Wept o'er his wounds or tales of sorrow done, Shouldered his crutch and showed how fields were won. Pleased with his guests, the good man learned to glow, And quite forgot their vices in their woe; Careless their merits or their faults to scan, His pity... Choice Literature - Page 2171912Full view - About this book
| Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1770 - 44 pages
...proud, Claimed kindred there, and had his claims allowed ; The broken foldier, kindly bade to (lay, Sate by his fire, and talked the night away ; Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of forrow done, Shouldered his crutch, and fhewed how fields were won. Pleafed with his guefts, the good... | |
| Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths - Books - 1770 - 604 pages
...proud, Claimed kindred there, and had his claims allowed \ The broken foldier, kindly bade to flay, Sate by his fire, and talked the night away ; Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of fbrrow done, Shouldered his crutch, and flieived how fields were wan. Pleafed with his guefls, the... | |
| Edmund Burke - History - 1771 - 590 pages
...proud, Claimed kindred there, and had his claims allowed ; The broken foldier, kindly bade to ftay, Sate by his fire, and talked the night away ; Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of forrow done, Shouldered his crutch, and (hewed how fields were wore. Pleafed with his guefts, the good... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1774 - 70 pages
...proud, Claimed kindred there, and had his claim allowed'; The broken foldier kindly bade to flay, Sate by his fire, and talked the night away ; Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of forrow done, Shouldered his crutch, and fhewed how fields were won. Pleafed with his guefts, the good... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1780 - 204 pages
...to glow, And quite forgot their vices in their woe ; Carelefs their merits, or their faults to fcan, His pity gave ere charity began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And even his failings lean'd to Virtue's fide ; But in his duty prompt at every call, He watch'd and wept,... | |
| Children's poetry, English - 1780 - 226 pages
...to glow, And quite forgot their vices in their woe; Carelefs their merits, or their faults to fcan,. His pity gave ere charity began. • •• Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And even his failings lean'd to virtue's fide; But in his duty prompt at every call, He watch'd and wept,... | |
| 1785 - 304 pages
...glovfr, And quite forgot their vices in their wo ; R Carelefa their merits or their fault a to fcan, His pity gave ere charity began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And ev'n his failings lean'd to virtue's fide ; But in his duty prompt at ev'ry call, He watch'd and wept,... | |
| William Enfield - Elocution - 1785 - 460 pages
...to glow, And quite forgot their vices in their woe ; Carelefs their merits, or their faults to fcan, His pity gave ere charity began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And even his failings lean'd to Virtue's fide ; But in his duty prompt at every call, He watch'd and wept,... | |
| Johann Joachim Eschenaburg - Literature - 1789 - 484 pages
...proud, Claimed kindred there, and had his claims allowed ; The broken foldier, kindly bade to ftay, Sate by his fire, and talked the night away; Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of forrow done, Shouldered his crutch, and fhewed how fields were won. Pleafed with his guefts, the good... | |
| William Scott - Elocution - 1789 - 416 pages
...to glow, And quite forgot their vices in their woe ; Carelefs their merits or their faults to fcan, His pity gave, ere charity began. Thus, to relieve the wretched was his pride ; And ev'n his failings lean'd to virtue's fide : But, in his doty prompt at ev'ry call, He wat- h'd, and... | |
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