 | Edward Hughes - 1851 - 362 pages
...pregnant with celestial fire ; Hands that the rod of empire might have swayed, Or waked to ecstacy the living lyre. But knowledge to their eyes her ample...And read their history in a nation's eyes, Their lot forbade : nor circumscribed alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confined ; Forbade to wade... | |
 | Arethusa Hall - 1851 - 422 pages
...Or waked to ecstasy the living»lyre'. •f But Knowledge, to their eyes, her ample page, Rich with the spoils of time, did ne'er unroll; Chill Penury...And read their history in a nation's eyes, Their lot forbade; nor circumscribed alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confined; Forbade to wa"de... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 616 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. The...And read their history in a nation's eyes, Their lot forbade: nor circumscribed alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confined ; Forbade to wade... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1851 - 472 pages
...dt—'tless breast, The little tyrant of his fields withsv- ~, Some mute, inglorious Milton here may rest; Some Cromwell, guiltless of his country's blood. The...And read their history in a nation's eyes, Their lot forbade : nor circumscribed alone, Their growing virtues, but their crimes confined ;— ' Forbade... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1851 - 468 pages
...--tlcss breast, The little tyrant of his fields withs'-^, Some mute, inglorious Milton here may rest ; Some Cromwell, guiltless of his country's blood. The...And read their history in a nation's eyes, Their lot forbade : nor circumscribed alone, Their growing virtues, but their crimes confined ;— • Forbade... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1851 - 468 pages
...Some mute, inglorious Milton here may rest j Some village Hampdetf, that, with do.—>tless breast, Some Cromwell, guiltless of his country's blood. The...smiling land, And read their history in a nation's eyes, Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind; Their lot forbade:... | |
 | Scottish school-book assoc - 1852 - 248 pages
...ray serene The dark unfathom'd caves of Ocean bear ; Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air. Some village...country's blood. The applause of listening senates to co mmand, The threats of pain and ruin to despise, To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1852 - 512 pages
...current of the soul. Full many a gem, of purest ray serene, The dark, unfathomed caves of ocean bear; Some village Hampden, that, with dauntless breast,...listening senates to command, The threats of pain and rain to despise, To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their history in a nation's eyes,... | |
 | 1852 - 460 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 forbade ; nor circumscrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confin'd ; Forbade to wade... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1852 - 470 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 forbade ; nor circumscrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confin'd ; Forbade to wade... | |
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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... 
