 Leuconomus (beneath well-sounding Greek , I slur a name a poet must not speak) Stood pilloried on infamy's high stage, And bore the pelting scorn of half an age ; The very butt of slander, and the blot For every dart that malice ever shot.  The History of Scotland - Page 418by George Buchanan - 1829Full view - About this book
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1803 - 310 pages
...closely to be borne ; A distant virtue we can all confess, It hurts our pride, and moves our envy, less. Leuconomus (beneath well-sounding Greek I slur a name...pilloried on infamy's high stage, And bore the pelting score of half an age ; The very butt of slander, and the blot For ev'ry dart that malice ever shot.... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 316 pages
...distant virtue we can all confess, . ,. . . It hurts our pride, and moves our envy, less. Lcuconomus (beneath well-sounding Greek I slur a name a poet...pelting scorn of half an age; The very butt of slander, and the blot , . .. For every dprt that malice ever shot. The man that mentioned him at once dismissed... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1806 - 478 pages
...we can all confess, It hurts our pride, and moves our envy, less. Leuconomus (beneath well- sounding Greek I slur a name a poet must not speak) Stood pilloried...pelting scorn of half an age; The very butt of slander, and the blot For every dart that malice ever shot. The man that mentioned him at once dismissed All... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 310 pages
...to be bo^ne.; A distant virtue we can all confess, It hurts our pride, and moves our envy, less. . Leuconomus (beneath well-sounding Greek I slur a name a poet must not speak) Stood pilloried qn infamy's high stage, And bore the pelting scorn of half as? age) The very butt. of slander, and... | |
 | William Cowper - 1808 - 330 pages
...virtue we can all confess, It hurts our pride and moves our envy less. Leuconomus (beneath well sounding Greek I slur a name a poet must not speak) Stood pilloried...pelting scorn of half an age ; The very butt of slander, and the blot For every dart that malice ever shot. The man that mention'd him at once dismiss'd All... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1808 - 354 pages
...distant virtue we can all confess, It hurts nur pride, and moves our envy, less. •='tfaJeAii6mus' (beneath well-sounding Greek I slur a name a poet...pilloried on Infamy's high stage, And bore the pelting score of half an age ; ' The very butt' of Slander, and the blot For ev'ry dart that Malice ever shot.... | |
 | William Cowper - 1810 - 390 pages
...closely to be borne : A distant virtue we can all confess, It hurts our pride, and moves our envy, less Leuconomus (beneath well-sounding Greek I slur a name...pilloried on Infamy's high stage, And bore the pelting score of half an age ; The very butt of Slander, and the blot For ev'ry dart that Malice ever shot.... | |
 | William Cowper - 1810 - 422 pages
...closely to be borne : A distant virtue we can all confess, It hurts our pride, and moves our envy, less Leuconomus (beneath well-sounding Greek I slur a name...pilloried on Infamy's high stage, And bore the pelting score of half an age ; The very butt of Slander, and the blot For ev'ry dart that Malice ever shot.... | |
 | Henry Gauntlett - Christianity - 1810 - 236 pages
...knowledge of God which is destined to covet the earth as the waters cover the sea." ' LBUCONOMUS f (beneath well-sounding Greek I slur a name a poet...speak) Stood pilloried on Infamy's high stage, And bore tbe pelting scorn of half an age, — * Sir John Moore. f From Aiwew White, and No/*« a Field. 68... | |
 | William Cowper - 1812 - 396 pages
...closely to be borne: A distant virtue we can all confess, It hurts our pride, and moves our envy, less. Leuconomus (beneath well-sounding Greek I slur a name...pilloried on Infamy's high stage, And bore the pelting score of half an age; The very butt of Slander, and the blot For ev'ry dart that Malice ever shot.... | |
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