 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, he pray'd and felt,...  Centennial Papers - Página 139por Congregational Churches in Connecticut. General Conference - 1877 - 214 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | William Harvey Wells - 1847 - 228 páginas
...blank verse. Rhyme is the correspondence of sounds in the last words or syllables of verses ;* as, " Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And even his failings leaned to virtue's side." — Goldsmith. For two syllables to form a full and perfect rhyme, it is necessary that the vowel be... | |
 | English poets - 1847 - 144 páginas
...simile they contain : — " 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, and prayed, and felt for all ; And as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt... | |
 | Book - 1847 - 216 páginas
...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, he pray'd and felt for all : And, as a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt... | |
 | 1848 - 592 páginas
...the beautiful gjrtrait of a faithful minister drawn by a ritish poet's hand may fully apply — ' And in his duty prompt at every call, He watched and wept, he pray'd and felt for all. And as a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt its new-fledged offspring... | |
 | Book - 1847 - 206 páginas
...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, he pray'd and felt for all : And, as a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt... | |
 | Joachim Fernau - 1848 - 736 páginas
...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, he pray'd and felt for all ; And, as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt its... | |
 | John Forster - 1848 - 740 páginas
...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, he pray'd and felt for all ; And, as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt its... | |
 | John Forster - 1848 - 1294 páginas
...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, he pray'd and felt for all ; And, as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt its... | |
 | English poetry - 1848 - 468 páginas
...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 every call, He watch'd and wept, he pray'd and felt, for all : And, as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1849 - 466 páginas
...vices in their woe ; Careless their merits or their faults to scan, 20 His pity gave ere charity began. Thus, to relieve the wretched was his pride, And even...He watched and wept, he prayed and felt, for all. 25 And, as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt its new-fledged offspring to the skies, He tried... | |
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