| British poets - 1822 - 290 páginas
...pity gave ere charity began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And e'en his failings lear1'd to virtue's side; But in his duty prompt, at every call, He watch'd and wept, he pray'd aqd felt, for all: And, as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt its new-fledged offspring to... | |
| 1838 - 1014 páginas
...for, and appeared to be affectionately concerned for the welfare of, every member of the family. ' But in his duty prompt at every call, He watch'd, and wept, and pray'd, nnd felt for all ; And as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt her new-fledged offspring... | |
| Charles Burton - 1823 - 234 páginas
...faults to scan, His pity gave, ere charity began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And ev'n his failings lean'd to virtue's side; But in his duty...call, He watch'd and wept, he pray'd and felt for all. And, as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt her new-fledg'd offspring to the skies, He try'd... | |
| William Enfield - 1823 - 412 páginas
...faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, Aud 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. Aud, as a bird each fond endearment... | |
| John Newton, Richard Cecil - 1824 - 738 páginas
...hour: Far other aims bis heart had learn'd to prize, More bent to raise the wretched than to rise. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And e'en his...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... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 páginas
...pity gave ere charity began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And even his failings Ican'd n endless error hurl'd: The glory, jest, and riddle...the world! [guides, Go, wondrous creature! mount And, as a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt its ncw-fledg'd offspring to the skies, He try'd... | |
| 1824 - 728 páginas
...dying penitent. Neither business nor pleasure was permitted to interrupt these holy employments, " For in his duty prompt at every call, He watch'd and wept, he pray'd and felt for all." Nor was he less careful to minister, perhaps even btyond his means, to the temporal wants of the afflicted.... | |
| John Milton - 1824 - 510 páginas
...relieve the wretched was his pride, End even his failings Ican'd to virtue's side ; ut in his duly prompt at every call, He watch'd and wept, he pray'd, and felt, for atl And, as a bird each fond endearment tries, To 'tempt its new-fledg'd offspring to the skies ; He... | |
| Richard Cecil - 1825 - 476 páginas
...aims his heart had learn'd to prize, More bent to raise the wretched than to rise. VoL. I. 34* Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And e'en his...call, He watch'd and wept, he pray'd and felt, for all : And, as a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt its ncw-fledg'd offspring to the skies, He tried... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1825 - 476 páginas
...in their woe ; 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...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-fledged offspring to the skies, He tried... | |
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