...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...

...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...

...ruin to despise, To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their history in a nation's eyes, " Their lot forbade ; nor circumscrib'd alone Their...slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind ; And read their history in a nation's eyes. — This line is very beautiful. A great man,...

...ruin to despise, To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their history in a nation's eyes , Their lot forbade: nor circumscrib'd alone Their growing...wade- through slaughter to a throne, And shut the grates of mercy on mankind ; The struggling pangs of conscious Truth to hide , To quench the blushes...

...ruin to despise, , 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 crimes confin'd ; [41] Mr. Edwards (Author of the Canons of Criticism), who, though an old bachelor, like Mr. Gray,...

...forbad; nor circumscrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confin'd; Forbad to wade thro' slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind; • The ftruggling pangs of conscious Truth to hide» To quench the blushes of ingenuous Shame, Or heap the...

...Their lot forbad : nor circumscrib'd alone Tfieir growing virtues, but their crimes confin'd ; Forbad to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the...of conscious truth to hide. To quench the blushes cf ingenuous shame, Or heap the shrine of Luxury and Pride With incense kindled at the Muse's flame....

...nor circumscrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes connn'd ; !'(>: i) ,-.l to wade thro' slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy...Truth to hide, To quench the blushes of ingenuous Sliamb, Or heap the shrine of Luxury and Ptide t With incense kindled at tlie Muse's flame. Far from...

...actions, which constitute vulgar greatness, and to dwell slightly upon the horrid atrocities of those, who wade through slaughter to a throne, and shut the gates of mercy on mankind ; who cry havoc, and let slip the dogs of war; wiiose foot-steps are traced in the blood of...

...towards a higher degree of perfection; and dwelling more slightly upon the atrocities of those who " wade through slaughter to a throne, and shut the gates of mercy on mankind," who " cry havoc and let ¡-lip the dogs, of war," whose steps are traced in the blood of...