 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...  Half Tints: Table D'hôte and Drawing-room - Pàgina 190per Addison Peale Russell - 1867 - 232 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | John N Woodroffe - 1839 - 408 pàgines
...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.... | |
 | 1843 - 600 pàgines
...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... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1839 - 242 pàgines
...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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 1839 - 540 pàgines
...illustrating again and again the same truths, in different methods, to those slow of apprehension, " He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way." ' Previous to a young person's first attendance at the holy communion, he generally conversed with... | |
 | John Warner Barber - 1839 - 674 pàgines
...friend to mankind. Ever ready to hear affliction's cry, And trace his Maker's will with a curious eye, He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds and led the way. At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His look adorned the venerable place." The names of some... | |
 | Robert Baird - 1839 - 204 pàgines
...: " And, as a bird each fond endearment trie*, To tempt its new-fledged offspring to the skies, She tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way !" Mrs. Rumpff had no children of her own. She adopted, however, the only son of her oldest sister,... | |
 | Robert Baird - 1839 - 122 pàgines
...And, as the bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt its nevv-fledg'd offspring to the skies, She tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way !" Mrs. Rumpff had no children of her own. She adopted, however, the only son of her oldest sister,... | |
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