Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne,
And shut the gates of mercy on mankind.


St. 17 - Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard (1750)


Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind.

Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind.

Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind.

Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind.