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" And quite forgot their vices in their woe ; " Careless their merits or their faults to scan, " His pity gave ere charity began. " Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, " And ev'n his failings lean'd to virtue's side;  "
The wanderer: or, A collection of original tales and essays - Page 7
by Charles Fothergill (of Salisbury.) - 1803
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The Traveller, The Deserted Village, and Other Poems ...

Oliver Goldsmith - Book ornamentation - 1817 - 192 pages
...Shoulder'd his crutch, and show 'd how fields were won. Pleas'd with his guests, the good man learn'd to glow, And quite forgot their vices in their woe; Careless...lean'd to virtue's side; But in his duty prompt, at ev'ry call, He watch'd and wept, he pray'd and felt, for all: And, as a bird each fond endearment tries...
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The Poetical Works, and Essays, of Oliver Goldsmith

Oliver Goldsmith - 1818 - 294 pages
...ShoulderM his crutch, and ibow'd how fields were won. Pleas'd with his guests, the good man learn'd to glow, And quite forgot their vices in their woe; Careless...began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride. And even his failings leanM to virtue's aide •, Bft _...ui u to orighter worlds, and led the way. Beside...
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The poems and plays of Oliver Goldsmith

Oliver Goldsmith - 1818 - 274 pages
...glow, Vnd quite forgot their vices in their wo; .'aroless their merits or their faults to scan, lis pity gave ere charity began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, Ind even his failings leaned to virtue's side. 3ut in his duty prompt, at every call le watched and...
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Specimens of the British Poets: Churchill, 1764, to Johnson, 1784

Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1819 - 482 pages
...Shoulder'd his crutch, and show'd how fields were won. Pleas'd with his guests, the good man learn'd to glow, And quite forgot their vices in their woe; Careless...began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And even his failings Iean'd to virtue's side; But in his duty prompt at every call, He watch'd and wept,...
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Churchill, 1764, to Johnson, 1784

Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1819 - 498 pages
...with his guests, the good man Ieara'd to glow, And, quite forgot their vices in their woe; Careles, their merits or- their faults to scan, His pity gave...charity began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pr¿ie, And even his failings lean'd t& virtue's side; But in his duty prompt at every call, lie watcWd...
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The Deserted Village, Traveller, and Miscellaneous Poems

Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1819 - 120 pages
...good man learn'J to glow, And quite forget their vices in their woe; Careless their merits or iheir faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And even his failings lean'd to virtue's side ; But in his duty prompt at every call, He watch'd and wept,...
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Miscellaneous poems. Dramatic poems

Oliver Goldsmith - English literature - 1820 - 488 pages
...Shoulder'd his crutch, and shcw'd bow fields were won. Pleas'd with his guests, the good man Icani'd to glow, And quite forgot their vices in their woe; Careless...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,...
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Poems Divine and Moral: Many of Them Now First Published

John Bowdler - Hymns, English - 1821 - 510 pages
...Shoulder'd his crutch, and shew'd how fields were won. Pleas'd with his guests the good man learn'd to glow, And quite forgot their vices in their woe; Careless...began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And even his failings lean'd to virtue's side; But in his duty prompt at ev'ry call, He watch'd and wept,...
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Poems

Oliver Goldsmith - 1821 - 236 pages
...were Pleased with his guests the good man learned to glow, And quite forgot their vices in their wo ; Careless their merits or their faults to scan, His...began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And even his failings leaned to virtue's side ; But in his duty prompt at every cull, He watched and wept,...
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The Works of the British Poets: With Lives of the Authors, Volume 30

Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - English poetry - 1822 - 428 pages
...Shoulder'd his crutch, and show'd how fields were won. Pleas'd with his guests,the good man learn'd to glow, And quite forgot their vices in their woe; Careless...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 aH: And, as a bird each fond endearment tries...
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