| Lindley Murray - English language - 1812 - 224 pages
...senate at his heels. Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learn .d to stray ? Along the cool sequester'd vale of life, They kept the noiseless tenor of their way. What nothing earthly gives, or can destroy, The soul.s calm sunshine, and the heartfelt... | |
| English poetry - 1814 - 310 pages
...confined : Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind ; The struggling pangs of conscious truth to hide, To...cool sequester'd vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way. Yet ev'n these bones from insult to protect, Some frail memorial still erected... | |
| William Scott - Elocution - 1814 - 424 pages
...to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind : The struggling parig-s of conscious truth to To quench the blushes of ingenuous shame ; Or heap...flame. Far From the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learri'd to stray — Along1 the cool sequester'd vale of life, They kept... | |
| Elegant poems - 1814 - 132 pages
...confin'd : Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind : The struggling pangs of conscious truth to hide ;...shrine of luxury and pride, With incense kindled at the muses' flame. Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learnt to stray... | |
| James Fennell - Quaker actors - 1814 - 544 pages
...can only presume that " Far from the mad'ning crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learnt to stray: Along the cool sequester'd vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way." And as I also presume that the reader will join with me in judgment, of the inutility... | |
| Lindley Murray - English language - 1814 - 308 pages
...senate at his heels. Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learu'd to stray ; Along the cool sequester'd vale of life, They kept the noiseless tenor of their way. What nothing earthly gives, or can destroy, The soul's calm sunshine, and the heartfelt... | |
| Thomas Branagan - Charity - 1815 - 376 pages
...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 to hide. To...sober wishes never learn'd to stray; Along the cool secjuester'd vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way. Yet e'en these bones from insult... | |
| Thomas Gray, John Mitford - 1816 - 446 pages
...all he spoke." Forbad to wade thro' slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind, " The struggling pangs of conscious truth to hide, To quench the blushes of ingenuous shame, 70 Or heap the shrine of luxury and pride With incense kindled at the Muse's flame: VARIATIONS. Ver.... | |
| Elizabeth Tomkins - English poetry - 1817 - 276 pages
...crimes confined ; Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind: The struggling pangs of conscious truth to hide, To...kindled at the muse's flame. Far from the madding erowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learn'd to stray; Along the cool sequester'd vale... | |
| William Scott - Elocution - 1817 - 416 pages
...throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind : The struggling' pangs of conscious truth to hidr. To quench the blushes of ingenuous shame ; Or heap the shrine of luxury and pride, With iaceuse kindled at the Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never leam'd... | |
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