 | Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 psl.
...inglorious Milton here may rest ; Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood. The applause of listening senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin 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... | |
 | Jesse Olney - 1838 - 346 psl.
...Miltonf here may rest ; Some Cromwell,J guiltless of his country's blood. 16. The applause of listening senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to...scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their history in a nation's eyes ; 17. Their lot forbade : nor circumscribed alone Their growing virtues,... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - 1839 - 362 psl.
...breast', The little tyrant of his fields withstood';— Some mute', inglorious Milton', here may rest'; Some Cromwell', guiltless of his country's blood'....land', And read their hist'ry in a nation's eyes', Their lot forbade';* nor circumscribed alone' Their growing virtues', but their crimes confined'; Forbade'... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1839 - 216 psl.
...relevé les débris, Et recueilli l'éloge en des yeux attendris, XVI. Т1Г applause of listening senates to command ; The threats of pain and ruin...scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their history in a nation's eyes, Moîpai ejrfкXuxruvт'' apfтаis ovx ÎA«u avтâv EK фóта où тч/шv,... | |
 | Martin Gardner - 1992 - 226 psl.
...inglorious Milton, here may rest, Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood. Th' applause of Hst'ning senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to...scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their history in a nation's eyes, Their lot forhade: nor circumscribed alone Their growing virtues, but their... | |
 | John Guillory - 1993 - 422 psl.
...great "virtue" but finally comes to signify the sheer negativity of individual lusts and ambitions: Some village-Hampden, that with dauntless breast The...smiling land, And read their his'try in a nation's eyes Their lot forbade: nor circumscrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confin'd; Forbade... | |
 | Kevin P. Van Anglen - 1993 - 280 psl.
...stamp are now mere "mute inglorious Milton[s]," elitists who had sought "the applause of listening senates to command, / The threats of pain and ruin...scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, / And read their history in a nation's eyes"—but failed. 28 Much of Dwight's motivation for making this self-deprecating... | |
 | Adam Potkay - 1994 - 276 psl.
...Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood. Th'applause of list'ning senates to command, The threats of pain...smiling land, And read their hist'ry in a nation's eyes, Their lot forbad . . . (57—65 [stanzas 15—r/]) of the Commonwealth, in contrast to the peasants... | |
 | Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - 1995 - 936 psl.
...withstood; Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood, 60 Th' applause of list'ning senates to command, The...smiling land, And read their hist'ry in a nation's eyes, Their lot forbade: nor circumscribed alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confined; Forbade... | |
 | 1996 - 160 psl.
...ne'er unroll; Chill Penury repressed their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul. The applause of list'ning senates to command, The threats...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... | |
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Th' applause of list'ning 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... 
