 | John Hall Hindmarsh - 1845 - 464 pages
...bre'ast, The little tyrant of his IT elds/ withsto'od : Some mute/ inglo'rious-Milton/ here may re'st : Some Cro"mwell/ guiltless of his country's bloo'd....of listening se'nates/ to comm'and, The threats of paTn and ru'in/ to despi'se, To scatter plen'ty/ o'er a smiling la'nd, And read their luVtory/ in a... | |
 | Sir Nathaniel William Wraxall - Great Britain - 1845 - 444 pages
...service. If, indeed, Gray's lines were ever realized, when he says, — " Th' applause of list'ning senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to despise ; To scatter plenty o'er a smiling hud, And read their hist'ry in a nation's eyes ;" — if ever this picture was personified, and presented... | |
 | Commerce - 1846 - 632 pages
...laborious ancestors, might truthfully repeat these emphatic words of England's gifted bard : — ' Some village Hampden, that, with dauntless breast,...Cromwell, guiltless of his country's blood.' " "The statement made by General Dearborn appeared to me во startling, so appalling, that I was induced... | |
 | 1846 - 436 pages
...unfathomed caves of ocean bear ; Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, Or waste its fragrance 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... | |
 | American periodicals - 1846 - 636 pages
...pedestal of a statue (in biscuit) erected in the matter of the Corn-Laws, to Sir Robert Peel : — ' The applause of listening senates to command, The threats of pain and niin to despise ; To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read his history in a nation's eyes?'... | |
 | Asa Humphrey - Literature - 1847 - 238 pages
...repressed their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul. Full many a gem of purest ray serene, The dark unfathomed caves of ocean bear: Full many...The applause of listening senates to command, The threat of pain and ruin to despise, To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their history in... | |
 | James Sheridan Knowles - Elocution - 1847 - 344 pages
...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 village...Hampden, that, with dauntless breast, The little tyrant of his fields withstood — Some mute, inglorious Milton, here may rest — Some Cromwell, guiltless... | |
 | Hugh Gawthrop - Recitations - 1847 - 184 pages
...ray serene, The dark unfathomed caves of ocean bear ; Fall 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 the fields withstood ; Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest ; Some Cromwell, guiltless of his... | |
 | English poetry - 1848 - 468 pages
...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 village...guiltless of his country's blood. The* applause of list'ning senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to despise, To scatter plenty o'er a smiling... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - Elocution - 1849 - 446 pages
...serene, The dark, unfathomed caves of ocean bear; Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, 20 And waste its sweetness on the desert air. Some village...Hampden, that, with dauntless breast, The little tyrant of his fieUs withstood ; Some mute, inglorious Milton here may rest ; Some Cromwell, guiltless of his... | |
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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. 
