 But in his duty prompt at every call, He watched and wept, he prayed and felt for all ; 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,...  Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Pieces of Poetry - Page 202by Elegant extracts - 1805 - 1016 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Richard Salter Storrs - 1836 - 452 pages
...counsel, reproof, and consolation. • in duty prompt to every call He watched and wept, and prayed and felt for all. And as a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt her new fledged offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter... | |
 | John Alonzo Clark - 1836 - 412 pages
...CHAPTER III. THE MISSIONARY. " . . . . 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 To tempt its new fledged offspring to the skies ; He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter... | |
 | 1836 - 784 pages
...leaned to virtue's side. But in his duty, prompt at every call, He watched, he wept, he prayed, he felt for all ; 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... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1837 - 438 pages
...failings leau'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 To tempt its new-fledg'd oflspring to the skies, He tried each art, reprov'd each dull delay, Allur'd to brighter... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1837 - 472 pages
...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, To tempt its new-fledged offspring to the skies, He triell each art, reproved each dull delay, £ • Allured... | |
 | David Nichol Smith - 1926 - 744 pages
...failings leaned to Virtue's side ; But in his duty prompt at every call, He watched and wept, he prayed and felt, for all. 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... | |
 | 1926 - 780 pages
...failings leaned 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 To tempt its new-fledg'd offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reprov'd each dull delay, Allur'd to brighter... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - 1926 - 928 pages
...То Virtue's side; Иш.^ЦКгЦ!'1. 1'nimpt at every call, 165 He \v;flÉ9iirt'anfl wept, he prayed a sapphire Seen by Moses * when he climbed the mountain? Moses, Aaron its new-fledged offspring to the skies, Tie tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter... | |
 | Tom Peete Cross, Clement Tyson Goode - 1927 - 1432 pages
...failings leaned to Virtue's side; But in his duty prompt at every call, 165 He watched and wept, he prayed ned bottles call aloud for corks. Safe passed the Gnome through this its new-fledged offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter... | |
 | Caroline Miles Hill - 1928 - 888 pages
...failings leaned to Virtue's side; But in his duty prompt at every call, He watched and wept, he prayed and felt for all. 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... | |
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