 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 296 pages
...his crutch, and show'dhow fields were won. [glow, Pleased with his guests, the good man learn'd to 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,... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 290 pages
...his crutch, and show'd how fields were won. [glow, Pleased with his guests, the good man learn'd to 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,... | |
 | Noah Worcester - Ethics - 1822 - 320 pages
...to glow, Careless their merits or their faults to scan, And quite forgot their vices in their woe; His pity gave ere charity 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 call, He watched and wept,... | |
 | miss Aimwell (pseud.) - 1822 - 838 pages
...-***>«#•***LONDON: IBINTUD FOB THOMSON. AND CO. LEADENHALL-STREET. GOOD-NATURE; OR, SENSIBILITY. a CaU. Cureless their merits or their faults to scan— His pity gave ere charity began. VOL. I. B GOLDSMITH. OR, AND OTHER TALES. BY MISS AIMWELL. IN THEEE VOLUMES. Ob,Nature! wherefore,... | |
 | Charles Burton - 1823 - 234 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 all. And, as a bird each fond endearment tries... | |
 | Noah Worcester - Ethics - 1823 - 302 pages
...with his guests, the guod man learned to glow, And quite forgot their vices in their woe; Can-less their merits or their faults to scan, His pity gave...began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And even his failings leaned to virtues side} But in his duty prompt at every call, He watched and wept,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...his crutch, and show'd how fields were won. [glow, Pleas'd with his guests, the good man learn'd to as ! the small discredit of a bribe Scarce hurts the...tax directors, who (thank God) have plums ; Still b even his failings lean'd to virtue's side; But in his duty prompt at every call, He watch'd and wept,... | |
 | Select readings - 1824 - 300 pages
...Shoulder'd his crutch, and shew'd how fields were won. Fleas'd with his guests, the good man learn'd to And quite forgot their vices in their woe; Careless...faults to scan, His pity gave, ere charity began. glow, Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And ev'n his failings lean'd on virtue's side; IJut... | |
 | English poetry - 1824 - 178 pages
...his guests, the good m And quite forgot their vices in theii Careless their merits or their faults His pity gave ere charity began. Thus to relieve the wretched was And e'en his failings lean'd to virtm But in his duty prompt at every cal He watch'd and wept, he pray'd,... | |
 | John Newton, Richard Cecil - Theology - 1824 - 738 pages
...More bent to raise the wretched than to rise. 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, he pray'd and felt, for all: And, as a bird each fond endearment tries,... | |
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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; 
