...will give offence to althose, whom nothing can please but panegyric or defamation. " The strugling pangs of conscious truth to hide, To quench the blushes of ingenuous shame," are feelings, to which the author, on the present occasion, is a total stranger. He might have expatiated...

...ancestor», in this parish, ran their unambitious round of village-occupations, when, " Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learn'd to stray ; Along the cool seqnesler'd vale of life They kept the noiselew tenor of their way." Nor does the church-yard present...

...circumscrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confin'd ; Forbad to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of Mercy on mankind,...never learn'd to stray ; Along the cool sequester'd vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way. Yet ev'n these bones from insult to protect...

...circumscrib'd alone, Their growing virtues, but their crimes confin'd ; Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind :...sober wishes never learn'd to stray—- Along the cool seqnester'd vale of life, They kept the noiseless tenor of their way. Yet e'en the'se bones from insult...

...circumscrib'd aloO Th*ir growing virtues, but their crimes co_ ,. , Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind :...luxury and pride. With incense kindled at the muse's flume. Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never Ittnm'd to stray — Along...

...circumscrib'd alone, Their growing virtues, but their crimes confin'd ; Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind :...ingenuous shame ; Or heap the shrine of luxury and prided With incense kindled at the muse's flame. Far from the-madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their...

...growing virtues, but their crimes confin'd; Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And siiut the gates of mercy on mankind : The struggling pangs...conscious truth to hide, •* To quench the blushes of ingesiuous shame ; Or heap the shrine of luxury and pride, With incense kindled at the muse's flame....

...circumscrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confin'd ; Forbad to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind,...never learn'd to stray ; Along the cool sequester'd vale of life They kept the noiseless tenour of their way. Yet ev'n these bones from insult to protect,...

...circumscfib'd albrle, Their growing virtues, but their crirhes confin'd ; Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind :...incense kindled at the muse's flame. Far from the madd'ning crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learn'd to stray — Along the cool sequestei'd...

...circumscrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confin'd ; Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind,...to hide, To quench the blushes of ingenuous shame, Fur from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learn'd to stray ; Along the...