| 1825 - 618 Seiten
...testimony with how much affection and concern she sought their welfare. « She watched and wept, she pray'd and felt for all ; And, as a bird each fond endearment...tries, To tempt its new-fledged offspring to the skies ; She try'd each art, reproved each dull delay. Allur'd to brighter worlds, and led the way." The excellence... | |
| 1851 - 772 Seiten
...his failings leaned to virtue's side, And in his duty prompt at every call, He watched, and wept, and prayed, and felt for all: And as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt its new-8edged offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter... | |
| 1814 - 310 Seiten
...watch'd and wept, he pray'd and felt for all ; And, as a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt her new-fledged offspring to the skies; He tried each...life was laid, And sorrow, guilt, and pain, by turns dismayM, The reverend champion stood. At his control, Despair and anguish fled the struggling soul... | |
| Thomas Downes Wilmot Dearn - 1814 - 382 Seiten
...failings lean'd to virtue's side ; But in his duty prompt at every call, He watdi'd and wept, he pray'd, and felt for all : And as a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt its new-fled ;;'d offspring to the skies ; He try'd each art, reprov'd each dull delay, Allur'd to brighter... | |
| Abner Alden - 1814 - 222 Seiten
...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 its new fiedg'd offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reprov'd each dull delay, Allur'd to brighter... | |
| 1755 - 262 Seiten
...with 'f great cordiality." " In his high 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 its new fledg'd offspring to the skies, " He tried each art, reprov'd each dull delay, " Allur'd to brighter... | |
| James M'Donald - 1815 - 170 Seiten
...tempt its new-fleug'd offspring to the skies; He try'd euch art, reprov'u each dull delay, Allur'd to brighter worlds, and led the way. Beside the bed, where parting life was laid, And sorrow, guilt, a-ndpain, by turns dismay'd, The reveren'd champion s,tood. At his controulDespair and anguish fled... | |
| Richard Cecil, Josiah Pratt - 1816 - 602 Seiten
...failings Ican'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 its new-fledgM offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reprov'd each dull delay, Allur'd to brighter... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1816 - 240 Seiten
...rev'rend champion stood, , f. 45. But in his duty prompt, at ev'ry 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 try'd each art, reprov'd each dull delay, Allur'd to brighter... | |
| Elizabeth Tomkins - 1817 - 276 Seiten
...failings lean'd to virtue's side ; But in his duty prompt at every call, He watch'd and wept, and pray'd, and felt, for all. And as a bird each fond endearment...life was laid, And sorrow, guilt, and pain, by turns dismay'd, The reverend champion stood. At his control Despair and angnish fled the struggling soul... | |
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