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" Careless their merits or their faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And e'en his failings lean'd to virtue's side ; But in his duty prompt at every call, He watch'd and wept, he pray'd and felt for... "
An Historical Account of the ... Commission Appointed to Inquire Concerning ... - Página 210
por Nicholas Carlisle - 1828 - 330 páginas
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The Oxford Book of Eighteenth Century Verse

David Nichol Smith - 1926 - 744 páginas
...pity gave ere charity began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And even his failings leaned to Virtue's side ; But in his duty prompt at every call, He watched and wept, he prayed and felt, for all. And, as a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt...
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Historical Papers and Addresses of the Lancaster County ..., Volúmenes26-28

Lancaster County Historical Society (Pa.) - 1927 - 824 páginas
...Goldsmith's "Deserted Village," "Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And e'en his failings leaned to virtue's side. But in his duty prompt at every call He watched and wept, he prayed and felt for all." The shadows were lengthening for the venerable rector...
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The World's Great Religious Poetry

Caroline Miles Hill - 1928 - 888 páginas
...pity gave ere charity began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And e'en his failings leaned to Virtue's side; But in his duty prompt at every call, He watched and wept, he prayed and felt for all. And, as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt its...
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Journal of the Derbyshire Archaeological and Natural History Society, Volumen5

Derbyshire Archaeological Society - 1883 - 252 páginas
...the village preacher described by Goldsmith, that " To relieve the wretched was his pride, And ev'n his failings lean'd to virtue's side ; But in his duty prompt at ev'ry call, He watch'd and wept—he pray'd—and felt for all ; And, as a bird each fond endearment...
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Giving: Charity and Philanthropy in History

Robert H. Bremner - 260 páginas
...pity gave ere charity began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And even his failings leaned to virtue's side; But in his duty prompt at every call, He watched and wept, he prayed and felt for all.10 Early in William Cowper's "Charity" (1782) the poet...
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A Speaking Life: John Keble & the Anglican Tradition of Ministry & Art

Charles R. Henery - 1995 - 176 páginas
...spendthrifts and wounded soldiers. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride And e'n his failings leaned to Virtue's side But in his duty prompt at every call,...He watch'd and 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...
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The Father and Daughter with Dangers of Coquetry

Amelia Opie - 2003 - 382 páginas
...describes the village preacher: "Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, / And even his failings leaned to Virtue's side; / But in his duty prompt at every call, / He watched and wept, he prayed and felt, for all" (11.163-166). 3 Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act 3, scene 2,11....
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The English Reader: What Every Literate Person Needs to Know

Diane Ravitch, Michael Ravitch - 2006 - 512 páginas
...pity gave ere charity began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And e'en his failings leaned to Virtue's side; But in his duty prompt at every call, He watched and wept, he prayed and felt, for all. And, as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt its...
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