 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 - Seite 66herausgegeben von - 1875 - 352 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Richard Hiley - 1852 - 344 Seiten
...virtue's side ; But in his duty prompt, at every call, He watch'd 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. LESSON 97. 266. 1. Render the following Extract into correct Prose, according to Directions No. 241.... | |
 | George Frederick Graham - 1852 - 570 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Baker Peter Smith - 1852 - 132 Seiten
...clergyman, given by his contemporaneous and often quoted brother author, the lovely bard of Erin, — " And, as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt...Allured to brighter worlds, — and led the way." My grandfather's discourses combine the classical correctness of Dr. Johnson, and the logic of Dr.... | |
 | Joseph Guy - 1852 - 458 Seiten
...pray'd and felt for all ; And, as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt its new-fledged oflspring to the skies, He tried each art, reproved each dull...way. Beside the bed where parting life was laid, And sorrow, guilt, and pain, by turns dismay 'd, The reverend champion stood. At his control, Despair and... | |
 | English poetry - 1853 - 552 Seiten
...virtue's side ; But in his duty prompt at every call, He watched and wept, ho 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... | |
 | 1853 - 560 Seiten
...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 Harbaugh - 1853 - 314 Seiten
...all human ties, — affection for their beloved dead who have died in the Lord. IS HEAVEN A PLACE? And as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt...delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way. Is heaven a place, or is it a state of existence merely ? Has it locality, and is it material ? Shall... | |
 | Book - 1854 - 496 Seiten
...-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...way. Beside the bed where parting life was laid, And sorrow, guilt, and pains, by turns dismay'd, The reverend champion stood. At his control, Despair and... | |
 | William Collins - 1854 - 430 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Alexander Winton Buchan - 1854 - 332 Seiten
...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... | |
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