 He watched and wept, he prayed and felt for all; And, as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt its new-fledged offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way.  Songs of Three Centuries - Seite 56herausgegeben von - 1875 - 352 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1851 - 476 Seiten
...wept, he pray d 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...life was laid, And sorrow, guilt, and pain, by turns dismay'd, The reverend champion stood. At his control, Despair and anguish fled the struggling soul... | |
 | Henry Harbaugh - 1851 - 328 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... | |
 | George Frederick Graham - 1852 - 570 Seiten
...his pride, And even his failings leaned to virtue's side ; But in his duty prompt at every call, 165 He watched and wept, he prayed and felt, for all ;...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... | |
 | Richard Hiley - 1852 - 344 Seiten
...pride, And e'en his failings leaned to 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...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.... | |
 | 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...life was laid, And sorrow, guilt, and pain, by turns dismay 'd, The reverend champion stood. At his control, Despair and anguish fled the struggling soul... | |
 | James Robert Boyd - 1852 - 364 Seiten
...this figure ? A. " A virtuous man, slandered by evil tongues, is like a diamond obscured by smoke." " And, as a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt...delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way." Q. What is the foundation of this figure? A. Analogy, or resemblance, either in character 0t effect.... | |
 | Sheffield collegiate sch - 1852 - 48 Seiten
...propriety as could ever have attached to their first utterance, apply to him the words of our poet, — And as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt...delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way. We would add the prayer that ho may be permitted to enjoy many long years of usefulness, activity,... | |
 | Caroline Howard Gilman - 1852 - 412 Seiten
...race, the happiness Of one poor individual, Or of unnumber'd thousands be attained." SG BULLFINCH. " And as a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt...delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way." GOLDSMITH. THERE is no moral object so beautiful to me as a conscientious young man ! I watch him as... | |
 | 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.... | |
 | 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... | |
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