight - 1823 - 540 pages
...dauntless breast, The little tyrant of his fields withstood; Some mute, inglorious Milton, here may rest; Some Cromwell, guiltless of his country's blood. Th'...their history in a nation's eyes, Their lot forbade. How obviously must the real Milton have been inglorious, if he had been mute ; and how obviously would... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 pages
...Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood ; 'I'ii' us dissolv'd ; and forth In order came the grand infernal...of Heav'n, nor less Than Hell's dread emperor with circumscrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confin'd; Forbade to wade through slaughter... | |
 | William Collins, Thomas Gray, James Beattie, George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1824 - 478 pages
...village-Hampden, that with dauntless breast Tbe little Tyrant of his fields withstood ; Th' applanse 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 circumscribed alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confined ; Forbad to wade... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1825 - 346 pages
...charms Shone with attraction to herself unknown ; Whose beauty might have blessed a monarch's arms, Th' applause of listening senates to command, The...eyes, Their lot forbade : nor circumscribed alone 65 Their growing virtues, but their crimes confined ; Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne,... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1826 - 190 pages
...withstood, . Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood. The applause of listening senates to command, The threats...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... | |
 | John Johnstone - 1827 - 596 pages
...withstood; Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest: Some Cromwell, guiltless of his country's blood* The applause of listening senates to command, The threats...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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | George Merriam - 1828 - 282 pages
...withstood, Some mute, inglorious Milton, here may rest, Some Cromwell, guiltless of his country's bloods The applause of listening senates to command, The threats...history in a nation's eyes, Their lot forbade ; nor circumscrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confined ; Forbade to wade through 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...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... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1829 - 618 pages
...Some village Hampdcn, with his dauntless breast, ****** Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell, guiltless of his country's blood. -Th'...land, And read their history in a nation's eyes,' does ' their lot ' forbid it ? No ; but their minds do not grasp it. We speak with feelings at the... | |
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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... 
