...circumfcrib'd alone Their giowing virtues, but their crimes confin'd; Forbad to wade through slaugther to a throne , And shut the gates of mercy on mankind The ftruggling pangs of confcious truth to hide, To quench the blushes of ingenuous shame, Or heap the...

...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 truth to hide; To quench the blushes of ingenuous shame , Or heap...

...o'er a Trailing land, And read their hifl'ry in a nation's eyes, Their lot forbade; nor circumfcribed alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confined ; Forbade to wade through (laughter to a throne, And (hut the gates of mercy on mankind. The ftruggling pangs of confcious truth...

...comparison, to reflect on the pious, though unnoticed poor, whom, to do deeds of fame and glory— " Their lot forbade, nor circumscribed alone Their growing...throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind!" The name of king will not cover a crime from an all-seeing eye, nor blot out a deed of blood from the record...

...comparison, to reflect on the pious, though unnoticed, poor, whom, to do deeds of fame and glory— " Their lot forbade, nor circumscribed alone Their growing...slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind P The name of king will not cover a crime from an all-seeing eye, nor blot out a deed of blood...

...lovely fair, whose unaffected chnrms Shone with attraction to herself unknown; Th' applause of list'ning senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to...scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their hist'ry in a nation's eyes, Their lot forbade: nor circumscrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their...

...Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood [41]. Th' applause of list'ning senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to...scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their hist'ry in a nation's eyes, [41] Mr. Edwards (Author of Ihe Canons of Criticism), who, though an old...

...inglorious Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood. Th' applause oflist'ning senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to...scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their hist'ry in a nation's eyes, Their lot forbad: nor circuuiscrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their...

...inglorjdus Milton, here may rest, Some Cromwell, guiltless of his country's blood. Th' applause of list'ning senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to...scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their hist'ry in a nation's eyes, 6^ Their lot forbad; norcircumscrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but...

...Richard Cromwell experienced the truth of this observation, and Gray acknowledges it in his Elegy : Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of Mercy on mankind, (rf) This fancy of the Trojan shepherd was no bad fancy.' in my opinion; and would not have...