 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
 | John Seely Hart - 1857 - 394 Seiten
...broken soldier, kindly bade to stay, Sat by his fire, and talked the night away; (306) Wept o'er his wounds, or, tales of sorrow done, Shouldered his crutch,...And, as a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt her new-fledged offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1857 - 428 Seiten
...The broken soldier, kindly bid to stay, Sat by his fire, and talked the night away ; Wept o'er his wounds, or, tales of sorrow done, Shouldered his crutch,...And, as a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt her new-fledged offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter... | |
 | Charles William Smith (professor of elocution.) - 1857 - 338 Seiten
...soldier, kindly bade to stay, Sat by his fire, and talked the night away ; Wept o'er his wounds, or talcs of sorrow done, Shouldered his crutch, and showed...And, as a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt her new-fledged offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter... | |
 | English poetry - 1857 - 334 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, 183 9 The reverend champion stood. At his control, Despair and anguish fled the struggling... | |
 | Henry Harbaugh - 1857 - 428 Seiten
...them the instructions and consolations of the Gospel. " In all his duty prompt, at every call, lie watched and wept, he prayed and felt for all ; And...delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way." KEV. DANIEL WAGNER. 1750—1810. THERE are few lives more pleasant to contemplate than that of Mr.... | |
 | William Caine Moragne - 1857 - 56 Seiten
...thoughts had rest in Heaven." ***** "To relieve the wretched was his pride, And even his failings lean'd to virtue's side. But in his duty prompt at every...new-fledged offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reprov'd each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way." ***** "Beside the bed where... | |
 | Maxwell Pierson Gaddis - 1857 - 564 Seiten
...sermon; here he sung his last hymn; here he breathed his last prayer. "Ho watched, he wept, he prayed, he felt for all ; And as a bird each fond endearment...each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds — and lod the way." Like your own pleasant Barrett, he fell in your midst, all harnessed for the fight. '•... | |
 | Frederic Denison - 1857 - 104 Seiten
...Churches that shared his ministry ; and with much appropriateness it may be said of him, that ' * * * " in his duty prompt at every call, He watched and wept,...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... | |
 | 1910 - 408 Seiten
...began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And e'en his failings leaned to virtue's side; 165 But in his duty prompt at every call, He watched and...skies, He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, 170 Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way. Beside the bed where parting life was laid, And sorrow,... | |
 | Alphonso Gerald Newcomer, Alice Ebba Andrews - 1910 - 778 Seiten
...faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And e'en d, Shall now my joyful temples bind; Xo monarch but...which held that lovely deer. My j°y> my STle^> my akies, He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way. 170... | |
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