 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pàgines
...faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And even his failings leaned to virtue's side ; But, in his...And, as a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt her new-fledged offspring to the skies ; He tried eacli art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter... | |
 | 1846 - 512 pàgines
...fully applied, than to the beloved author. ' ' Firm to 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." By those who are younger in the ministry a brighter li ving example could scarcely be selected, and... | |
 | 1848 - 592 pàgines
...poet's hand may fully apply — ' And in his duty prompt at every call, He watched and wept, he pray'd les ! ' " * Bishop Doane, of New Jersey, in a speech in St. Mary's Hall, Coventry. OXFOHD AND CAMBRIDGE... | |
 | David Bates Tower - 1853 - 444 pàgines
...faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And even his failings leaned to virtue's side ; But, in his...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... | |
 | Edinburgh medical missionary society - 1849 - 354 pàgines
...Physician than of the Christian Pastor — " Thus, to relieve the wretched was hig pride ; And ev'n his failings leaned to virtue's side ; But, in his...as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt its new-fledg'd offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter... | |
 | 1850 - 604 pàgines
...are such lines as these, — " But in his duty prompt at every call, He watched 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." One more remark, one other brief quotation, and we quit this most fascinating poem, which nestles deeper... | |
 | Walter McLeod - 1850 - 170 pàgines
...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. Beside the bed where parting life was laid, And sorrow, guilt, and pain, by turns dismay'd, The reverend... | |
 | 1850 - 806 pàgines
...these, — ••' But in his duty prompt at every call, He watched and wept. he pray M and felt fox all; And, as a bird each fond endearment tries, To...delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way." One more remark, one other brief quotation, and we quit this most fascinating poem, which nestles deeper... | |
 | Reminiscences - 1851 - 86 pàgines
...throughout the week, seldom omitting to visit every house in the village once during that period : " But in his duty, prompt at every call, He watched...delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way."* It will be seen, then, that on no account could the neglect of public worship in Rosedale be attributed... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 616 pàgines
...faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And even his failings leaned to virtue's side ; But, in his...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... | |
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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... 
