 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.  Littell's Living Age - Página 5101892Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
 | Sir James Prior - 1837 - 564 páginas
...any. In the character of the Village Preacher there are the lines — " Truth from his lips prevail'd with double sway, And fools who came to scoff remained to pray :" which bear some resemblance in expression though not in thought, to a passage in the Britannia Rediviva... | |
 | Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 páginas
...; Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whispered praise. At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks...pray. The service past, around the pious man, With ready zeal, each honest rustic ran ; E'en children followed with endearing wile, And plucked his gown,... | |
 | 1840 - 420 páginas
...; Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whisper'd praise. At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks...adorned the venerable place ; Truth from his lips prevail'd with double sway, And fools, who came to scoff, remain'd to pray." GEOROE HERBERT was born... | |
 | James Wilson - 1838 - 372 páginas
...Church History, vol. 2nd.— The Library of Entertaining Knowledge, vol.. 1. THE BLIND CLERGYMAN. " The service past, around the pious man, With steady zeal, each honest rustic ran ; E'en children followed, with endearing wile, And plucked his gown, to share the good man's smile."... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1839 - 242 páginas
...venerable place ; Truth from his lips prevail'd with double sway, And fools, who came to scoff, remain'd to pray. The service past, around the pious man, With steady zeal, each honest rustic ran; E'en children follow'd with endearing wile, And pluck'd his gown, to share the good man's smile. His... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1840 - 504 páginas
...with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorn'd the venerable place ; Truth from his lips prevail'd with double sway, And fools, who came to scoff, remained...pious man, With steady zeal, each honest rustic ran ; E'en children folio w'd with endearing wile, And pluck'd his gown, to share the good man's smile.... | |
 | 1840 - 368 páginas
...venerable place ; Truth from his lips prevail'd with double sway, And fools, who came to scoff, remain'd to pray. The service past, around the pious man, With steady zeal, each honest rustic ran : Ev'n children follow'd with endearing wile, And pluck'd his gown, to share the good man's smile ;... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 292 páginas
...venerable place ; Truth from his lips prevail'd witli double sway, And foola, who came to scoff, remain'd to pray, The service past, around the pious man, With...steady zeal, each honest rustic ran : Even children follow'd, with endearing wile, And plucked his gown, to share the good man's smile. His ready smile... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 548 páginas
...venerable place ; Truth from his lips prevuil'd with double sway, And fools, who came to scoff, remain'd to pray. The service past, around the pious man, With steady zeal, each honest rustic ran; E'en children follow'd with endearing wile, And pluck'd his gown, to share the good man's smile. His... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1842 - 416 páginas
...venerable place; Truth from his lips prevail'd with double sway, And fools , who came to scoff, remain'd to pray. The service past, around the pious man , With steady zeal , each honest rustic ran ; E'en children follow'd with endearing wile, And pluck'd his gown, to share the good man's smile.... | |
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