 Extolling patience as the truest fortitude; And to the bearing well of all calamities, All chances incident to man's frail life, Consolatories writ With studied argument, and much persuasion sought, Lenient of grief and anxious thought: But with the...  Ladies' Magazine - Page 5271829Full view - About this book
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1788 - 628 pages
...grief and anxious thought i But with th' afflifted in his pangs their sound 660 Little prevails, OF rather seems a .tune Harsh, and of dissonant mood...within Some source of consolation from above, Secret refreshings, that repair his strength, 665 And fainting spirits uphold. God of our fathers, what is... | |
 | Richard Cecil - Consolation - 1806 - 112 pages
...Extolling Patience—— But to th' afflicted in his pangs their sound Little prevails ; or rather seenu a tune Harsh, and of dissonant mood from his complaint,...within Some source of consolation from above } Secret refreshings that repair his strength, And fainting spirits uphold. JMir.rox. THE EIGHTH EDITION. LONDON:... | |
 | John Milton - 1807 - 434 pages
...sought Lenient of grief and! anxious thought : Rut with th' afflicted in his pangs their sound 660 Little prevails, or rather seems a tune Harsh, and of dissonant mood from his complaint i 2 Unless he feel within Some source of consolation from above, Secret refreshings, that repair his... | |
 | Mrs. Costello - 1809 - 236 pages
...much persuasion sought, Lenient of grief and anxious thought ; But with th' afflicted, in his pangi, their sound Little prevails, or rather seems a tune...within Some source of consolation from above, Secret refreshings, that repair his strength, And fainting spirits uphold. MILTOK. ALI. the lessons of fortitude... | |
 | William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 472 pages
...much persuasion sought, Lenient of, grief and anxious thought ; But with tli' afflicted in his pangs their sound Little prevails, or rather seems a tune...within Some source of consolation from above, Secret refreshings that repair his strength, And fainting spirits uphold. God of our fathers ! what is man... | |
 | John Milton - 1810 - 540 pages
...and much persuasion sought Lenient of grief and anxious thought: But with the afflicted in his pangs their sound Little prevails, or rather seems a tune...within Some source of consolation from above, Secret refreshings, that repair his strength, And fainting spirits uphold. God of our fathers, what is man!... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - English literature - 1814 - 584 pages
...and much persuasion sought Lenient of grief and anxious thought : But with the afflicted in his pangs their sound Little prevails, or rather seems a tune Harsh, and of dissonant mood from his complaint ; Uuless he feel within Some source of consolation from above, Secret refreshings, that repair his... | |
 | John Milton - 1815 - 236 pages
...thonght : Bnt with th' afflieted in his pangs their sonnd Little prevails, or rather seems a tnne 660 Harsh and of dissonant mood from his complaint : Unless he feel within Some sonree of coasolation from ahove, Seeret refreshings that repair his strength, And fainting spirits... | |
 | Richard Cecil, Josiah Pratt - Theology - 1816 - 572 pages
...Wise, In ancient and in modern books enroll'd, Extolling Patience But to Hi' afflicted In his panga their sound Little prevails : or rather seems a tune...and of dissonant mood from his complaint, Unless he feels within Some source of consolation from above ; Secret refreshings that repair bis strength, And... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...persuasion Lenient of grief and anxious thought; But with th afflicted, in his pangs, their sound I Jttle prevails, or rather seems a tune Harsh, and of dissonant mood from his comUnless he feel within [plaint ; Some source of consolation from above, Secret refreshings, that... | |
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