 At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorned the venerable place; Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway, And fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray. The service past, around the pious man, With steady zeal, each honest rustic...  Poet's Walk: An Introduction to English Poetry - Página 87por Mowbray Morris - 1898 - 343 páginasVisualização integral - Acerca deste livro
 | J[ohn] H[anbury]. Dwyer - 1828 - 314 páginas
...were not divided : they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions." 2 SAMTCL, i. 23. " As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells...storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head." GOLDSMITH. " She came in all her beauty, like the moon... | |
 | 1828 - 348 páginas
...circumstance seems to justify the bold imagery and beautiful description of a mountain given by the Poet : " As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells...storm ; Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head." GOLDSMITH. The comfortable inn, situated near this romantic... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1829 - 290 páginas
...Even children followed with endearing wile, And plucked his gown, to share the good man's smile ; Hia ready smile a parent's warmth expressed, Their welfare...in heaven. As some tall cliff, that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storai, Though round its breast the rolling clouds... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 516 páginas
...smile. His ready smile a parent's warmth exprest, Their welfare pleas'd him, and their cares distrest ; To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given,...storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head. , THE VILLAGE SCHOOLMASTER AND THE VILLAGE INN. BESIDE... | |
 | Thomas F. Walker - 1830 - 256 páginas
...smile. His ready smile a parent's warmth exprest ; Their welfare pieas'd him, and their cares distrest ; To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given,...in heaven. As some tall cliff, that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm, Tho* round its breast the roiling clouds are... | |
 | William Grisenthwaite - 1830 - 104 páginas
...own. Goldsmith, speaking of the Village Preacher, describes him by the following beautiful simile: "As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells...storm; Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head." Here we have an assemblage of sensible objects familiar... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1830 - 544 páginas
...smile. His ready smile a parent's warmth express'd, Their welfare pleased him, and theircaresdistress'Ji ster. [Exit. Miss Hardcastle [alone]. Lud, this news...in a flutter. Young, handsome; these he put last; lilis its awful form, Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm, Though round its breast the... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1831 - 294 páginas
...And fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray. The service past, around the pious man, With ready zeal, each honest rustic ran : Even children followed...storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head. « LESSON XLII. Parody* on the preceding. — BLACKWOOD'S... | |
 | Mary Martha Sherwood - 1831 - 788 páginas
...His ready smile a parent's warmth expressed ; Their welfare pleased him, and their cares distress'd : To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given,...storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head !' " When Edmund had repeated this beautiful quotation... | |
 | 1831 - 548 páginas
...power, and more than half their keenness. He thus illustrates those beautiful lines of Goldsmith,— " As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells...storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head." His conscience, meantime, is like a clear and tranquil... | |
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