 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1818 - 274 pàgines
...soul— Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whispered praise. At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks...fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray. The service post, around the pious man, With steady zeal each honest rustic ran: Even children followed, with endearing... | |
 | George Wilkins - 1826 - 462 pàgines
...for his calm persuasive eloquence. 'Twas in him that the ideal good man was seen actually to exist. " At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks...sway, And fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray." There was scarcely one in the town that had not applied to him for advice. If any embarked in trade... | |
 | George Wilkins - 1826 - 466 pàgines
...for his calm persuasive eloquence. 'Twas in him that the ideal good man was seen actually to exist. " At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks...sway, And fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray." There was scarcely one in the Wwn that had not applied to him for advice. If any embarked in trade... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1828 - 320 pàgines
...storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread^ Eternal sunshine settles on its head. At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks...pray. The service past, around the pious man, With ready zeal, each honest rustic ran : . *JVon.had. -. t Prm. sat 8 « LESSON XLII. Parody* on the preceding.—BLACKWOOD... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1829 - 290 pàgines
...Comfort came down, the trembling wretch to raise, And his last, faltering accents whispered praise. At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks...pray* The service past, around the pious man, With ready zeal, each honest rustic ran : Even children followed with endearing wile, And plucked his gown,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1830 - 844 pàgines
...; Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whispered praise. Km y { @C , f \ ٖbtah 8鈟|M? mau, With ready zeal, each honest rustic ran ; E'en children followed with endearing wile, And plucked... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1831 - 294 pàgines
...And fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray. The service past, around the pious man, With ready zeal, each honest rustic ran : Even children followed...good man's smile ; His ready smile a parent's warmth expressed, Their welfare pleased him, and their cares distressed : To them his heart, his love, his... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pàgines
...remained to pray. The service past, around the pious man, {ran ; With ready zeal, each honest rustic E'en children followed, with endearing wile, And plucked...exprest; Their welfare pleased him, and their cares distressed ; To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given — But all his serious thoughts had... | |
 | Mary Martha Sherwood - 1835 - 554 pàgines
...your brow ? Recollect the description of the parish priest in that beautiful poem of Goldsmith.— " ' At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks...pray. The service past, around the pious man, With ready zeal, each honest rustic ran ; E'en children follow'd with endearing wile, And plucked his gown,... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1835 - 292 pàgines
...Comfort came down, the trembling wretch to raise, And his last, faltering accents whispered praise. At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks...prevailed with double sway, And fools, who came to scoff", returned to pray. The service past, around the pious man, With ready zeal, each honest rustic ran :... | |
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At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorned the venerable place; Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway, And fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray. 
