 Kept him at home in that important hour; Nor his firm feet could one persuading sect, By the strong glare of their new light, direct ;— " On hope, in mine own sober light, I gaze, " But should be blind and lose it, in your blaze." In times severe, when...  Poems - Page 103by George Crabbe - 1808 - 235 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George Crabbe - 1888 - 294 pages
...: — "On hope, in mine own sober light, I gaze, But should be blind, and lose it, in your blaze." In times severe, when many a sturdy swain Felt it...were run, His strength departed and his labour done ; When he, save honest fame, retain'd no more, But lost his wife, and saw his children poor: 'Twas... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1890 - 458 pages
...direct : — "On hope, in mine ownsobsrlight, I gaze, But should be blind and lose it in your blaze." In times severe, when many a sturdy swain Felt it...seventy years were run, His strength departed and his labor done ; When, save his honest fame, he kept no fflore; But lost his wife and saw his children... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - 1896 - 450 pages
...light direct; "On hope in mine own sober light I gaze, But should be blind and lose it, in your blaze." In times severe, when many a sturdy swain Felt it...hide. And feel in that his comfort and his pride. . . . I feel his absence in the hours of prayer, And view his seat, and sigh for Isaac there : I see... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1898 - 586 pages
...direct ; "On hope, in mine own sober light I gaze, But should be blind, and lose it, in your blaze." In times severe, when many a sturdy swain Felt it...hide, And feel in that his comfort and his pride. . . . I feel his absence in the hours of prayer, And view his seat, and sigh for Isaac there ; I see... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1899 - 544 pages
...direct ; "On hope, in mine own sober light I gaze, But should be blind, and lose it, in your blaze." In times severe, when many a sturdy swain Felt it...hide, And feel in that his comfort and his pride. . . . I feel his absence in the hours of prayer, And view his seat, and sigh for Isaac there ; I see... | |
 | 1899 - 640 pages
...unselfishness. What a common trait is hit off in this extract from the " Parish Register," Part III. : — In times severe, when many a sturdy swain, Felt it his pride, his comfort, to complain ; or there is that delightful bit about the parish Dissenters (all on excellent terms with Crabbe)... | |
 | Francis Warre Cornish - 1900 - 604 pages
...light, direct ; 'On hope in mine own sober light I gaze, But should be blind and lose it in your blaze,' In times severe, when many a sturdy swain Felt it...Isaac their wants would soothe, his own would hide, 50 And feel in that his comfort and his pride. At length he found, when seventy years were run, His... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1901 - 624 pages
..." Bat should be blind, and lose it, in your blaze." In times severe, when many a sturdy swain FeJt it his pride, his comfort, to complain ; Isaac their...comfort and his pride. At length he found, when seventy yean were run, His strength departed, and his labour done ; When he, save honest fume, retain'd no... | |
 | Jeannette Leonard Gilder - 1910 - 330 pages
...light I gaze, But should be blind and lose it, in your blae*. In times severe, when many a sturdy swaib Felt it his pride, his comfort, to complain, Isaac their wants would soothe, his own wouia And feel in that his comfort and his pride. . I feel his absence in the hours of prayer, And... | |
 | Frederick William Hackwood - 1906 - 230 pages
...MURHURINGS of tho malcontent, — and hold up to emulation Crabbe's " Noble Peasant, Isaac Ashford," who " In times severe, when many a sturdy swain Felt it...hide, And feel in that his comfort and his pride." MATTER. METHOD. (2) Envy. (3) Covetousness and Avarice. Lustful ambition. Regret the saying that it... | |
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