 To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in heaven. As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread,...  The Poetical Works of John Milton ... - Page 8by John Milton - 1824 - 131 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1851 - 160 pages
...pleas'd him, and their cares distress'd. To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given But all his serious thoughts had rest in heaven : As some...unprofitably gay — There, in his noisy mansion, skill'd to rule, The village master taught his little school A man severe he was, and stern to view... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1851 - 162 pages
...pleas'd him, and their cares distress'd. To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given But all his serious thoughts had rest in heaven : As some...unprofitably gay — There, in his noisy mansion, skill'd to rule, The village master taught his little school A man severe he was, and stern to view... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1851 - 764 pages
...pleased him, and their cares distressed ; To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in heaven. As some tall...Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way, With blossomed furze unprofitably gay, There, in his noisy mansion skilled to rule, The village master taught... | |
 | 1851 - 1220 pages
...pleased him, and their cares distress^ ; To them his heart, his love, his griefn were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in heaven. As some tall...storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head." We delight, as doubtless does the reader, to glide lingeringly... | |
 | John Watson Adams, Joel Parker - Presbyterian Church - 1851 - 382 pages
...pleased him, and their cares distressed ; To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in heaven. As some tall...storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head.' " Thus prophesies " Your devoted friend, till death,... | |
 | Joseph Guy - 1852 - 458 pages
...pleased him, and their cares distress'd. To them his heart, his love, his griefs, were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in heaven. As some tall...furze, unprofitably gay, There, in his noisy mansion, skill'd to rule, The village master taught his little school. A man severe he was, and stern to view,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1853 - 380 pages
...flow, And spurns the thunder as it lays below.' Bp. TYarburton's Transl. from Claudian on FM Theodoras. Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread,...furze unprofitably gay, There, in his noisy mansion, skill'd to rule, The village master taught his little school. A man severe he was, and stern to view... | |
 | English poetry - 1853 - 552 pages
...pleased him, and their cares distressed ; To them his heart, his love, his griefs, were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in heaven. As some tall...storm ; Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head. GOLDSMITH. THE PARISH SCHOOLMASTER. BESIDE yon straggling... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - English literature - 1853 - 332 pages
...pleased him, and their cares distrest ; To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in Heaven. As some tall...storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunahine settles on ita head."— Tht Deserted Village. him. He had a crowd of poor... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - English literature - 1853 - 360 pages
...pleased him, and their cares distrest ; To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in Heaven. As some tall...storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head."— The Deserted Village. brought up his eight children... | |
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