 Thus artists melt the sullen ore of lead, With heaping coals of fire upon its head; In the kind warmth the metal learns to glow, And, loose from dross, the silver runs below. * Long had our pious friend in virtue trod, But now the child half-wean'd his...  Poems on Several Occasions - Página 177por Thomas Parnell - 1726 - 221 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | 1863 - 362 páginas
...the kind warmth the metal learns to glow, And, loose from dross, the silver runs below. Long had our pious friend in virtue trod, But now the child half-wean'd...his heart from God ; Child of his age, for him he lived in pain, And measured back his steps to earth again. To what excesses had his dotage run ! But... | |
 | English poems - 1863 - 364 páginas
...the kind warmth the metal learns to glow, And, loose from dross, the silver runs below. Long had our pious friend in virtue trod, But now the child half-wean'd...his heart from God ; Child of his age, for him he lived in pain, And measured back his steps to earth again. To what excesses had his dotage run ! But... | |
 | Thomas Parnell - 1866 - 358 páginas
...the kind warmth the metal learns to glow, And loose from dross, the silver runs below. " Long had our pious friend in virtue trod, But now the child half-wean'd...God; Child of his age, for him he liv'd in pain, And measur'd back his steps to earth again. To what excesses had this dotage run ! But God, to save the... | |
 | Thomas Parnell - 1866 - 324 páginas
...the kind warmth the metal learns to glow, And loose from dross, the silver runs below. " Long had our pious friend in virtue trod, But now the child half-wean'd...; Child of his age, for him he liv'd in pain, And measur'd back his steps to earth again. To what excesses had this dotage run ! But God, to save the... | |
 | Thomas Parnell - 1866 - 324 páginas
...the kind warmth the metal learns to glow, And loose from dross, the silver runs below. " Long had our pious friend in virtue trod, But now the child half-wean'd...; Child of his age, for him he liv'd in pain, And measur'd back his steps to earth again. To what excesses had this dotage run ! But God, to save the... | |
 | English poems - 1870 - 722 páginas
...the kind warmth the metal learns to glow, And, loose from dross, the silver runs below. Long had our pious friend in virtue trod, But now the child half-wean'd...his heart from God ; Child of his age, for him he lived in pain, And measured back his steps to earth again. To what excesses had his dotage run ! But... | |
 | Thomas Wright - 1872 - 568 páginas
...dross the silver runs below. " Long had our pious friend in virtue trod, But now the child half- weaned his heart from God ; (Child of his age) for him he liv'd in pain, And measur'd back his steps to earth again. To what excesses had his dotage run ? But God, to save the... | |
 | English poetry - 1873 - 390 páginas
...kind warmth the metal learns to glow, And, loose from dross, the silver runs below. " Long had our pious friend in virtue trod, But now the child half-wean'd...(Child of his age), for him he liv'd in pain, And measur'd back his steps to earth again. To what excesses had his dotage run ! But God, to save the... | |
 | Thomas Parnell - 1874 - 72 páginas
...the kind warmth the metal learns to glow, And loose from dross, the silver runs below. " Long had our pious friend in virtue trod, But now the child half-wean'd...God ; Child of his age, for him he liv'd in pain, 226 And measur'd back his steps to earth again. To what excesses had this dotage run ! But God, to... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1876 - 840 páginas
...the kind warmth the metal learns to glow, And loose from dross the silver runs below. " Long had our ܘ S '* q u z_ 8 n$ H 9[Y At k L5 measur'd back his steps to Earth again. To what excesses had his dotage run ? But God, to save the... | |
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