 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1839 - 242 pages
...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...turns dismay'd, The reverend champion stood. At his controul, Despair and anguish fled the struggling soul ; Comfort came down the trembling wretch to... | |
 | Thomas Branagan, Julius Rubens Ames - 1839 - 404 pages
...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...struggling soul : Comfort came down, the trembling wreck to raise, And his last falt'ring accents whisper'd praise." All are bound to fulfil the duties... | |
 | British and foreign young men's society - 1839 - 216 pages
...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... | |
 | 1843 - 600 pages
...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... | |
 | John N Woodroffe - 1839 - 408 pages
...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.... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1839 - 550 pages
...virtue's side; But in his duty prompt at every call, He watch'd and wept, he pray'd and felt for all; inute, Reside the lied where parting life was laid, And sorrow, guilt, and pain, by turns dismay'd, The reverend... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1840 - 504 pages
...virtue's side ; But in his duty prompt at every call, He watch'd and wept, he prayed and felt for all ; And, as a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt...came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whisper'd praise. At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorn'd the... | |
 | 1840 - 368 pages
...virtue's side ; But in his duty prompt, at ev'ry call, He watch'd and wept, he pray'd and felt for all : And as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt...And sorrow, guilt, and pain by turns dismay'd, The rev'rend champion stood. At his control, Despair and anguish fled the struggling soul ; Comfort came... | |
 | 1840 - 378 pages
...virtue's side ; ' But in his duty prompt, at ev'ry call, He watch'd and wept, he pray'd and felt for all : And as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt...life was laid, And sorrow, guilt, and pain by turns dismay 'd, The rev'rend champion stood. At his control, Despair and anguish fled the struggling soul... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 398 pages
...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...came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whisper'd praise. His ready smile a parent's warmth express'd, Their welfare pleased... | |
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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, he pray'd and felt for all ; And, as a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt its new-fledged offspring... 
