 | Samuel Kirkham - 1842 - 386 psl.
...forbade';* nor circumscribed alone' Their growing 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 truth to hide', To quench the blushes of ingenuous shame'; Or heap the... | |
 | Readings - 1843 - 466 psl.
...Their lot forbade; nor circumscribed alone Their glowing 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 truth to hide, To quench the blushes of ingenuous shame, Or heap the... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 108 psl.
...lot forbade : nor circumscribed alone Their growing 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 truth to hide, To quench the blushes of ingenuous shame, Or heap the... | |
 | William Collins - 1844 - 324 psl.
...lot forbade : nor circumscribed alone Their growing 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 truth to hide, To quench the blushes of ingenuous shame, Or heap the... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 psl.
...lut forbade : nor circumscribed alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confined ; Forbade to Etrugglmg pangs of conscious truth to hide, To quench the blushes of ingenuous shame, Or heap the shrine... | |
 | 1844 - 742 psl.
...His aye forbade ; nor circumscribed alone His growing virtues, but bis crimes confin'd ; Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind." The youthful disposition of Richard the Third may form a good subject for ingenious speculation, but such... | |
 | George Mogridge - 1844 - 370 psl.
...Shipwrecks. — Fireworks. As I have but little love or loyalty for such monarchs as delight in war, who " Wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind ;" and very little inclination to regard battles and sieges, and sacking of cities, and great... | |
 | Old Humphrey - 1844 - 392 psl.
...Shipwrecks. — Fireworks. As I have but little love or loyalty for such monarchs as delight in war, who " Wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind ;" and very little inclination to regard battles and sieges, and sacking of cities, and great... | |
 | 1863 - 640 psl.
...sun will sink into endless night to gratify the ambition of the leaders of this revolt, who seek " to wade through slaughter to a throne, and shut the gates of mercy on mankind." (Cheers.) I have another and far brighter vision before my gaze. It may be but a vision,... | |
 | Old Humphrey - 1845 - 298 psl.
...lot forbade, nor circumscribed alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confined ; Forbade to wade through- slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind !" The name of king will not cover a crime from art' all-seeing eye, nor blot out a deed of blood from the... | |
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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... 
