| James Robert Boyd - 1844 - 372 páginas
...tongues, is like a diamond obscured by smoke." " And, as a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt its new-fledged offspring to the skies, He tried each...delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way." Q. What is the foundation of this figure? A. Analogy, or resemblance, either in character or effect.... | |
| English poetry - 1844 - 110 páginas
...watch'd and wept, he pray'd and felt, for all : And, as a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt its new-fledged offspring to the skies, He tried each...delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way. Beside the bed where parting life was laid, And sorrow, guilt, and pain, by turns dismay'd, The reverend... | |
| 1871 - 870 páginas
...biographer aptly quotes the well-known lines : " And as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt its new-fledged offspring to the skies ; He tried each...delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way." When this inventive pastor had lost the sense of feeling in his right arm and left side, and so had... | |
| 1850 - 642 páginas
...watched and wept, he prayed and felt for all ; And, as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt its new-fledged offspring to the skies, He tried each...delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way. While the memory of such a brother was yet fresh in his heart, and his grief was green, it no doubt... | |
| William Morrison Engles - 1844 - 274 páginas
...wept, he prayed and felt for all. And, as a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt its new fledged offspring to the skies; He tried each art, reproved...delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way. Beside the bed, where parting life was laid, And sorrow, guilt, and pain, by turns dismayed, The reverend... | |
| Samuel Maunder - 1844 - 544 páginas
...wept, he pray'd and felt for all; And as a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt its new-fledg'd offspring to the skies; He tried each art, reproved...delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way. Beside the bed where parting life was laid, And sorrow, guilt, and pain by turns dismay'd, The reverend... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 páginas
...wept, he prayed and felt for all ; And, as a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt her new fledged His horse and him, unconscious of them all. But 0...budget ! ushered in With such heart-shaking music Beside the bed where parting life was laid, And sorrow, guilt, and pain, by turns dismayed, The reverend... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 páginas
...wept, he prayed and felt for all ; And, as a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt her new fledged g infested all the coasts, and even the inland parts...by their depredations, having now learned the arts Beside the bed where parting life was laid, And sorrow, guilt, and pain, by turns dismayed, The reverend... | |
| 1844 - 406 páginas
...christian dignity. Endeavour to make your government attractive, your example alluring. "Just as the bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt her new-fledged offspring to the skies ; They tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way." HD INTELLIGENCE.... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1845 - 550 páginas
...watch'd and wept, he pray'd and felt for aB; And, as a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt its new-fledged offspring to the skies, He tried each...delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way. Beside the bed where parting life was laid, And sorrow, guilt, and pain, by turns dismay'd, The reverend... | |
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