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
| Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1855 - 590 Seiten
...failings lean'd to virtue's side ; But in his duty prompt, at every call. He uatch'd and wept, he pray'd and felt for all: And, as a bird each fond endearment...to brighter worlds, and led the way. Beside the bed whore parting life was laid. And sorrow, guilt, and pain, by turns dismay 'd. The reverend champion... | |
| Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1855 - 632 Seiten
...for all: And, as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt its new-fledged offspring to the ski«, He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured...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... | |
| Anne Bowman - 1856 - 316 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...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... | |
| 1856 - 754 Seiten
...interesU : — Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And even his failings leaned to virtue s aide ! But in his duty, prompt at every call, He watched...delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way. In reforming the moral and social condition of Alderley, his efforts were most indefatigable, and generally... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1856 - 800 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...delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way. The reverend champion stood. At his control, Despair and anguish fled the struggling soul; Comfort... | |
| Reading book - 1856 - 352 Seiten
...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, reproved...life was laid, And sorrow, guilt, and pain, by turns dismay 'd, The rev'rend champion stood. At his control, Despair and anguish fled the struggling soul... | |
| Bridgewater (Mass.) - 1856 - 198 Seiten
...hour; Far other aims his heart had learned to prize, — More bent to raise the wretched than to rise. And as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt...delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way." There was also, in each of the parishes, the place — " Where gray-beard mirth and smiling toil retired... | |
| Bridgewater (Mass.) - 1856 - 172 Seiten
...hour; Far other aims his heart had learned to prize, — More bent to raise the wretched than to rise. And as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt...delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way." There was also, in each of the parishes, the place — It may, however, have been flip, or good old... | |
| Henry Clay Fish - 1856 - 1270 Seiten
...transitory, he seized, to guide the attention which it awakened, to some wise and important purpose. " And as a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt...delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way." Hear his own language — " Though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all... | |
| Maine Historical Society - 1856 - 446 Seiten
...hour: For other aims his heart had learnt to prize, More bent to raise the wretched than to rise." "But in his duty, prompt at every call, He watched...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... | |
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