And, as a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt its new-fledged offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way. Beside the bed where parting life was laid, And sorrow, guilt, and pain,... Book of Elegant Poetical Extracts - Page 457by John T. Watson - 1869 - 506 pagesFull view - About this book
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1812 - 470 pages
...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 life was laid, And sorrow, guilt, and pain, by turns dismay 'd, The rev' rend champion stood. At his controul, Despair and Anguish fled the struggling soul;... | |
| Medora Gordon Byron - 1812 - 282 pages
...his presence; he bade all to hope, lest despair in themselves should retard their return to virtue. " Beside the bed, where parting life was laid, And sorrow, guilt, and pain, by turns dismayed, The rev'rend champion stood ; at his control Despair and anguish fled the struggling soul... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1813 - 124 pages
...each art, reprov'd each dull delay, Allur'd to brighter worlds, and led the way. Beside the bed wheve parting life was laid, And sorrow, guilt, and pain,...stood. At his control, Despair and anguish fled the strugling soul ; Comfort came dawn tUe trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whisper'd... | |
| Abner Alden - 1814 - 222 pages
...each dull delay, Allur'd to brighter worlds, and led the way. Beside the bed, where parting life w;is laid, And sorrow, guilt and pain, by turns dismay'd,...: Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise j: And his last fauhering accents whisper'd praise. IV. At church, with meek and unaffected grace,... | |
| Elegant poems - 1814 - 132 pages
...their woe; Careless their merits, or their faults to scan, His pity gave, ere charity began. glow, Beside the bed where parting life was laid, And sorrow,...champion stood. At his control, Despair and anguish tied the struggling soul. K 3 Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And ev'n his failings lean... | |
| 1814 - 310 pages
...the skies; He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way. Beside the bed where parting life was laid, And sorrow, guilt, and pain, by turns dismayM, The reverend champion stood. At his control, Despair and anguish fled the struggling soul... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1816 - 240 pages
...began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And ev'n his failings lean'd to virtue's side ; Beside the bed where parting life was laid, And sorrow, guilt, and pain, by turns dismaj'd, The rev'rend champion stood, , f. 45. But in his duty prompt, at ev'ry call, He watch'd and... | |
| Elizabeth Tomkins - 1817 - 276 pages
...the skies ; He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way. Beside the bed where parting life was laid, And sorrow,...reverend champion stood. At his control Despair and angnish fled the struggling soul ; Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1818 - 294 pages
...Beside the hed where parting life was laid, And sorrow, guilt, and pain, by tarns dismay'd, The rev'rend champion stood. At his control, Despair and anguish...came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last falt'ring accents whisper'd praise. At chureh, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorn'd the... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1817 - 192 pages
...the skies, He try'd each art, reprov'd each dull delay, AUnrM 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 rev'rend champion stood. At his control, Despair and anguish fled the struggling soul ; Comfort came... | |
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