 | Charles Burton - 1823 - 234 páginas
...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 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 her... | |
 | 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 failings lean'd to Virtue's side ; But, in his duty prompt at every call, He watch'd and wept, he pray'd and... | |
 | 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 of the watch'd and wept, he pray'd and felt for all. And, as a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt its... | |
 | George Bull (bp. of St. David's.) - 1825 - 340 páginas
...admonished the young, consoled the mourner, and supplied the wants of the distressed. Thus — — In his duty prompt at every call, He watched and wept, he prayed and felt for all. — Goldsmith. Antinomianism, which had sprung out of the abuse of the principles defended by the Synod... | |
 | James M'Henry - 1825 - 348 páginas
...withdrew to repose. CHAPTER XI. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And etfn 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 all. And as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt hernete-jledged... | |
 | Jonathan Duncan - 1825 - 274 páginas
...His house was known to all the vagrant train, He chid their wanderings, but relieved their pain. . Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And e'en his failings lean'd to virtue's side ; But in bis duty, prompt at every call, He watcli'd, he wept, he pray'd, he... | |
 | Richard Cecil - 1825 - 476 páginas
...other 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 failings lean'd to Virtue's side ; But, in his duty, prompt at every call, He watch'd and wept, he pray'd and... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1825 - 476 páginas
...vices 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 failings lean'd to virtue's side ; But in his duty prompt at every call, He watch'd and wept, he pray'd and... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1825 - 310 páginas
...vices in their wo ; 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 ev'ry call, He watch'd and wept, he pray'd and... | |
 | 1826 - 300 páginas
...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 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... | |
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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 leaned to virtue's side ; But in his duty prompt at every call, He watched and wept, he prayed and felt for... 
