 And, as a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt its new-fledged offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way. Beside the bed where parting life was laid, And sorrow, guilt, and pain,...  Dictionary of Poetical Quotations: Consisting of Elegant Extracts on Every ... - Page 4551847 - 506 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Jacques Delille - 1800 - 284 pages
...„ He try'd each art, repfov'd each dull delay, « Allur'd to brighter worlds, and led the way. « Beside the bed, where parting life was laid , « And sorrow, guilt and pain by turns dismay'd, « The rev'rend champion stood. At his controul, « Despair and anguish fled the struggling soul; « Comfort... | |
 | Jacques Delille - 1800 - 286 pages
...<.-. He try'd each art, reprov'd cach dull delay, « Allur'd to brighter worlds, and led the way. * Beside the bed, where parting life was laid, « And sorrow, guilt and pain by turns dismay'd, « The rev'rend champion stood. At his controul, « Despair and anguish fled the struggling soul ; «. Comfort... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1800 - 192 pages
...the skies; He tried each art, reprov'd each dull delay, Allur'd to brighter worlds, and led the way. Beside the bed where parting life was laid, And sorrow, guilt, and pain, by turns dismay'd, The rev'rend champion stood. At his control, Despair and anguish fled the struggling soul; Comfort came... | |
 | Regina Maria Roche - 1801 - 312 pages
...says, a broken and a contrite heart shall not be rejected : " At his comroul " Despair and angnish fled the struggling soul, " Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise " And his last falt'ring accents whisper'd praise." Previous to his becoming an inhabitant of Wyefield he had mixed... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1803 - 192 pages
...the skies j He try'd each art, reprov'd each dull delay, Allur'd to brighter worlds, and led the way. Beside the bed where parting life was laid, And sorrow, guilt, and pain, by turns dismay'd, The rev'rend champion stood. At his controul, Despair and anguish fled the struggling sou] ; Comfort came... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1804 - 114 pages
...the skies, He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way. Beside the bed where parting life was laid, And sorrow, guilt, and pain, by turns dismay 'd, The reverend champion stood. At his control, Despair and anguish fled the struggling soul... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1805 - 264 pages
...the skies, He try'd each art, reprov'd each dull delay, Allur'd to brighter worlds, and led the way. Beside the bed where parting life was laid, And sorrow, guilt, and pain, by turns dismay'd, The rev'rend champion stood. At his controul, Despair and anguish fled the struggling soul ; Comfort came... | |
 | E Tomkins - 1806 - 280 pages
...the skies, He try'd each art, reprov'd each dull dela3', Allur'd to brighter worlds, and led the way. Beside the bed where parting life was laid, And sorrow,...' And his last faltering accents whisper'd praise. At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorn'd the venerable place; Truth from his lips... | |
 | 1806 - 330 pages
...laid, And sorrow, guilt, and pains, by turns dismay'd, The rev'rend champion stood. At his controul, Despair and anguish fled the struggling soul, Comfort...down the trembling wretch to raise, .And his last fault'riug accents whisper'd praise. At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorn'd the... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 pages
...the skies, He try'd each art, reprov'd each dull delay* Allur'd to brighter worlds, and led the way. Beside the bed, where parting life was laid, And sorrow, guilt, and pain, by turns dismayM, The rev'rend champion stood. At his control, Despair and anguish fled the struggling soul... | |
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