 Careless their merits or their faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And e'en his failings lean'd to virtue's side...  Annual Register - Pągina 197editat per - 1771Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Raymond Macdonald Alden - 1921 - 410 pągines
...glow, And quite forgot their vices in their woe ; Careless their merits or their faults to scan, 161 His pity gave ere charity began. 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,... | |
 | Sir Henry John Newbolt - 1922 - 1011 pągines
...to glow, And quite forgot their vices in their woe ; Careless their merits or their faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And ev'n his failings lean'd to virtue's side; But in his duty prompt, at ev'ry call, He watch'd and wept,... | |
 | John Drinkwater - 1922 - 240 pągines
...to glow, And quite forgot their vices in their woe; Careless their merits, or their faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And e'en his failings lean'd to Virtue's side. But in his duty prompt at every call, He watch'd and wept,... | |
 | Caroline Miles Hill - 1923 - 836 pągines
...to glow, And quite forgot their vices in their woe ; Careless their merits or their faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began. 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,... | |
 | Harry Morgan Ayres - 1924 - 898 pągines
...to glow, And quite forgot their vices in their woe ; Careless their merits or their faults to scan, 2 e'en his failings leaned to Virtue's side; But in his duty prompt at every call, He watched and wept,... | |
 | Lennox Robinson - 1925 - 346 pągines
...to glow, And quite forgot their vices in their woe ; Careless their merits or their faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And e'en his failings lean'd to Virtue's side ; But in his duty prompt at every call, He watch'd and wept,... | |
 | Diane Ravitch - 2006 - 486 pągines
...to glow, And quite forgot their vices in their woe; Careless their merits or their faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began. 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,... | |
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