 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 new-fledged offspring...  Songs of Three Centuries - Página 66editado por - 1875 - 352 páginasVisualização integral - Acerca deste livro
 | William Sherwood - 1856 - 466 páginas
...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...way. Beside the bed, where parting life was laid, And sorrow, guilt, and pain by turns dismayed, The reverend champion stood. At his control Despair and... | |
 | Henry Clay Fish - 1856 - 1270 páginas
...transitory, he seized, to guide the attention which it awakened, to some wise and important purpose. " And as a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt...delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way." Hear his own language — " Though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all... | |
 | Bridgewater (Mass.) - 1856 - 172 páginas
...hour; Far other aims his heart had learned to prize, — More bent to raise the wretched than to rise. And as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt...delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way." There was also, in each of the parishes, the place — It may, however, have been flip, or good old... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1856 - 800 páginas
...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...delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way. The reverend champion stood. At his control, Despair and anguish fled the struggling soul; Comfort... | |
 | 1856 - 754 páginas
...virtue s aide ! 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...delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way. In reforming the moral and social condition of Alderley, his efforts were most indefatigable, and generally... | |
 | Bridgewater (Mass.) - 1856 - 198 páginas
...hour; Far other aims his heart had learned to prize, — More bent to raise the wretched than to rise. And as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt...delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way." There was also, in each of the parishes, the place — " Where gray-beard mirth and smiling toil retired... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1856 - 134 páginas
...watched and wept, he prayed, and felt for nil And, as a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt her new-fledged offspring to the skies ; He tried each...way. Beside the bed, where parting life was laid, And sorrow, guilt, and pain by turns dismayed, The reverend champion stood. At his control Despair and... | |
 | David Charles Bell - 1856 - 466 páginas
...watched and wept, he prayed and felt for all : And, as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt her new-fledged offspring to the skies, He tried each...way. Beside the bed where parting life was laid, And sorrow, guilt, and pain, by turns dismayed, The reverend champion stood. At his control, Despair and... | |
 | Tom Peete Cross, Clement Tyson Goode - 1927 - 1432 páginas
...Virtue's side; But in his duty prompt at every call, 165 He watched and wept, he prayed and felt, for all. And, as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt...delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way. 170 Beside the bed where parting life was laid, And sorrow, guilt, and pain, by turns dismayed, The... | |
 | Caroline Miles Hill - 1928 - 888 páginas
...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...way. Beside the bed where parting life was laid, And sorrow, guilt and pain by turns dismayed, The reverend champion stood. At his control Despair and anguish... | |
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