waste its sweetness on the desert air. Some village Hampden, that with dauntless breast The little tyrant of his fields withstood, Some mute, inglorious Milton here may rest; Some Cromwell, guiltless of his country's blood. Th' applause of listening senates... Choice Readings from Standard and Popular Authors - Pagina 181887 - 710 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
| Thomas Gray - 1825 - 728 pagina’s
...charms Shone with attraction to herself unknown ; Whose beauty might have blessed a monarch's arms, Th' 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 history in a nation's eyes, Their lot forbade: nor circumscribed... | |
| British anthology - 1825 - 462 pagina’s
...withstood, Some mute 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 despise, To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their history in a nation's eyes, Their lot forbade : nor circumscribed... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1825 - 310 pagina’s
...noble rage, . The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear : Full many a flow'r is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air. Some village Hampden, that with dauntless breast Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood. Th' applause of list'ning senates to command, j* The... | |
| Thomas Gray - 1826 - 190 pagina’s
...withstood, Some mute 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 despise, To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their history in a nation's eyes, Their lot forbade: nor circumscribed... | |
| John Johnstone - 1827 - 596 pagina’s
...ray serene, The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear; Full many a flower is bor n to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air. Some village...Hampden, that with dauntless breast, "The little tyrant of his fields withstood; Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest: Some Cromwell, guiltless of his... | |
| Thomas Gray, William Mason - 1827 - 468 pagina’s
...ray serene, The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear : Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air. . • Some...Hampden, that with dauntless breast The little tyrant of his fields withstood; Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell guiltless of his... | |
| James Melville M'Culloch - 1827 - 370 pagina’s
...withstood; Some mute 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 despise. To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their history in a nation's eyes, Their lot forbade : nor circumscribed... | |
| George Croly - 1828 - 430 pagina’s
...ray serene, The dark unfathomed caves of ocean bear: Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air. Some village...Hampden that with dauntless breast, The little tyrant of his fields withstood, Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell, guiltless of his... | |
| Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 266 pagina’s
...Some mute 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 despise,— To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land,— And read their history in a nation's eyes, Forbade to wade thro' slaughter... | |
| John Pierpont - 1828 - 320 pagina’s
...yj\Y\\sVooA.-, Some mute, inglorious Milton \\ete. mvj text-, Some Cromwell, guiltless of \us covetaf %\>WA. 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 history in a nation's eyes, Their lot forbade : nor circumscribed... | |
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