 | Albert Barnes - 1838 - 56 pàgines
...wept, he prayed and foil for all. " And as a bird each fond endearment tries " To tempt its new fledged offspring to the skies, " He tried each art, reproved...delay, " Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way." GOLDSMITH. IV. His SUCCESS. A few remarks is all that the time will admit under this head. There is... | |
 | 1840 - 420 pàgines
...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 tries To tempt...new-fledged offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reprov'd each dull delay, Allm'd to brighter worlds, and led the way. Beside the bed where parting... | |
 | James Wilson - 1838 - 372 pàgines
...LIFE Of REV. RICHARD LUCAS, DD *' Ana as a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt its new tiedged offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reproved...delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way." THERE is no period of our history, that has produced such a numher of polemic writers, as appeared... | |
 | John N Woodroffe - 1839 - 408 pàgines
...Tim. iv. 6, 13, 15. 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...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.... | |
 | 1843 - 600 pàgines
...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 tries . .^ »...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... | |
 | British and foreign young men's society - 1839 - 216 pàgines
...be within hearing. " Yes, in his duty prompt at every call Hewatch'dandwept, hepray'dandfeltforall; And as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt...delay, Allured to brighter worlds and led the way." To me the labours of his life had been peculiarly useful ; I enjoyed an almost daily intercourse with... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1839 - 242 pàgines
...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 tries, To tempt...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... | |
 | William Merry - 1839 - 112 pàgines
...village preacher's modest mansion rose. And as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt its new fledged offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reproved...delay, Allured to brighter worlds and led the way. READING: G. LOVEJOY, LONDON STREET. LONDON: HAMILTON AND ADAMS, PATERNOSTER ROW; WHITTAKEB AND CO.... | |
 | John Newton - 1839 - 496 pàgines
...wept, he prayed and felt, for all : And as a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt its new-fledg'd offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reproved...delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way." I remember to have heard him say, when speaking of his continual interruptions, " I see in this world... | |
 | Thomas Branagan, Julius Rubens Ames - 1839 - 404 pàgines
...aide, But in his duty prompt at ev'ry call, He watch'd and wept, he pray'd and felt for all. And as the bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt its new-fledged offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reprov'd each dull delay, Allur'd to brighter worlds, and led the way. Beside the bed where parting... | |
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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... 
