 | William Shakespeare - 1823 - 346 pages
...excellently expresssed in his Elegy these sacrificial offerings to the great froiii the poetic tribe: " To heap the shrine of luxury and pride With incense kindled at the muse's flame." WAKEFIELD. [4] " To drink the air," like the aaiuriu atherioi of Virgil, is merely a poetical phrase... | |
 | William Collins, Thomas Gray, James Beattie, George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1824 - 478 pages
...circumscribed alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confined ; Forbad to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind,...incense kindled at the Muse's flame. Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife Their sober wishes never learn' d to stray; Along the cool sequester'd... | |
 | Marie-Joseph Chénier - 1824 - 460 pages
...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....incense kindled at the Muse's flame. Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learn' d to stray ; Along the cool, sequester'... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...growing virtues, but their crimes confin'd; Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And abut n, devil with devil damn'd Firm concord holds, men...proclaiming peace, Yet live in hatred, enmity, and strife madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learn'd to stray; Along the cool sequester'd... | |
 | Marie-Joseph Chénier - 1824 - 464 pages
...their crimes confîn'd; Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy ou mankind. The struggling pangs of conscious Truth to...shrine of Luxury and Pride With incense kindled at the Muse' s flame. Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learn'd to stray;... | |
 | William Oxberry - Theater - 1824 - 402 pages
...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; panjs of conscious Truth to hide, To quench the blushes of ingenuous Shame, Or heap the shrne of Luxury... | |
 | William Scott - Diccion - 1825 - 382 pages
...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 :...incense kindled at the muse's flame. Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never leanrtl to stray — Along the cool sequester'd... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Elocution - 1825 - 310 pages
...Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind ; The strugglmg pangs of conscious truth to hide, To quench the blushes...incense kindled at the muse's flame. Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learn'd to stray ; Along the cool sequester'd... | |
 | Thomas Gray - Fore-edge painting - 1825 - 346 pages
...circumscribed alone 65 Their growing virtues, but their crimes confined ; Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of Mercy on mankind,...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. thought by some,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1825 - 600 pages
...And shut the gates of merey on mankind ; The struggling pangs of eonseious truth to hide, To queneh e. With how sad steps, ineense kindled at the Muse's flame. Far from the madding erowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes... | |
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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 quench the blushes of ingenuous shame, Or heap the shrine of Luxury and Pride With incense kindled at the Muse's... 
