 | Susan Ferrier - 1831 - 508 Seiten
...to virtue's side ; But in his duty prompt at every call, He watch'd, and wept, and felt, and pray'd for all ; And as a bird each fond endearment tries,...each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led (he way." " Allow me, in the meantime, to lead the way to something more substantial, Miss Lucy," cried... | |
 | Charles Hodge - 1831 - 612 Seiten
...me, and I am happy. Whatever may be thought of these plans, yet they show the character of the man. " And as a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt...delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way." We would most gladly record on our pages, the account of the exit from the world of this eminently... | |
 | Richard Brindley Hone - 1833 - 414 Seiten
...chid their wandering, but relieved their pain. ***** 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. GOLDSMITH'S Deserted Village. THE small revenues of the bishopric of Man amounted in the time of bishop... | |
 | 1834 - 606 Seiten
...strength of his heart and his portion for ever. In duty prompt at every с ill, He watched and wept, be prayed and felt. for all ; And as a bird each fond...delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way. Mr. Clement died, February }7tb, 1812, aged sixty-three. The Rev. John Rees, from the Stepney Academy,... | |
 | Samuel Worcester - 1837 - 264 Seiten
...faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began. 5. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And even his failings leaned to virtue's side ; But in his...delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way. 6. Beside the bed where parting life was laid, And sorrow, guilt, and pain, by turns dismayed, The... | |
 | Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 Seiten
...Pleased with his guests, the good man learned to glow, And quite forgot their vices in their woe ; Careless their merits, or their faults to scan, His...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... | |
 | Caroline Howard Gilman - 1838 - 290 Seiten
...race, the happiness Of one poor individual, Or of uunumber'd thousands be attain'd." SG BOLLFINCH. " 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... | |
 | John N Woodroffe - 1839 - 408 Seiten
...THEY SHOULD BE DILIGENT. Rom. xii. 7. 1 Cor. ix. 16. Phil. i. 20. Col. iv. 4. 1 Tim. iv. 6, 13, 15. In his duty prompt at every call, He watched and wept,...delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way. Goldsmith. THEY SHOULD BE PEACEABLE AND PATIENT. 1 Cor. ix. 12; x. 32, 33. 2 Cor. vi. 3. 1 Tim. iii.... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1839 - 242 Seiten
...failings lean'd to virtue's side; But in his duty prompt at every call, He watck'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. Beside the bed where parting life was laid, And sorrow, guilt, and pain, by turns dismay'd, The reverend... | |
 | 1843 - 600 Seiten
...in their hearing. For like the good vicar of the admirable Goldsmith, 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. And there was her name cherished and dwelt upon at each returning festival of the year. And thither... | |
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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... 
