 | 1780 - عدد الصفحات: 226
...o'er a fmiling land, And read their hrft'ry in a nation's eyes. Their lot forbade ; nor circumfcrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confin'd; Forbade to wade through flaughter to a throne, And fhut the gates of mercy on mankind : The ftrjaggling pangs of confcious... | |
 | John Scott, John Hoole - 1785 - عدد الصفحات: 544
...o'er a foiling land, And read their hiftory in a nation's eyes, Their lot forbade : nor circumfcrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confin'd;...Forbade to wade through Slaughter to a throne, And fhut the gates of mercy on mankind ; The ftruggling pangs of confcious truth to hide, To quench the... | |
 | John Scott, John Hoole - 1785 - عدد الصفحات: 492
...o'er a fmiling land, And read their hiftory in a nation's eyes, Their lot forbade : nor circumfcrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confin'd; Forbade to wade through flaughter to a throne, And fhut the gates of mercy on mankind j The ftruggling pangs of confcious truth... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1785 - عدد الصفحات: 568
...o'er a fmiling land, And read their hift'ry in a nation's eyes, Their lot forbade ; nor circumfcrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confin'd ; Forbade to wade through flaughter to a throne, And fhut the gates of mercy on mankind: The The ftruggling pangs of confciouy... | |
 | William Enfield - 1785 - عدد الصفحات: 460
...a fmiling land, And read their hiftory in a nation's eyes, * Their lot forbade : nor circumfcrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confin'd; Forbade to wade through flaughter to a throne, And fhut the gates of mercy on mankind. The ftruggling pangs of confcious Truth... | |
 | 1787 - عدد الصفحات: 672
...and commonly profaic. He might be capable of producing — " Their lot forbade : nor circumfcrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confin'd : Forbade to wade through (laughter to a throne. And (hut the gates of mercy on mankind;" — But this were far beyond his powers... | |
 | 1787 - عدد الصفحات: 668
...and commonly profaic. He might be capable of producing — " Their lot forbade : nor circumfcrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confin'd : Forbade to wade through (laughter to a throne, And fhut the gates of mercy on mankind:" — But this were far beyond his powers... | |
 | 1792 - عدد الصفحات: 112
...o'er a fmiling land , And read their hiftory in a nations eyes, Their lot forbade: nor circumfcrib'd alone Their growing virtues but their crimes confin'd; Forbade to wade through flaughter to a throne ; And shut the gates of mercy on mankind; The The ftruggling pangs of confcious... | |
 | 1797 - عدد الصفحات: 350
...o'er a fmiling land, And read their hift'ry in a nation's eyes. Their lot forbade: not circumfcrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confin'd ; Forbade to wade through flaughter to a throne, And fliut the gates of mercy on mankind. The ftruggling pangs of confcious truth... | |
 | British poetical miscellany - 1805 - عدد الصفحات: 262
...o'er a fmiling land, And read iheir hift'ry in a nation's eyes-, Their lot forbade; nor circumfcrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confin'd; Forbade to wade through fiaughter to a throne, And fhut the gates of mercy on mankind ; The ftruggling pangs of confcious Truth... | |
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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... 
