 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
 | 1840 - 368 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 dismay'd, The rev'rend champion stood. At his control, Despair and anguish fled the struggling soul ; Comfort came... | |
 | 1840 - 378 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 dismay 'd, The rev'rend champion stood. At his control, Despair and anguish fled the struggling soul... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 398 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,...raise, And his last faltering accents whisper'd praise. His ready smile a parent's warmth express'd, Their welfare pleased him, and their cares distress'd... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 548 pages
...the skies, He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way. + 1G f8 tH L Z 7NC i fült'ring accents whisper'd praise At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorn'd the... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 292 pages
...laid, And sorrow, guilt, and pains, by turns dismay'd, The reverend champion stood. At his controul, Despair and anguish fled the struggling soul ; Comfort...came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last fait' ring accents whisper'd praise. At church with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorn'd the... | |
 | Charles R. Henery - 1995 - 176 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,...raise, And his last faltering accents whisper'd praise. At church with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorned the venerable place; Truth from his lips... | |
 | American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia - 1922 - 374 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 dismayed. The reverend champion stood. At his control Despair and anguish fled the struggling soul;... | |
 | Gordon Mursell - 2001 - 604 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 dismayed, The reverend champion stood. At his control Despair and anguish fled the struggling soul;... | |
 | Diane Ravitch, Michael Ravitch - 2006 - 512 pages
...the skies, He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way. Despair and anguish fled the struggling soul; Comfort...trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whispered praise. At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorned the venerable place;... | |
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